A New System of Arithmetic, on an Improved Plan, Embracing the Rules of Three ...: And All Proportional Questions in One Rule Applicable to the Whole, the Process Greatly Simplified and AbridgedS. & G.S. Woodward, 1857 |
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... difference of 4 and 3 equals 1 . Radical sign : placed before a number denotes that the square root is to be taken . 42 implies that 4 is to be raised to the second power . 43 implies that 4 is to be raised to the third power . implies ...
... difference of 4 and 3 equals 1 . Radical sign : placed before a number denotes that the square root is to be taken . 42 implies that 4 is to be raised to the second power . 43 implies that 4 is to be raised to the third power . implies ...
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... difference , is called the Remainder , because it is the number left after subtraction . The process of finding the difference between two numbers , is called Subtrac- tion . Art . 20. - SIMPLE SUBTRACTION teaches to find the differ ...
... difference , is called the Remainder , because it is the number left after subtraction . The process of finding the difference between two numbers , is called Subtrac- tion . Art . 20. - SIMPLE SUBTRACTION teaches to find the differ ...
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... difference , observing to carry one to the next left - hand figure of the subtrahend , —or suppose the next left - hand figure of the minuend to be diminished by one . If the next figure of the minuend be a cipher , call it 9 . Proof ...
... difference , observing to carry one to the next left - hand figure of the subtrahend , —or suppose the next left - hand figure of the minuend to be diminished by one . If the next figure of the minuend be a cipher , call it 9 . Proof ...
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... difference ? Ans . 18000 . 12. The library of Dartmouth College contains 12,800 vol- umes ; Harvard University contains 34,600 volumes . many does one contain more than the other ? Ans . 21,800 . 13. Dartmouth College was incorporated ...
... difference ? Ans . 18000 . 12. The library of Dartmouth College contains 12,800 vol- umes ; Harvard University contains 34,600 volumes . many does one contain more than the other ? Ans . 21,800 . 13. Dartmouth College was incorporated ...
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... difference between them , by subtraction , and to this difference bring down the next figure of the dividend , and divide as before ; so continue to do until all the figures of the dividend are brought down . Should it be necessary to ...
... difference between them , by subtraction , and to this difference bring down the next figure of the dividend , and divide as before ; so continue to do until all the figures of the dividend are brought down . Should it be necessary to ...
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Page 98 - TABLE. 10 Mills =1 Cent. 10 Cents =1 Dime. 10 Dimes =1 Dollar. 10 Dollars =1 Eagle.
Page 217 - RULE.* — 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 true time required.
Page 264 - The Circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called Degrees ; and each degree into 60 Minutes, each minute into 60 Seconds, and so on.
Page 104 - TABLE. 10 mills (m.) make 1 cent, ct. 10 cents " 1 dime, d. 10 dimes " 1 dollar, $. 10 dollars " 1 eagle, E .. UNIT EQDIYAI/ENTS.
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 217 - ... 8 months ; what is the equated time for the payment of the whole ? Ans.
Page 167 - If 30 men can perform a piece of work in 1 1 days, how many men will accomplish another piece of work, 4 times as large, in a fifth part of the time ? Ans.
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...
Page 70 - RULE. — Divide the numerator of the fraction by the whole number, when it can be done without a remainder, and write the quotient over the denominator.
Page 316 - In testimony whereof they have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seals, the day and year above [or first above] written.