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... correct , and that the rule must lead you to the true sum or amount in all cases . ( 13. ) There is a way of proving whether the columns are added up without error , given in most books on arithmetic ; but it would cause you more ...
... correct , and that the rule must lead you to the true sum or amount in all cases . ( 13. ) There is a way of proving whether the columns are added up without error , given in most books on arithmetic ; but it would cause you more ...
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... correct remainder : this rule is as follows : - : - RULE 1. Write the smaller number under the greater , taking care , as in addition , to place units under units , tens under tens , hundreds under hundreds , & c . 2. Then , beginning ...
... correct remainder : this rule is as follows : - : - RULE 1. Write the smaller number under the greater , taking care , as in addition , to place units under units , tens under tens , hundreds under hundreds , & c . 2. Then , beginning ...
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... correctly performed , by adding the remainder to the number which has been subtracted ; the sum ought to be the top number : thus , taking the first of the three examples just given , you would say , 2 and 7 are 9 ; 1 and 1 are 2 ; 0 ...
... correctly performed , by adding the remainder to the number which has been subtracted ; the sum ought to be the top number : thus , taking the first of the three examples just given , you would say , 2 and 7 are 9 ; 1 and 1 are 2 ; 0 ...
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... correct by actual addition . 462508 4 7841902 37582431 6 9 1850032 47051412 338241879 462508 7841902 37582431 462508 7841902 37582431 462508 7841902 37582431 462508 7841902 37582431 7841902 37582431 1850032 7841902 37582431 37582431 ...
... correct by actual addition . 462508 4 7841902 37582431 6 9 1850032 47051412 338241879 462508 7841902 37582431 462508 7841902 37582431 462508 7841902 37582431 462508 7841902 37582431 7841902 37582431 1850032 7841902 37582431 37582431 ...
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... correctly brought out which ought to be shown to the learner , though the truth of it cannot be satisfactorily proved without the help of algebra : it is called the method of casting out the 9's , and depends on a property belonging to ...
... correctly brought out which ought to be shown to the learner , though the truth of it cannot be satisfactorily proved without the help of algebra : it is called the method of casting out the 9's , and depends on a property belonging to ...
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