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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... Proportion , new names and new positions are again employed . Let the same pains be taken to contrast the new positions with the former , and to explain the new terms introduced . TO TEACHERS . It cannot be expected that a School ...
... Proportion , new names and new positions are again employed . Let the same pains be taken to contrast the new positions with the former , and to explain the new terms introduced . TO TEACHERS . It cannot be expected that a School ...
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... Proportion : as , 2 : 4 :: 6:12 ; which is read , 2 is to 4 as 6 is to 12 . Vinculum : as 4 + 3 = 7 ; which is read , the sum of 4 and 3 equals 7 , and 4—3—1 , is read , the difference of 4 and 3 equals 1 . Radical sign : placed before ...
... Proportion : as , 2 : 4 :: 6:12 ; which is read , 2 is to 4 as 6 is to 12 . Vinculum : as 4 + 3 = 7 ; which is read , the sum of 4 and 3 equals 7 , and 4—3—1 , is read , the difference of 4 and 3 equals 1 . Radical sign : placed before ...
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... Proportion ..... Direct Proportion Inverse Proportion ....... Compound Proportion .. ............ Supplement to Proportion . Exchange Domestic Exchange . Foreign Exchange Bills of Exchange Reduction of Currencies Percentage ...
... Proportion ..... Direct Proportion Inverse Proportion ....... Compound Proportion .. ............ Supplement to Proportion . Exchange Domestic Exchange . Foreign Exchange Bills of Exchange Reduction of Currencies Percentage ...
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... proportion , so decimals , in the same ratio , decrease from the unit's place towards the right hand ; as will appear from the following TABLE . → Millions . Hundreds of thousands . Tens of thousands . → Thousands . co Hundreds . Tens ...
... proportion , so decimals , in the same ratio , decrease from the unit's place towards the right hand ; as will appear from the following TABLE . → Millions . Hundreds of thousands . Tens of thousands . → Thousands . co Hundreds . Tens ...
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... proportion , by removing the significant figure so much farther from the unit's place . Thus , .5 .05 .005 ex- press different values , viz .- . 5 is , .05 is 100 , .005 is 100 % Write denominators to the following decimals : .5 ; .25 ...
... proportion , by removing the significant figure so much farther from the unit's place . Thus , .5 .05 .005 ex- press different values , viz .- . 5 is , .05 is 100 , .005 is 100 % Write denominators to the following decimals : .5 ; .25 ...
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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.