Arithmetic Simplified in Three Parts

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D. F. Robinson & Company, 1833 - Arithmetic - 283 pages

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Page 42 - Cardinal numbers: 1 one 2 two 3 three 4 four 5 five 6 six 7 seven 8...
Page 16 - Minute, . 60 Minutes. ..." 1 Degree, ... " °. 30 Degrees . . . . " 1 Sign, ... " s. 12 Signs, or 360 Degrees, the whole great Circle of the Zodiac.
Page 262 - Any three of the five following things being given, the other two may be found. 1. The first term. 2. The last term. 3. The number of terms.
Page 127 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 251 - 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 96 - To subtract fractions reduce the fractions to forms having a common denominator, if they have not that form, and subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the remainder over the common denominator.
Page 275 - Iris head and £ the length of his body, and his body is as long as his head and tail ; what is the length of the fish? The pupil will perceive, that the length of the body is £ the length of the fish. Ans. 32 feet.
Page 253 - RULE. 1. Separate the given number into periods of three figures each, beginning at the units place.
Page 14 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl...
Page 270 - Two men depart from the same place, and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of...

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