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... Division Fractions arise from division Miscellaneous questions in the foregoing rules FRACTIONS - Vulgar Proper , Improper , & c . Reduction of fractions To reduce a Mixed Number to an Improper Fraction a Whole Number to the form of a ...
... Division Fractions arise from division Miscellaneous questions in the foregoing rules FRACTIONS - Vulgar Proper , Improper , & c . Reduction of fractions To reduce a Mixed Number to an Improper Fraction a Whole Number to the form of a ...
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... DIVISION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS , COMMONLY CALLED SIMPLE DIVISION . 43. SIMPLE DIVISION is finding how often one simple num- ber is contained in another , and is a short method of performing SEVERAL SUBTRACTIONS . Illus . Master James ...
... DIVISION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS , COMMONLY CALLED SIMPLE DIVISION . 43. SIMPLE DIVISION is finding how often one simple num- ber is contained in another , and is a short method of performing SEVERAL SUBTRACTIONS . Illus . Master James ...
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... DIVISION . } * Analysis . 13 ) 3579 ( 200 Quot . of 260013 13 X 2002600 13 ) 979 70 Quot . of 91013 13 X 70910 13 ) 69 ( 5 Quot . of 6513 13 x 5 = 65 275 Quot . of ( 3579 4 ) 13 . 4 remains undivided = 4 Whole dividend 3579 1 . 17 ) ...
... DIVISION . } * Analysis . 13 ) 3579 ( 200 Quot . of 260013 13 X 2002600 13 ) 979 70 Quot . of 91013 13 X 70910 13 ) 69 ( 5 Quot . of 6513 13 x 5 = 65 275 Quot . of ( 3579 4 ) 13 . 4 remains undivided = 4 Whole dividend 3579 1 . 17 ) ...
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... Division is the REVERSE of multiplication , and may be proved by it . And indeed , the method we have given , although generally styled the proof by addition , is , in reality , proof by multiplication , as plainly appears from our ...
... Division is the REVERSE of multiplication , and may be proved by it . And indeed , the method we have given , although generally styled the proof by addition , is , in reality , proof by multiplication , as plainly appears from our ...
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... division by the same number evident ly destroy each other . See Art . 30 c . CONTRACTIONS IN DIVISION . 53. When the divisor does not exceed 12 , a shorter way is generally made use of , called SHORT DIVISION . It consists in performing ...
... division by the same number evident ly destroy each other . See Art . 30 c . CONTRACTIONS IN DIVISION . 53. When the divisor does not exceed 12 , a shorter way is generally made use of , called SHORT DIVISION . It consists in performing ...
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Page 76 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 37 - OPERATIONS WITH FRACTIONS A) To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator.
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Page 131 - Multiply together the powers belonging to those indices, and their product, multiplied by the first term, will be the term sought. 2. If the first term be 5, and the ratio 3, what is the 8th term ? Powers of the ratio, with U g 3_ + * — 2187 X 5 first their indices over them. ) <3, ,9, 27
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Page 133 - Raise the ratio to a power whose index is equal to the number of terms, from which subtract 1 ; divide the remainder by the ratio, less 1, and the quotient, multiplied by the first term, will be the answer.
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