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ii The following explanations and table , not being contained in the Written Arithmetic , are inserted here for the convenience of those who have not studied Mental Arithmetic , Equality is expressed by two horizontal marks ; thus 100 ...
ii The following explanations and table , not being contained in the Written Arithmetic , are inserted here for the convenience of those who have not studied Mental Arithmetic , Equality is expressed by two horizontal marks ; thus 100 ...
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TO THE PUBLIC . iti When the improved edition of this work was published , in 1828 , it was intended that the Written Arithmetic which forms the sec ond and third parts should always be accompanied by the Mental Arithmetic embraced in ...
TO THE PUBLIC . iti When the improved edition of this work was published , in 1828 , it was intended that the Written Arithmetic which forms the sec ond and third parts should always be accompanied by the Mental Arithmetic embraced in ...
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CONTENTS - WRITTEN ARITHMETIC . SECT . 1. - Numeration 1 Frac , ch'ng'd to other Frac.94 Secr . 2. - Simple numbers 5 Of Common Divisors 95 Sinple Addition 5 Fractions Reduced 96 Simple Multiplication 8 Common Multiples 97 Sirople ...
CONTENTS - WRITTEN ARITHMETIC . SECT . 1. - Numeration 1 Frac , ch'ng'd to other Frac.94 Secr . 2. - Simple numbers 5 Of Common Divisors 95 Sinple Addition 5 Fractions Reduced 96 Simple Multiplication 8 Common Multiples 97 Sirople ...
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WRITTEN ARITHMETIC . SECTION I. NOTATION AND NUMERATION . 70. An individual thing taken as a standard of compari son , is called unity , a unit , or one . 71. Number is a collection of units , or ones . 72. Numbers are formed in the ...
WRITTEN ARITHMETIC . SECTION I. NOTATION AND NUMERATION . 70. An individual thing taken as a standard of compari son , is called unity , a unit , or one . 71. Number is a collection of units , or ones . 72. Numbers are formed in the ...
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To save the trouble of writing large numbers in words , and to render computations inore easy , characters , or symbols , have been invented , by which the written expression of numþers is very much abridged . The method of writing ...
To save the trouble of writing large numbers in words , and to render computations inore easy , characters , or symbols , have been invented , by which the written expression of numþers is very much abridged . The method of writing ...
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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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