The Tutor's Guide: Being a Complete System of Arithmetic; with Various Branches in the Mathematics ... To which is Added an Appendix. Containing Different Forms of Acquittances, Bills of Exchange, &c. &c. ... |
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... Divide by X = Equal to : s Is to :: 1 So is } Extraction Vof the Roots . is 12 . The Sign of Divifion , as 6 + 2 is 3 . The Sign of Equality , as 6 + 2 = 8 . The Signs of Proportionals , as 2 : 4 :: 6:12 . The Square Root of 9-3 is 2 ...
... Divide by X = Equal to : s Is to :: 1 So is } Extraction Vof the Roots . is 12 . The Sign of Divifion , as 6 + 2 is 3 . The Sign of Equality , as 6 + 2 = 8 . The Signs of Proportionals , as 2 : 4 :: 6:12 . The Square Root of 9-3 is 2 ...
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... dividing by 11 or 12 , I have continued the Table to 12 Times , or elfe in Multipli- tion it is only required to 9 Times . CASE I. To multiply by a Single Figure . RULE . 1. Place the Multiplier underneath the Units Place of the ...
... dividing by 11 or 12 , I have continued the Table to 12 Times , or elfe in Multipli- tion it is only required to 9 Times . CASE I. To multiply by a Single Figure . RULE . 1. Place the Multiplier underneath the Units Place of the ...
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... Number to be divided . 2. The Divisor , or Number by which you divide . 3 : The Quotient , or Number that fhews how often the Divifor is contained in the Dividend . 4. The Remainder , which is always lefs than what 4. The Divifion . II.
... Number to be divided . 2. The Divisor , or Number by which you divide . 3 : The Quotient , or Number that fhews how often the Divifor is contained in the Dividend . 4. The Remainder , which is always lefs than what 4. The Divifion . II.
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... divide by . CASE 1 . When the Divifor is not greater than 12 . RULE . Firft feek how often the Divifor is contained in the first Figure of the Dividend , or if in cafe the firft Figure of the Dividend be lefs than the Divifor , then in ...
... divide by . CASE 1 . When the Divifor is not greater than 12 . RULE . Firft feek how often the Divifor is contained in the first Figure of the Dividend , or if in cafe the firft Figure of the Dividend be lefs than the Divifor , then in ...
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... divide by thofe Figures of the Divifor that are left when the Cyphers are omitted . But when the Divifion is ended , thofe Cyphers fo omitted in the Divifor , and the Figures cut off in the Dividend , are both to be restored to their ...
... divide by thofe Figures of the Divifor that are left when the Cyphers are omitted . But when the Divifion is ended , thofe Cyphers fo omitted in the Divifor , and the Figures cut off in the Dividend , are both to be restored to their ...
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