Complete Schoolmaster's Assistant: Being a Plain Comprehensive System of Practical Arithmetic: Adapted to the Use of Schools in the United States ...W.&J.Bolles, 1839 |
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... Cipher , 66 0 7 8 9 7. But when placed or loca- ted with other figures , they have a local value , according to the place they stand in ; counting from the right hand towards the left . For example , the number one hundred and eleven is ...
... Cipher , 66 0 7 8 9 7. But when placed or loca- ted with other figures , they have a local value , according to the place they stand in ; counting from the right hand towards the left . For example , the number one hundred and eleven is ...
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... and is now in general use in all parts of the civilized world . This is called the Arabic method of computation , because it was invented by the Arabs . 9. The cipher , when standing alone , signifies nothing 16 NUMERATION .
... and is now in general use in all parts of the civilized world . This is called the Arabic method of computation , because it was invented by the Arabs . 9. The cipher , when standing alone , signifies nothing 16 NUMERATION .
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... cipher annexed to it , becomes 10 , ten , because 1 is thereby removed into the tens ' place , and with two ciphers annexed , it becomes 100 , one hundred , the 1 being now removed to the place of hundreds , & c . 10. To read numbers ...
... cipher annexed to it , becomes 10 , ten , because 1 is thereby removed into the tens ' place , and with two ciphers annexed , it becomes 100 , one hundred , the 1 being now removed to the place of hundreds , & c . 10. To read numbers ...
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... ciphers , which are omitted in the question , in their proper order . EXAMPLES . Write , in figures , the following ... cipher , 05 ; next we write down the hun- dreds , 205 . 2. Thirty - three . 3. Eight hundred and thirty - three . 4 ...
... ciphers , which are omitted in the question , in their proper order . EXAMPLES . Write , in figures , the following ... cipher , 05 ; next we write down the hun- dreds , 205 . 2. Thirty - three . 3. Eight hundred and thirty - three . 4 ...
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... cipher signify or re- present ? 10. What is the rule for reading num- bers ? 11. What is the rule for writing num- bers ? ADDITION . 1. If you have two apples in one hand , and one in the other , how many have you in both ? 2. If you ...
... cipher signify or re- present ? 10. What is the rule for reading num- bers ? 11. What is the rule for writing num- bers ? ADDITION . 1. If you have two apples in one hand , and one in the other , how many have you in both ? 2. If you ...
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2qrs 3qrs acres 3 roods annex annuity answer Arithmetic barrels bought broadcloth bushels called cent per annum ciphers circumference common denominator common difference Compound Interest contained cords cost cube root currency diameter dividend dollars dols equal EXAMPLES farthings Federal money find the amount find the present Find the sum Find the value foot frustrum gain or loss gallons given number given sum greatest common divisor hogshead hundred improper fraction last term leave length lowest terms merchant miles mills mixed number months multiplicand Multiply Note number of terms paid payment pence pint pound present worth principal PROB proportion quantity quarts Questions quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder right hand Rule of Three separatrix shillings sold solid contents square rods square root subtract subtrahend tens third term thousand units VULGAR FRACTIONS weight whole number yards of cloth
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Page 205 - Given the first term, last term, and common difference, to find the number of terms. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number of terms.
Page 189 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 193 - Find the first figure of the root by trial, and subtract its power from the left hand period of the given number. 3. To the remainder bring down the first figure in the next period, and call it the dividend. 4. Involve the root to the next inferior power to that which is given, and multiply it by the number denoting the given power, for a divisor.
Page 122 - A and B depart from the same, place and travel the same road ; but A goes 5 days before B, at the rate of 15 miles a day . B follows at the rate of 20 miles a . day } what distance must he travel to overtake A ? Ans. 300 miles RULE OF THREE INVERSE.
Page 181 - ... subtract it therefrom, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 88 - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number. RULE. Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quotient will be the whole or mixed number sought.
Page 124 - ... multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first for the answer, which will always be of the same denomination as the third term.
Page 231 - To measure a Parallelogram, or long square. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area or superficial content.
Page 173 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 178 - If a footman travel 130 miles in 3 days, when the days are 12 hours long ; in how many days, of 10 hours each, may he travel 360 miles ? Ans. 9|f days. 5. If 120 bushels of corn can serve 14 horses 56 days, how many days will 94 bushels serve 6 horses?