A New System of Arithmetic, on an Improved Plan ...J.P. Jewett & Company, 1859 |
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... Amount given , to find the Principal 197 Time , Rate , and Interest given , to find the Principal .... 198 Principal , Interest , and Time given , to 198 ........ 199 find the Rate per cent ......... Principal , Rate , and Interest ...
... Amount given , to find the Principal 197 Time , Rate , and Interest given , to find the Principal .... 198 Principal , Interest , and Time given , to 198 ........ 199 find the Rate per cent ......... Principal , Rate , and Interest ...
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... amount of what both owe , I write the sums in the following manner , units under units , tens under tens , and add them to- gether , thus : Tens . Units . 25 22 or thus , 2 + 5 2 + 2 47 amount . 4 + 7 = 47 . Illustration . - Beginning ...
... amount of what both owe , I write the sums in the following manner , units under units , tens under tens , and add them to- gether , thus : Tens . Units . 25 22 or thus , 2 + 5 2 + 2 47 amount . 4 + 7 = 47 . Illustration . - Beginning ...
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... amount to more than 10 , and in the column of tens , the amount is more than ten— that is , ten tens . Let the student write the numbers to be added on the black- board , and illustrate in the following manner : Seventy - eight equals ...
... amount to more than 10 , and in the column of tens , the amount is more than ten— that is , ten tens . Let the student write the numbers to be added on the black- board , and illustrate in the following manner : Seventy - eight equals ...
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... amount corresponds with the sum total , the work is supposed to be right . The following method may be adopted when the scholar has become acquainted with the rule of Division : Add the digits in the top line , and from their sum reject ...
... amount corresponds with the sum total , the work is supposed to be right . The following method may be adopted when the scholar has become acquainted with the rule of Division : Add the digits in the top line , and from their sum reject ...
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... amount of 376 ; shingles to the amount of 400 ; timber 621 ; two masts , one for 30 and the other for 50 dollars ; what was the amount of the whole ? Ans . 2311 dollars . 3. A merchant , on settling his accounts , finds himself in debt ...
... amount of 376 ; shingles to the amount of 400 ; timber 621 ; two masts , one for 30 and the other for 50 dollars ; what was the amount of the whole ? Ans . 2311 dollars . 3. A merchant , on settling his accounts , finds himself in debt ...
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Page 37 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 105 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 156 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
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Page 72 - Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator ; or divide the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and multiply the quotient by the numerator.
Page 63 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of...
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Page 11 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...