The course of arithmetic as taught in the Pestalozzian school, Worksop. [With] Answers1854 |
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... period . 19 Decimal System . 20 Used almost by all nations . 21 Sextuple period . 22 , 23 Signs used to express numbers , and their origin . 24 to 27 Method of expressing every numerical quantity . Cipher or Zero . 28 Absolute and ...
... period . 19 Decimal System . 20 Used almost by all nations . 21 Sextuple period . 22 , 23 Signs used to express numbers , and their origin . 24 to 27 Method of expressing every numerical quantity . Cipher or Zero . 28 Absolute and ...
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... Period or repetend . Pure and mixed . 180 Simplification of the process for finding Decimals with long periods . 181 Exercises . 182 To convert a terminating Decimal to a Vulgar Fraction . 183 Exercises . 184 Reduction of a pure ...
... Period or repetend . Pure and mixed . 180 Simplification of the process for finding Decimals with long periods . 181 Exercises . 182 To convert a terminating Decimal to a Vulgar Fraction . 183 Exercises . 184 Reduction of a pure ...
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... period , which , on that account , is called ternary period . 19. This system is termed the decimal system , because the number ten is the basis of it . 20. Almost every nation on the earth has adopted the decimal system , probably ...
... period , which , on that account , is called ternary period . 19. This system is termed the decimal system , because the number ten is the basis of it . 20. Almost every nation on the earth has adopted the decimal system , probably ...
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J L. Ellenberger. The succeeding periods being called trillions , quadrillions , & c . , as we have before observed . 22. The tediousness of writing down words in ordinary lan- guage is so apparent as to have early induced men to ...
J L. Ellenberger. The succeeding periods being called trillions , quadrillions , & c . , as we have before observed . 22. The tediousness of writing down words in ordinary lan- guage is so apparent as to have early induced men to ...
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... periods of three figures , commencing at the right , till not more than three remain . Then read each period by itself , beginning at the left , and call the periods after their units , thus : 464,789,485,321,543 , which number is thus ...
... periods of three figures , commencing at the right , till not more than three remain . Then read each period by itself , beginning at the left , and call the periods after their units , thus : 464,789,485,321,543 , which number is thus ...
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