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... added to the principal at regular intervals . Compound quantities . Quantities expressed in two or more denomi- nations . Concrete numbers . A phrase used to denote numbers applied to speci- fied things ; as 6 horses , 8 desks ...
... added to the principal at regular intervals . Compound quantities . Quantities expressed in two or more denomi- nations . Concrete numbers . A phrase used to denote numbers applied to speci- fied things ; as 6 horses , 8 desks ...
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... adding the name of the period . The fourth period from the right is the period of billions . Hence the number is read : Twenty - six billion , two hundred seventeen million , three hundred twenty thousand , four hundred sixteen . NOTE 1 ...
... adding the name of the period . The fourth period from the right is the period of billions . Hence the number is read : Twenty - six billion , two hundred seventeen million , three hundred twenty thousand , four hundred sixteen . NOTE 1 ...
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... added to the number before it . The sign is called the sign of equality , and stands for the word equals ; so that 5 + 49 is read : 5 plus 4 equals 9 . 21. Addition . The operation of finding a number equal to two or more numbers taken ...
... added to the number before it . The sign is called the sign of equality , and stands for the word equals ; so that 5 + 49 is read : 5 plus 4 equals 9 . 21. Addition . The operation of finding a number equal to two or more numbers taken ...
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... added , we write ones under ones , tens under tens , etc .; and draw a line underneath . 4532 2721 6855 We first find the sum of the ones and write this sum , 8 , under the column of ones . We next find the sum of the tens and write the ...
... added , we write ones under ones , tens under tens , etc .; and draw a line underneath . 4532 2721 6855 We first find the sum of the ones and write this sum , 8 , under the column of ones . We next find the sum of the tens and write the ...
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... adding , and write on a piece of waste paper the entire sum of each column ; then to begin at the top of the left ... added , that all the units stand in a vertical column , all the tens in the next column ( to the left ) , and all ...
... adding , and write on a piece of waste paper the entire sum of each column ; then to begin at the top of the left ... added , that all the units stand in a vertical column , all the tens in the next column ( to the left ) , and all ...
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Page 149 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk.) 365 days = 1 common year (yr.) 366 days . = 1 leap year (1.
Page 148 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 250 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 283 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 142 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 262 - ... is equal to the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypotenuse and the other side.
Page 241 - That is, in any proportion either extreme is equal to the product of the means divided by the other extreme ; and either mean is equal to the product of the extremes divided by the other mean.
Page 172 - PERIPHERY of a circle is its entire bounding line ; or it is a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 101 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator.
Page 254 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend. 5. Double the whole root already found for a new divisor, and continue the operation as before, until all the periods are brought down. NOTE.