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... called out from his class to solve a question , let him quickly , and with gentlemanly mien endeavoring to be self - possessed , take his stand at the board , read his question distinctly , and with the same reference to rhetorical ...
... called out from his class to solve a question , let him quickly , and with gentlemanly mien endeavoring to be self - possessed , take his stand at the board , read his question distinctly , and with the same reference to rhetorical ...
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... called a Theorem ; if to be done , it is called a Problem . 9. A plus quantity is a quantity to be added , and has this sign + be- fore it ; thus , +6 . - 10. A minus quantity is a quantity to be subtracted , and has this sign - before ...
... called a Theorem ; if to be done , it is called a Problem . 9. A plus quantity is a quantity to be added , and has this sign + be- fore it ; thus , +6 . - 10. A minus quantity is a quantity to be subtracted , and has this sign - before ...
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... called digits , from the Latin word digitus , which means a finger . In the early stages of society people counted by their fingers ; they were also formerly all called ciphers — hence the art of Arithmetic was called ciphering . Art ...
... called digits , from the Latin word digitus , which means a finger . In the early stages of society people counted by their fingers ; they were also formerly all called ciphers — hence the art of Arithmetic was called ciphering . Art ...
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... called the unit's place ; the second , the place of tens , expressing always as many tens as the figure contains ... called ? 17. What are the second , third , and fourth places called ? 18. What is the value of the cipher , when ...
... called the unit's place ; the second , the place of tens , expressing always as many tens as the figure contains ... called ? 17. What are the second , third , and fourth places called ? 18. What is the value of the cipher , when ...
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... called their sum or amount . Art . 15. - SIMPLE ADDITION is the putting together of two or more numbers of the same kind . OBS . - It is called Simple Addition , because the numbers are all of one denomination ; that is , all dollars ...
... called their sum or amount . Art . 15. - SIMPLE ADDITION is the putting together of two or more numbers of the same kind . OBS . - It is called Simple Addition , because the numbers are all of one denomination ; that is , all dollars ...
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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 167 - If 30 men can perform a piece of work in 11 days, how many men will accomplish another piece of work, 4 times as large, in a fifth part of the time ? . Ans.
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...
Page 217 - Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the equated time, nearly.
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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...