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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... remainder after division . Two horizontal parallel lines = , are the sign of equality . It signifies that the number before it is equal to the number after it . Thus , 100 cents = 1 dollar ; read , 100 cents are equal to 1 dollar . er ...
... remainder after division . Two horizontal parallel lines = , are the sign of equality . It signifies that the number before it is equal to the number after it . Thus , 100 cents = 1 dollar ; read , 100 cents are equal to 1 dollar . er ...
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... remainder , it is leap - year . Circular Motion . Circular motion is the motion of the earth , and other planets round the sun ; and is applied to latitude and lon- gitude . 60 seconds ( " ) 60 minutes 30 degrees 66 make 1 minute ...
... remainder , it is leap - year . Circular Motion . Circular motion is the motion of the earth , and other planets round the sun ; and is applied to latitude and lon- gitude . 60 seconds ( " ) 60 minutes 30 degrees 66 make 1 minute ...
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... he left ? Ans . 4. Why ? from 10 leave 4 , or 4 added to 6 make 10 . Because 6 taken 2. A boy having 9 cents paid 5 for apples , and lost the remainder , how many did he lose ? 3. James had 12 apples and John 7 , how 26 SUBTRACTION . 11.
... he left ? Ans . 4. Why ? from 10 leave 4 , or 4 added to 6 make 10 . Because 6 taken 2. A boy having 9 cents paid 5 for apples , and lost the remainder , how many did he lose ? 3. James had 12 apples and John 7 , how 26 SUBTRACTION . 11.
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... remainder is 3 dollars . RULE . 1. Write the less number under the greater , so that units may stand under units , tens under tens , & c . , and draw a line under them , 2. Begin with the units and subtract each figure in SUBTRACTION . 27.
... remainder is 3 dollars . RULE . 1. Write the less number under the greater , so that units may stand under units , tens under tens , & c . , and draw a line under them , 2. Begin with the units and subtract each figure in SUBTRACTION . 27.
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... remainder to the less number , and if the sum be equal to the greater number , the work is right . Note . The greater number is sometimes called the minuend , and the smaller the subtrahend . EXAMPLES . 1. What is the difference between ...
... remainder to the less number , and if the sum be equal to the greater number , the work is right . Note . The greater number is sometimes called the minuend , and the smaller the subtrahend . EXAMPLES . 1. What is the difference between ...
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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?