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... less number placed after a greater , increases that number ; if placed before a greater , it diminishes it , thus VI are 6 ; XI are 11 : but IV are 4 ; IX are 9. Again , LX are 60 ; CX are 110 : but XL are 40 : XC are 90. A line drawn ...
... less number placed after a greater , increases that number ; if placed before a greater , it diminishes it , thus VI are 6 ; XI are 11 : but IV are 4 ; IX are 9. Again , LX are 60 ; CX are 110 : but XL are 40 : XC are 90. A line drawn ...
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... less number be placed after a greater ! It increases the number . Give an ex- ample ! X is ten ; if I be annexed , it becomes eleven . If a lesser number be placed before a greater , what will be the result ? It will diminish the larger ...
... less number be placed after a greater ! It increases the number . Give an ex- ample ! X is ten ; if I be annexed , it becomes eleven . If a lesser number be placed before a greater , what will be the result ? It will diminish the larger ...
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... less sum , set down that figure . None to carry to the next column . If a column , when added amount to 12 , set down 2 . Questions to be answered Orally . For 11 ? ( See Table . ) For 20 ? ( See Table . ) For 97 ? See Table . Which ...
... less sum , set down that figure . None to carry to the next column . If a column , when added amount to 12 , set down 2 . Questions to be answered Orally . For 11 ? ( See Table . ) For 20 ? ( See Table . ) For 97 ? See Table . Which ...
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... less than the Sub- trahend - unity or one is prefixed to that figure when subtracting , according to the following illustration . Suppose 7 were to be taken from 3 , what must be done ? Say , 7 from 13 leaves 6 . Suppose 1 from 0 ? say ...
... less than the Sub- trahend - unity or one is prefixed to that figure when subtracting , according to the following illustration . Suppose 7 were to be taken from 3 , what must be done ? Say , 7 from 13 leaves 6 . Suppose 1 from 0 ? say ...
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... less than the whole . Name them ! Half , a third , cne - fifth , & c . Units . The 3. What is the first place in numeration called ? second Third Fourth ? How are figures to be valued ? Accord ing to their distance from the place of ...
... less than the whole . Name them ! Half , a third , cne - fifth , & c . Units . The 3. What is the first place in numeration called ? second Third Fourth ? How are figures to be valued ? Accord ing to their distance from the place of ...
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Page 194 - If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due, and then the surplus is to be applied towards discharging the principal; and interest is to be Computed on the balance, as aforesaid.
Page 199 - 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 191 - But if any payment be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on the principal sum due on the obligation for one year, add it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid, from the time it was paid, up to the end of the year : add it to the sum paid, and deduct that sum from the principal and interest added as above...
Page 132 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 194 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. " If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
Page 119 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 233 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 351. Apothecaries' weight is used in mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. APOTHECARIES
Page 235 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 201 - RULE. 1. Separate the given number into periods of three figures each, beginning at the units place.
Page 191 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced , add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total. If there be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due, to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above ; and in like manner from one payment to another till all the payments are absorbed ; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.