The Complete Practical Arithmetician: Containing Several New and Useful Improvements. Adapted to the Use of Schools and Private Tuition |
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... difference of their values represented the number ; as , IV . Four ; IX . Nine ; XL . Forty ; CD . four Hundred ; CM . nine Hundred . When a number was expressed by more than two characters , they distinguished it from the character on ...
... difference of their values represented the number ; as , IV . Four ; IX . Nine ; XL . Forty ; CD . four Hundred ; CM . nine Hundred . When a number was expressed by more than two characters , they distinguished it from the character on ...
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... difference is found . RULE . Place the less number under the greater , so that units may stand under units , tens under tens , & c . Begin at the unit's place , and subtract each figure in the lower line from the figure above it ; if ...
... difference is found . RULE . Place the less number under the greater , so that units may stand under units , tens under tens , & c . Begin at the unit's place , and subtract each figure in the lower line from the figure above it ; if ...
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... difference between the age of the father and the elder son . Now , if the father be 80 years of age , how old are each of his sons ? ( 12. ) Three boys , A , B , and C , won together 97 mar- bles at play ; now , if the number of marbles ...
... difference between the age of the father and the elder son . Now , if the father be 80 years of age , how old are each of his sons ? ( 12. ) Three boys , A , B , and C , won together 97 mar- bles at play ; now , if the number of marbles ...
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... difference between thrice six and twenty and thrice twenty - six . ( 56. ) There are two numbers ; the greater is 19 times 508 , and their difference is 15 times 112 ; required the sum and product of those numbers . SIMPLE DIVISION ...
... difference between thrice six and twenty and thrice twenty - six . ( 56. ) There are two numbers ; the greater is 19 times 508 , and their difference is 15 times 112 ; required the sum and product of those numbers . SIMPLE DIVISION ...
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... difference , will give the less number . 7. The quotient , arising from the division of the sum of two , or more , numbers , is equal to the sum of the quotients arising from the division of the parts , separately , by the same divisor ...
... difference , will give the less number . 7. The quotient , arising from the division of the sum of two , or more , numbers , is equal to the sum of the quotients arising from the division of the parts , separately , by the same divisor ...
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Page 290 - Ratio is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind, the comparison being made by considering what multiple, part, or parts, one quantity is of the other.
Page 24 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes =± 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month...
Page 148 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 216 - Multiplier. 2. Multiply each term in the Multiplicand (beginning at the lowest) by the feet in the Multiplier...
Page 210 - To extract the Square Root of a Vulgar Fraction. RULE, Reduce the fraction to its lowest terms, then extract the square root of the numerator for a new numerator, and the square root of the denominator for a new denominator.
Page 92 - ... each other ; observing to increase the first figure of every line with what would arise by carrying 1 from 5 to 15, 2 from 15 to 25, &c.
Page 234 - When any number of terms is continued in Geometrical Progression, the product of the two extremes will be equal to...
Page 66 - Divide the terms of the given fraction by any number which will divide them without a remainder, and the quotients again in the same manner ; and so on, till it appears...
Page 69 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator.
Page 202 - ... 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...