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... Whole Numbers . Numeration of Whole Numbers . Addition .... Subtraction Multiplication Division . PAGE 2 11 18 24 35 CHAPTER II . Practical Application of Multiplication and Division , to the Reduction of Money , Weights , Measures ...
... Whole Numbers . Numeration of Whole Numbers . Addition .... Subtraction Multiplication Division . PAGE 2 11 18 24 35 CHAPTER II . Practical Application of Multiplication and Division , to the Reduction of Money , Weights , Measures ...
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... measure , or unit ; then de- termine the mutual relation of the proposed magnitude and this measure . B 3. This relation is always expressed by numbers ; so CHAPTER Numeration, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division Whole ...
... measure , or unit ; then de- termine the mutual relation of the proposed magnitude and this measure . B 3. This relation is always expressed by numbers ; so CHAPTER Numeration, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division Whole ...
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... numbers ; so that a number is nothing but the relation of one magni- tude to another , arbitrarily assumed as the unit . A combination of units gives rise to whole numbers ; the manner of forming , expressing , and writing numbers by ...
... numbers ; so that a number is nothing but the relation of one magni- tude to another , arbitrarily assumed as the unit . A combination of units gives rise to whole numbers ; the manner of forming , expressing , and writing numbers by ...
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... numbers com- prised between two consecutive hundreds , we add to the names one hundred , two hundred , three hundred ... all the numbers , we are convinced that the figures , placed in a line , ( one after the other , ) would indicate by ...
... numbers com- prised between two consecutive hundreds , we add to the names one hundred , two hundred , three hundred ... all the numbers , we are convinced that the figures , placed in a line , ( one after the other , ) would indicate by ...
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... number ? And what gives rise to whole num- bers ? What is numeration ? What is arithmetic ? How are whole numbers formed ? How is the number one hundred formed ? How many hundreds compose a thousand ? How many thousands compose a ...
... number ? And what gives rise to whole num- bers ? What is numeration ? What is arithmetic ? How are whole numbers formed ? How is the number one hundred formed ? How many hundreds compose a thousand ? How many thousands compose a ...
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Page 66 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...
Page 129 - Rule. — Divide the numerator by the denominator, the quotient will be the whole number...
Page 129 - To reduce a mixed fraction to an equivalent improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fractional part, and to the product add the numerator, and place their sum over the said denominator.
Page 244 - When the sum of the series, the number of terms, and one of the extremes are given, to find the other extreme. Divide twice the sum of the series by the number of terms, and from the quotient take the given extreme.
Page 54 - WEIGHT. 16 drams, dr. make 1 ounce, - - - - oz. 16 ounces - - - 1 pound, - - - - Ib. 28 pounds - - - 1 quarter, - - - qr. 4 quarters - - - 1 hundred weight, - cwt. 20 hundred weight, 1 ton, T.
Page 226 - A sum of money was divided between two persons, A and B, so that the share of A was to that of B as 5 to 3.
Page 245 - A body near the earth falling by its own weight, if it were not resisted by the air, would descend in the first second of time through a space of 16 feet and 1 inch ; in the next second through 3 times that space ; in the third, through 5 times that space ; in the fourth, through 7 times that space, etc.
Page 220 - ... number contained in the first period, and place the cube root of it in the quotient. Subtract its cube from the first period, and bring down the next three figures ; divide the number thus brought down by 300 times the square of the first figure of the root, and it will give the second figure ; add 300 times the square of the first figure, 30 times the product of the first and second figures, and the square of the second figure together, for a divisor; then multiply...
Page 61 - A square inch is a square each of whose sides, is an inch long. A square foot is a square having each side 1 foot, or 12 inches long.