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... cipher , or Naught , 1 2 There are 3 4 5 6 8 · One , Two , Three , Four , Five , Six , Seven , Eight , · Nine . Q. Of what does arithmetic treat ? How are numbers expressed ? How many figures are there ? Name them . § 4. The character 0 ...
... cipher , or Naught , 1 2 There are 3 4 5 6 8 · One , Two , Three , Four , Five , Six , Seven , Eight , · Nine . Q. Of what does arithmetic treat ? How are numbers expressed ? How many figures are there ? Name them . § 4. The character 0 ...
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... ciphers on the right of 1. This number is read , one hundred . Now this one hundred expresses 10 units of the second order , or one hundred units of the first order . But the one hundred is but an individual hundred , and in this light ...
... ciphers on the right of 1. This number is read , one hundred . Now this one hundred expresses 10 units of the second order , or one hundred units of the first order . But the one hundred is but an individual hundred , and in this light ...
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... ciphers after it , as 10 , 100 , 1000 , & c . Placing a cipher on the right of a number changes the units place into ... ciphers increases a number one hun- dred times ; the addition of three ciphers , a thousand times , & c . Thus , 6 ...
... ciphers after it , as 10 , 100 , 1000 , & c . Placing a cipher on the right of a number changes the units place into ... ciphers increases a number one hun- dred times ; the addition of three ciphers , a thousand times , & c . Thus , 6 ...
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... ciphers on the right of the divisor . RULE . I. Cut off the ciphers by a line , and cut off the same num- ber of figures from the right of the dividend . II . Divide the remaining figures of the dividend by the significant figures of ...
... ciphers on the right of the divisor . RULE . I. Cut off the ciphers by a line , and cut off the same num- ber of figures from the right of the dividend . II . Divide the remaining figures of the dividend by the significant figures of ...
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... ciphers on the right of the divisor , how do you form the true remainder ? APPLICATIONS IN DIVISION . OPERATION . 1. Divide 80 dollars equally among four men . Here the 80 dollars is to be divided into 4 equal parts , and the quotient ...
... ciphers on the right of the divisor , how do you form the true remainder ? APPLICATIONS IN DIVISION . OPERATION . 1. Divide 80 dollars equally among four men . Here the 80 dollars is to be divided into 4 equal parts , and the quotient ...
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4th term acres altitude annex apples be equally barrel Bought bushels carats cent per annum Charles ciphers cloth cost column common denominator common difference composite number compound fraction contained cord cube root Currency decimal fraction decimal places denominate number diameter dimes dividend division dollars eight equally divided EXAMPLES expressed farthings Federal Money feet figure find the interest five following RULE foot four gallon given number gives greater greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred hundredths improper fractions inches least common multiple less lowest terms merchant miles millionths mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand multiply nine number of terms numerator and denominator OPERATION ounces payment pence pounds quotient ratio Reduce remainder seven shillings simple numbers solid square root subtract tens tenths third thousand thousandths TROY WEIGHT units vulgar fraction whole number wine worth Write yards cost yards of cloth
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Page 280 - ... then the above obligation to be void ; otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Page 280 - THE CONDITION of the above obligation is such, that if the above bounden James Wilson, his heirs, executors, or administrators, shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid, unto the above named John Pickens, his executors, administrators, or assigns, the just and full sum of Here insert the condition.
Page 217 - We shall now give the rule established in New York (see Johnson's Chancery Reports, vol. i., page 17,) for computing the interest on a bond or note, when partial payments have been made. The same rule is also adopted in Massachusetts, and in most of the other States.
Page 22 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...
Page 140 - 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.
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Page 45 - We have seen that multiplying by a whole number is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier.
Page 269 - If 20 men can perform a piece of work in 12 days, how many men will accomplish three times as much in one-fifth of the time ? Ans.
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Page 136 - Divide the greater number by the less, and then divide the divisor by the remainder, and continue to divide the last divisor by the last remainder until nothing remains. The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor sought.