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Page 15
... less un- derneath , fo that units may ftand under units , tens under tens , & c . then , drawing a line underneath , begia with the units , and fubtract the lower from the upper figure , and fet down the remainder ; but if the lower ...
... less un- derneath , fo that units may ftand under units , tens under tens , & c . then , drawing a line underneath , begia with the units , and fubtract the lower from the upper figure , and fet down the remainder ; but if the lower ...
Page 25
... less than the divifor , a cypher must be placed in the quotient , and another figure be brought down ; after which , you must feek , multiply and subtract , till you have brought down every figure of the dividend . " EXAMPLES . * When ...
... less than the divifor , a cypher must be placed in the quotient , and another figure be brought down ; after which , you must feek , multiply and subtract , till you have brought down every figure of the dividend . " EXAMPLES . * When ...
Page 41
... less being below the greater ; begin with the least denomination , and , if it exceed the figure over it , borrow as many units as make one of the next greater ; fubtract it therefrom ; and to the differ ence add the upper figure ...
... less being below the greater ; begin with the least denomination , and , if it exceed the figure over it , borrow as many units as make one of the next greater ; fubtract it therefrom ; and to the differ ence add the upper figure ...
Page 71
... less than the fquare root thereof , that number is a prime . 8. All prime numbers , except 2 and 5 , have 1 , 3 , 7 , or 9 in the place of units ; and all other numbers are composite . 9. When numbers , with the fign of Addition or ...
... less than the fquare root thereof , that number is a prime . 8. All prime numbers , except 2 and 5 , have 1 , 3 , 7 , or 9 in the place of units ; and all other numbers are composite . 9. When numbers , with the fign of Addition or ...
Page 99
... less denomination , and cut off fo many places for a remainder , to the right hand , as there are places in the given decimal . 2. Multiply the remainder by the next inferior de- nomination , and cut off a remainder as before . 3 ...
... less denomination , and cut off fo many places for a remainder , to the right hand , as there are places in the given decimal . 2. Multiply the remainder by the next inferior de- nomination , and cut off a remainder as before . 3 ...
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Popular passages
Page 243 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number of terms.
Page 216 - Find the greatest square number in the first or left hand period, place the root of it at the right hand of the given number, (after the manner of a quotient in division...
Page 12 - I = One. II = Two. III = Three. IV = Four. V = Five. VI = Six. VII = Seven. VIII = Eight. IX = Nine. X = Ten. XI = Eleven.
Page 334 - To find the number of Permutations or changes, that can be made of any given number of things, all different from each other. RULE.
Page 73 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators, except its own, for a new numerator, and all the denominators into each other continually, for a common denominator.
Page 72 - Multiply all the numerators continually together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator, and they will form the simple fraction required.
Page 91 - ... therefore, divide as in whole numbers, and, from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 216 - Distinguish the given number into periods of two figures each, by putting a point over the place of units, another over the place of hundreds, and so on, which points show the number of figures the root will consist of. 2. Find the greatest square number in the first, or left hand period...
Page 10 - First, commit the words at the head of the table, viz. units, tens,^ hundreds, &c. to memory, then, to the simple value of each figure, join the name of its place, beginning at the left hand, and reading towards the right.
Page 224 - RULE. 1 . Separate the given number into periods of three figures each, by putting a point over the unit figure and every third figure bejond the place of units.