Arithmetic: In which the Principles of Operating by Numbers are Analytically Explained, and Synthetically Applied : ... Designed for the Us of Schools and Academies in the United StatesContains problems and exercises to instruct students in basic arithmetic. |
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... Divisor , how found , To change an Improper Fraction to a Whole or Mixed Number , To divide a Fraction by a Whole Number ; two ways , To multiply a Fraction by a Whole Number ; two ways , a Whole Number by a Fraction , one Fraction by ...
... Divisor , how found , To change an Improper Fraction to a Whole or Mixed Number , To divide a Fraction by a Whole Number ; two ways , To multiply a Fraction by a Whole Number ; two ways , a Whole Number by a Fraction , one Fraction by ...
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... divisor , and answers to one of the factors in multiplication . The result , or answer sought , is called the quotient , ( from the Latin word quoties , how many ? ) and answers to the other factor . SIGN . The sign for division is a ...
... divisor , and answers to one of the factors in multiplication . The result , or answer sought , is called the quotient , ( from the Latin word quoties , how many ? ) and answers to the other factor . SIGN . The sign for division is a ...
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... divisor . It is not evident how many times 4 is con- tained in so large a number as 856. This difficulty will be readily overcome , if we decompose this number , thus : 856800 + 40 +16 . Beginning with the hundreds , we readily perceive ...
... divisor . It is not evident how many times 4 is con- tained in so large a number as 856. This difficulty will be readily overcome , if we decompose this number , thus : 856800 + 40 +16 . Beginning with the hundreds , we readily perceive ...
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... divisor ( 4 ) is contained in 8 , ( hundreds , ) the left hand figure ; finding it to be 2 times , we write 2 ... divisor does not exceed 12 . RULE . From the illustration of this example , we derive this general rule for dividing , when ...
... divisor ( 4 ) is contained in 8 , ( hundreds , ) the left hand figure ; finding it to be 2 times , we write 2 ... divisor does not exceed 12 . RULE . From the illustration of this example , we derive this general rule for dividing , when ...
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... Divisor , 5 ) 13,462,725 2,692,545 Quotient , PROOF . Quotient . 2,692,545 5 divisor . In this example , as we cannot have 5 in the first figure , ( 1 , ) we take two figures , and say , 5 in 13 will go 2 times , and there are 3 over ...
... Divisor , 5 ) 13,462,725 2,692,545 Quotient , PROOF . Quotient . 2,692,545 5 divisor . In this example , as we cannot have 5 in the first figure , ( 1 , ) we take two figures , and say , 5 in 13 will go 2 times , and there are 3 over ...
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Page 82 - make 1 minute, marked '. 60 minutes 1 degree, - - °. 30 degrees - - 1 sign, - - s. 12 signs or 360° 1 circle, - - c. cs o 1 = 12 = 360 = 21600 = 1296000 1= 30= 1800= 108000 1= 60= 3600 1= 60 EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce 5s. 29° 25
Page 107 - Hence the ride for finding the greatest common divisor of two numbers: — -Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain.
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Page 104 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — • RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 39 - It shows that the number before it is to be divided by the number after it. Thus...