Arithmetic, in which the Principles of Operating by Numbers are Analytically Explained and Synthetically AppliedJ. & J.W. Prentiss, 1839 |
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... dividend , and answers to the product in multiplication . The number given to divide by is called the divisor , and answers to one of the factors in multiplication . The result , or answer sought , is called the quotient , ( from the ...
... dividend , and answers to the product in multiplication . The number given to divide by is called the divisor , and answers to one of the factors in multiplication . The result , or answer sought , is called the quotient , ( from the ...
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... dividend ; 4 is the number to divide by , and there- fore the divisor . It is not evident how many times 4 is con ... dividend , except as it is done in the mind , taking it by parts , in the following manner : Dividend . Divisor , 4 ...
... dividend ; 4 is the number to divide by , and there- fore the divisor . It is not evident how many times 4 is con ... dividend , except as it is done in the mind , taking it by parts , in the following manner : Dividend . Divisor , 4 ...
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... dividend , and , setting it direct- ly under the dividend , carry the remainder , if any , to the next figure as so many tens . II . Find how many times the divisor is contained in this dividend , and set it down as before , continuing ...
... dividend , and , setting it direct- ly under the dividend , carry the remainder , if any , to the next figure as so many tens . II . Find how many times the divisor is contained in this dividend , and set it down as before , continuing ...
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... dividend , we conclude that the work is right . From a bare in- spection of the above example and its proof , it is plain , as before stated , that division is the re- verse of multiplication , and that the two rules mutually prove each ...
... dividend , we conclude that the work is right . From a bare in- spection of the above example and its proof , it is plain , as before stated , that division is the re- verse of multiplication , and that the two rules mutually prove each ...
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... dividend , is , in fractions , call- ed the numerator , and the lower number , or divisor , is called the denominator . Note . A number like 174 , composed of integers ( 17 ) and a fraction , ( , ) is called a mixed number . In the ...
... dividend , is , in fractions , call- ed the numerator , and the lower number , or divisor , is called the denominator . Note . A number like 174 , composed of integers ( 17 ) and a fraction , ( , ) is called a mixed number . In the ...
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Page 81 - The first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, are used to...
Page 114 - Multiply together the numerators for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 128 - How does it appear, that in multiplying both terms of the fraction by the same number the value of the fraction is not altered ? 24.
Page 219 - 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 141 - 03, the same as before. IT 73. The foregoing examples and remarks are sufficient to establish the following RULE. In the division of decimal fractions, divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off...
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Page 223 - The first term, the last term, and the number of terms be ing given, to find the common difference. RULE. — (') Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. liiieslinn. — 1. How do you find the common difference? EXAMPLES. 1. The extremes are 2 and 53, and the number of terms 18, required the