A New System of Arithmetic, on the Cancelling Plan: Embracing the Rules of Three, Single and Double, Direct and Inverse; Barter; Loss and Gain; Reduction, Multiplication and Division of Fractions; Exchange of Currencies; Interest; and All Proportional Questions in One Rule Applicable to the Whole. The Process Greatly Simplified and Abridged |
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Page 12
... 2 = 2 , and = 2 and 4 = 2 ; in either case it is signified that 4 divided by 2 equals 2 . :: Proportion ; as 2 : 4 :: 6 : 12 ; which is read , 2 is to 4 as 6 is to 12 . ARITHMETIC . ARITHMETIC is the science of numbers . It EXPLANATIONS .
... 2 = 2 , and = 2 and 4 = 2 ; in either case it is signified that 4 divided by 2 equals 2 . :: Proportion ; as 2 : 4 :: 6 : 12 ; which is read , 2 is to 4 as 6 is to 12 . ARITHMETIC . ARITHMETIC is the science of numbers . It EXPLANATIONS .
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... divided into 4 classes in the first class there are 10 scholars , in the second 12 , in the third nine , and in the fourth 14 , how many in all ? 11. If from my library , I lend to one man 5 books , to another 10 , to another 8 , to ...
... divided into 4 classes in the first class there are 10 scholars , in the second 12 , in the third nine , and in the fourth 14 , how many in all ? 11. If from my library , I lend to one man 5 books , to another 10 , to another 8 , to ...
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... divided 9 walnuts equally between three boys . How many did each receive ? 3. James ' father gave him 8 butternuts to divide equally between himself and his 3 brothers . How many did each receive ? 4. If Harriet gave 24 cents for 6 ...
... divided 9 walnuts equally between three boys . How many did each receive ? 3. James ' father gave him 8 butternuts to divide equally between himself and his 3 brothers . How many did each receive ? 4. If Harriet gave 24 cents for 6 ...
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... divided is called the Divi- dend ; the number by which you divide is called the Divi- sor . The Dividend is to be regarded as the product of two factors , of which the Divisor is one , and the other is sought , which is the Quotient ...
... divided is called the Divi- dend ; the number by which you divide is called the Divi- sor . The Dividend is to be regarded as the product of two factors , of which the Divisor is one , and the other is sought , which is the Quotient ...
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... divided figure . We next divide the tens of the dividend : 4 is contained in 5 once , and 1 ten over , which also must be divided . If this ten be added to the unit , it will make 1 ten and 6 units - equal to 16 units ; 4 , then , is ...
... divided figure . We next divide the tens of the dividend : 4 is contained in 5 once , and 1 ten over , which also must be divided . If this ten be added to the unit , it will make 1 ten and 6 units - equal to 16 units ; 4 , then , is ...
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Page 60 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 180 - RULE.* — Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the true time required.
Page 36 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 191 - 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 53 - TABLE. 10 Mills =1 Cent. 10 Cents =1 Dime. 10 Dimes =1 Dollar. 10 Dollars =1 Eagle.
Page 255 - America, to be paid to the said or his certain attorney, executors, administrators, or assigns: to which payment well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly by these presents.
Page 203 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 105 - Divide by any number that will divide two or more of the given numbers without a remainder, and set the quotients, together with the undivided numbers, in a line beneath.
Page 194 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.
Page 217 - If the errors are alike, divide the difference of the products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be th.e answer. But if the errors are unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, for the answer.