Arithmetic Modernised: Or, A Complete System of Arithmetic, Adapted to Modern Practice: With Notes, Explaining the Foundation of the Rules, and the Best Methods of Applying Them: and Copious Illustrations of Commercial Subjects. For the Use of Schools |
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... 158 Amount of £ 1 for any Number of Days 159 Arithmetical Tables 163 Tables of British Money , Weights , and Measures New System of Measures in France 164 · 171 CHARACTERS USED IN THE FOLLOWING TRACT . = ( equal vi CONTENTS .
... 158 Amount of £ 1 for any Number of Days 159 Arithmetical Tables 163 Tables of British Money , Weights , and Measures New System of Measures in France 164 · 171 CHARACTERS USED IN THE FOLLOWING TRACT . = ( equal vi CONTENTS .
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... ( equal to ) denotes equality ; thus , 20 / = £ 1 . + ( plus ) ( minus ) denotes addition ; thus , 2 + 5 = 7 . denotes subtraction ; thus , 5—2—3 . × ( multiplied by ) denotes multiplication ; ' thus , 2 × 3 = 6 . ( divided by ) denotes ...
... ( equal to ) denotes equality ; thus , 20 / = £ 1 . + ( plus ) ( minus ) denotes addition ; thus , 2 + 5 = 7 . denotes subtraction ; thus , 5—2—3 . × ( multiplied by ) denotes multiplication ; ' thus , 2 × 3 = 6 . ( divided by ) denotes ...
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... equal to the sum of all the units of those numbers , and the sum of all the tens , and the sum of all the other places , taken together : " — this is evident , because the whole is equal to all the parts of that whole taken together ...
... equal to the sum of all the units of those numbers , and the sum of all the tens , and the sum of all the other places , taken together : " — this is evident , because the whole is equal to all the parts of that whole taken together ...
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... equal to the greater . From 5385 Take 1794 Difference 3591 Proof 5385 EXAMPLE . Illustration of the process . I take 4 from 5 and 1 remains ; take 9 from 8 I cannot , I therefore borrow 10 , and then I take 9 from 10 and 1 remains ...
... equal to the greater . From 5385 Take 1794 Difference 3591 Proof 5385 EXAMPLE . Illustration of the process . I take 4 from 5 and 1 remains ; take 9 from 8 I cannot , I therefore borrow 10 , and then I take 9 from 10 and 1 remains ...
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... equal to the difference of all the units , plus the difference of all the tens , plus the difference of all the other places taken together : this is evident , because the whole difference must be equal to all the parts of that ...
... equal to the difference of all the units , plus the difference of all the tens , plus the difference of all the other places taken together : this is evident , because the whole difference must be equal to all the parts of that ...
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acres allowed amount annex annuity avoirdupois banco boll bought called ciphers column commission per cent common denominator compound interest contains cube cubic inches currency debt decimal places deduct denotes discount Divide dividend divisor Edinburgh ells equal EXAMPLE EXERCISES expense of insuring farthings feet Find the expense Find the interest Find the value firlots gallons given number grains guilders Hamburgh hhds improper fraction least common multiple least terms London lower denomination measure miles milree Mult multiplicand multiply Note number of days number of months paid payable payment piastre pounds pounds Sterling premium present value quantity quotient rate of interest receive reckoning Reduce remainder Remark repeating figures repetend right hand figure rixdollar root RULE Scotch sell shillings ship sold square Sterling money subtract sugar tare troy vulgar fraction weight whole numbers write yards
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Page 85 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 163 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard...
Page 123 - Multiply this complete divisor by the last figure of the root, subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder annex the next group for a new dividend.
Page 63 - If the numerator and denominator of a fraction be both multiplied or both divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered.
Page 94 - Multiply each debt by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts. The quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 130 - ... small statue, the head of which is 97 feet from the summit of the higher, and 86 feet from the top of the lower column, the base of which measures just 76 feet to the centre of the figure's base Required the distance between the tops of the two columns ? Ans.
Page 166 - Thirty days hath September, April, June and November: All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone, Which has only eight and a score Till leap-year gives it one day more. The previous critics who have studied this poem, Coleridge among them, have failed to explain what we may describe as its fundamental dynamic.
Page 120 - The root of any number, or power, is such a number, as .being multiplied into itself a certain number of times, will produce that power. Thus, 2 is the square root or...
Page 53 - If four quantities are proportional, the quotient of the first divided by the second, is equal to the quotient of the third divided by the fourth. (Alg. 364.) Thus, if a : b : : c : d, then |=|, and"=^.
Page 62 - An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator...