Welch's Improved American Arithmetic: Adapted to the Currency of the United States : to which is Added a Concise Treatise on the Mensuration of Planes and Solids |
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... Unit ; two ; three ; four ; five ; six ; seven ; eight ; nine ; cy- or one S [ pher or nothing . The nine first are called ( ) significant figures or digits , each of which standing by itself or alone , invariably ex- presses ( 9 ) a ...
... Unit ; two ; three ; four ; five ; six ; seven ; eight ; nine ; cy- or one S [ pher or nothing . The nine first are called ( ) significant figures or digits , each of which standing by itself or alone , invariably ex- presses ( 9 ) a ...
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... Units Those words at the head of the Table are applicable to any sum of number , and must be committed perfectly to memory so as to be readily applied on any occasion . The first six figures from the right hand are called the unit ...
... Units Those words at the head of the Table are applicable to any sum of number , and must be committed perfectly to memory so as to be readily applied on any occasion . The first six figures from the right hand are called the unit ...
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... Units . G- Of other Characters used in Arithmetic . Is the sign of Addition ; and shews , that the number which follows the sign , must be added to the number be- fore it . Thus 9 + 10 signifies that 9 and 10 are to be added . - Is the ...
... Units . G- Of other Characters used in Arithmetic . Is the sign of Addition ; and shews , that the number which follows the sign , must be added to the number be- fore it . Thus 9 + 10 signifies that 9 and 10 are to be added . - Is the ...
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... units under units , tens under tens , and hundreds under hundreds , & c . Begin to add ( 3 ) in the place of units , ( 4 ) add all in that column , carry one for every ten that is in the sum of units , to the place of tens , and set ...
... units under units , tens under tens , and hundreds under hundreds , & c . Begin to add ( 3 ) in the place of units , ( 4 ) add all in that column , carry one for every ten that is in the sum of units , to the place of tens , and set ...
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... units under units , & c . begin to subtract ( 4 ) in the place of units ; and ( 5 ) take the under from the upper figure ; set down the remainder : If at any time any particular figure in the lower line is larger than the one ...
... units under units , & c . begin to subtract ( 4 ) in the place of units ; and ( 5 ) take the under from the upper figure ; set down the remainder : If at any time any particular figure in the lower line is larger than the one ...
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Page 81 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 64 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 214 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 84 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 109 - 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 equated time.* • , EXAMPLES.
Page 92 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 193 - RULE. — To the square of the bung diameter add the square of the head diameter ; multiply the sum by the length, and the product by .0014 for ale gallons, or by .0017 for wine gallons.
Page 149 - PROBLEM II. The first term, the last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1 , and the quotient will be the common diffcrenct.
Page 204 - There is an island 50 miles in circumference, and three men start together to travel the same way about it ; A goes 7 miles per day, B 8, and C 9 ; when will they all come together again, and how far will they travel ? Ans.
Page 163 - As 7 is to 22, so is the diameter to the circumference : or, as 22 is to 7, so is the circumference to the diameter.