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To the simple value of each figure join the nume of its place , beginning at the left hand , and reading the figures in their order towards the right . The figures in the above table would read , three sextillions , four hundred fifty ...
To the simple value of each figure join the nume of its place , beginning at the left hand , and reading the figures in their order towards the right . The figures in the above table would read , three sextillions , four hundred fifty ...
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The common way of performing the above operation is to write the numbers under one another , so that units 36 cents . shall stand under units , and tens under tens , as at the 23 cents . left hand . Then begin at the bottom of the right ...
The common way of performing the above operation is to write the numbers under one another , so that units 36 cents . shall stand under units , and tens under tens , as at the 23 cents . left hand . Then begin at the bottom of the right ...
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By Multiplication we should pro5 ceed as at the right hand , thus , 4 times 5 Ans . 20 cto . ... only in the form of expression ; for we can arrive at the amount of 4 times 5 only by a mental process similar to that at the left hand .
By Multiplication we should pro5 ceed as at the right hand , thus , 4 times 5 Ans . 20 cto . ... only in the form of expression ; for we can arrive at the amount of 4 times 5 only by a mental process similar to that at the left hand .
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The 5 being written at the left hand of the 2 tens , we have 5 hundreds and 2 tens , or 520 for the number o : trees in 20 rows . These being added to 156 , the number in 6 rows , we have 676 for the number of trees in 26 rows , or in ...
The 5 being written at the left hand of the 2 tens , we have 5 hundreds and 2 tens , or 520 for the number o : trees in 20 rows . These being added to 156 , the number in 6 rows , we have 676 for the number of trees in 26 rows , or in ...
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... lost 6 of them ; how many had he left ? ... write under it the 43 , Take 43 subtrahend . calling it the subtrahend , with the units under units and the tens under tens , and draw a line below , as 82 remainder . at the left hand .
... lost 6 of them ; how many had he left ? ... write under it the 43 , Take 43 subtrahend . calling it the subtrahend , with the units under units and the tens under tens , and draw a line below , as 82 remainder . at the left hand .
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Page 82 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 89 - The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, 24, and 30.
Page 118 - PROBLEM II. The first term, the last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1 , and the quotient will be the common diffcrenct.
Page 111 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. III. Double the root already found for a divisor ; seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 94 - It will be seen that we multiply the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor for the denominator of the quotient, and the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor for the numerator of the quotient.
Page 120 - Add together the most convenient indices to make an index less by 1 than the number expressing the place of the term sought. 3. Multiply the terms of the geometrical series together belonging to those indices, and make the product a dividend. 4. Raise...
Page 115 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 31 - 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 2 - 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 93 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
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| Title | The Youth's Assistant in Theoretic and Practical Arithmetic: Designed for the Use of Schools in the United States |
| Author | Zadock Thompson |
| Publisher | H. Johnson, 1838 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 29 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 164 pages |
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