Rudiment: Treatise on Arithmetic, with Key, Volume 21854 |
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... dividend and its divisor by any number we please , without altering the ... numerator of each fraction by the product of the denominators of all the ... denominator common to all . Thus , to change the fractions ,,, into others of the ...
... dividend and its divisor by any number we please , without altering the ... numerator of each fraction by the product of the denominators of all the ... denominator common to all . Thus , to change the fractions ,,, into others of the ...
Page 81
... numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor , and the denominator of the divi- dend by the numerator of the divisor ; or , which is the same thing , the quotient is got by turning the divisor upside down , and then ...
... numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor , and the denominator of the divi- dend by the numerator of the divisor ; or , which is the same thing , the quotient is got by turning the divisor upside down , and then ...
Page 86
... numerator and denominator , as the factors common to both are often sufficiently obvious to become readily detected ... divisor , and the former divisor a new dividend ; then make the second remainder a divisor , and the preceding ...
... numerator and denominator , as the factors common to both are often sufficiently obvious to become readily detected ... divisor , and the former divisor a new dividend ; then make the second remainder a divisor , and the preceding ...
Page 90
... numerator and denominator come to be both multiplied by the same number ... dividend 5 times , at least , in order to render the quotient free from a ... divisor . If the quotient have a fraction , reduce it to its lowest terms , and ...
... numerator and denominator come to be both multiplied by the same number ... dividend 5 times , at least , in order to render the quotient free from a ... divisor . If the quotient have a fraction , reduce it to its lowest terms , and ...
Page 115
... numerator , which then take for a dividend , the denominator being the divisor : if the dividend be sufficiently large , find the first figure of the quo- tient ; but if it be too small to give a significant first figure , put zero for ...
... numerator , which then take for a dividend , the denominator being the divisor : if the dividend be sufficiently large , find the first figure of the quo- tient ; but if it be too small to give a significant first figure , put zero for ...
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abstract number acres added addition amount annexed arithmetic avoirdupois Bill called carry cent column complete quotient composite number COMPOUND QUANTITIES concrete quantities contained decimal places decimal point deno denominator difference discount divide dividend dividend and divisor division equal example Exercises factors farthings fourth term French Languages gallons Henry Law hundred improper fraction interest last decimal last figure learner least common multiple lowest denomination lowest terms margin merator miles minator mixed number months multiplicand multiply namely notation noughts number of days number of decimals operation paid pence places of decimals pounds proper fraction proportion quotient-figure ratio recurring decimal Reduce remainder result root root-figure rule shillings square square-root subtract third term thousand tion tiplier troy troy weight units vulgar fraction weight whole number yards zeros
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