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... Multiplication , Division , Supplement to Multiplication and Division , Promiscuous Exercises , Page Page Simple Proportion , 75 · 5 Compound Proportion ,. 82 7 The Method of Unity , 85 * 11 Practice , 86 * 13 Promiscuous Questions , 92 ...
... Multiplication , Division , Supplement to Multiplication and Division , Promiscuous Exercises , Page Page Simple Proportion , 75 · 5 Compound Proportion ,. 82 7 The Method of Unity , 85 * 11 Practice , 86 * 13 Promiscuous Questions , 92 ...
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... multiplying two or more numbers together ; thus 28 = 4 × 7 is a composite number , and 4 and 7 are called its component ... multiply , or which expresses how often the multiplicand is to be repeated . PRODUCT is the sum or result of the ...
... multiplying two or more numbers together ; thus 28 = 4 × 7 is a composite number , and 4 and 7 are called its component ... multiply , or which expresses how often the multiplicand is to be repeated . PRODUCT is the sum or result of the ...
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... ( multiplied by ) denotes equality ; thus 21s . 1 guinea . addition ; thus 6 + 4 = 10 . subtraction ; ...... thus 7-3 = 4 . thus 18-6 = 3 . multiplication ; thus 4X3 = 12 . division ; ( is to ) : ( as ) are signs used in proportion to ...
... ( multiplied by ) denotes equality ; thus 21s . 1 guinea . addition ; thus 6 + 4 = 10 . subtraction ; ...... thus 7-3 = 4 . thus 18-6 = 3 . multiplication ; thus 4X3 = 12 . division ; ( is to ) : ( as ) are signs used in proportion to ...
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... Multiplication and Division Table on the next page , as well as to all the tables which follow . MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION TABLE . 13 | 14 | 15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 10 11 12 4 5 6 ...
... Multiplication and Division Table on the next page , as well as to all the tables which follow . MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION TABLE . 13 | 14 | 15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 10 11 12 4 5 6 ...
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Alexander Ingram Alexander Trotter (of the Scottish inst). MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION TABLE . 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 40 39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2 | 2 | 46 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 ...
Alexander Ingram Alexander Trotter (of the Scottish inst). MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION TABLE . 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 40 39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2 | 2 | 46 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 ...
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acres amount annex ANSWERS ARITHMETIC Bought casks cent centimes ciphers cloth compound interest containing cost cubic debt decimal denominator discount Divide dividend divisor drams Edinburgh EDINBURGH ACADEMY Edition Exercises farthings feet Find the value florins FRENCH gain gallons gals GEOGRAPHY George Watson's College given number guineas hectometre hence hhds hundred improper fraction inches insured JUNIOR CLASSES least common multiple litres loaf weighs lower name MEASURE Metric System miles mixed number months multiplicand Multiply myriametres NOTE Oliver and Boyd's ounces paid pound present value Pronunciation quarters quotient READING-BOOK Reduce remainder rent right-hand figure root RULE School shillings Simple sold square square miles sterling stiff wrapper subtract sugar SURENNE'S tare tons TROY WEIGHT Vocabulary VULGAR FRACTIONS weight wheat whole number write yards
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