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... rule at will . The work is of sufficiently comprehensive scope to meet the demands of even the most advanced schools ... rules brief and accurate . The author desires to express his indebtedness to many educators of prominence for ...
... rule at will . The work is of sufficiently comprehensive scope to meet the demands of even the most advanced schools ... rules brief and accurate . The author desires to express his indebtedness to many educators of prominence for ...
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... RULE FOR NUMERATION . - Beginning at the right , sepa- rate the numbers into periods of three figures each . Beginning at the left , read each period as if it stood alone , adding its name . EXERCISES . 19. Copy , point off into periods ...
... RULE FOR NUMERATION . - Beginning at the right , sepa- rate the numbers into periods of three figures each . Beginning at the left , read each period as if it stood alone , adding its name . EXERCISES . 19. Copy , point off into periods ...
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... RULE FOR NOTATION . Begin at the left and write the hundreds , tens , and units of each period in their proper order , putting ciphers in all vacant places and periods . While writing , separate each period by a comma from the one that ...
... RULE FOR NOTATION . Begin at the left and write the hundreds , tens , and units of each period in their proper order , putting ciphers in all vacant places and periods . While writing , separate each period by a comma from the one that ...
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... RULE . - Arrange the numbers so that the units of the same order stand in the same column . Beginning at the right , add each column separately and write the sum , if it is less than ten , under the column added . If the sum of any ...
... RULE . - Arrange the numbers so that the units of the same order stand in the same column . Beginning at the right , add each column separately and write the sum , if it is less than ten , under the column added . If the sum of any ...
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... RULE . Write the subtrahend under the minuend , units under units , tens under tens , etc. Begin at the right and subtract each figure of the subtrahend from the corresponding figure of the minuend , writing the re- sult beneath . If a ...
... RULE . Write the subtrahend under the minuend , units under units , tens under tens , etc. Begin at the right and subtract each figure of the subtrahend from the corresponding figure of the minuend , writing the re- sult beneath . If a ...
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Page 419 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 417 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq.
Page 369 - 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 370 - Weighted average is used in this report to indicate discharge-weighted average. It is computed by multiplying the discharge for a sampling period by the concentrations of individual constituents for the corresponding period and dividing the sum of the products by the sum of the discharges.
Page 421 - TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight, (pwt.) 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce, (oz.) 12 ounces =1 pound. (Ib.) Apothecaries' Weight is used in compounding medicines.
Page 212 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 331 - ... subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder annex the next period for the next dividend.
Page 105 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 417 - CUBIC MEASURE. 1728 cubic inches (cu. in. ) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.).
Page 98 - Cancel the common factors from both the dividend and divisor. II. Then divide the product of the remaining factors of the dividend by the product of the remaining factors of the divisor, and the result will be the quotient.