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... Answer , 239 dollars . Add as before . The units will be 9 , the tens 8 , and the hundreds 2 ; that is , 210+ 70 + 9 = 289 . Chellogg After the same manner are performed the following examples : 15. A man had 15 sheep in one pasture ...
... Answer , 239 dollars . Add as before . The units will be 9 , the tens 8 , and the hundreds 2 ; that is , 210+ 70 + 9 = 289 . Chellogg After the same manner are performed the following examples : 15. A man had 15 sheep in one pasture ...
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... answer . PROOF . We may reverse the order , and , heginning at the top , add the figures downward . If the two results are alike , the work is sup- posed to be right . From the examples and illustrations now given , we derive the fol ...
... answer . PROOF . We may reverse the order , and , heginning at the top , add the figures downward . If the two results are alike , the work is sup- posed to be right . From the examples and illustrations now given , we derive the fol ...
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... answer called ? 5. What is the sign of subtraction ? 6. What is the rule ? 7 . What is understood by borrowing ten ? 8. Of what is subtraction the reverse ? 9. How is subtraction proved ? 10. How is addition proved by subtraction ...
... answer called ? 5. What is the sign of subtraction ? 6. What is the rule ? 7 . What is understood by borrowing ten ? 8. Of what is subtraction the reverse ? 9. How is subtraction proved ? 10. How is addition proved by subtraction ...
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... answer . 2. The number of distinct buildings in New England , appropri- ated to the spinning , weaving , and printing of cotton goods , was esti- mated , in 1826 , at 400 , running , on an average , 700 spindles each ; what was the ...
... answer . 2. The number of distinct buildings in New England , appropri- ated to the spinning , weaving , and printing of cotton goods , was esti- mated , in 1826 , at 400 , running , on an average , 700 spindles each ; what was the ...
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... answer called ? 5. Taken collectively , what are the multiplicand and multiplier called ? 6. What is the sign of multiplication ? 7 . What does it show ? 8. In what order must the given numbers be placed for multiplication ? 9. How do ...
... answer called ? 5. Taken collectively , what are the multiplicand and multiplier called ? 6. What is the sign of multiplication ? 7 . What does it show ? 8. In what order must the given numbers be placed for multiplication ? 9. How do ...
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12 cents acres amount annexed annuity answer apples arithmetical series bushels called ciphers common difference composite number compound interest compound numbers contained cord feet cows cube root cubic decimal fractions diameter divided dividend division divisor dollars equal EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE factors farthings federal money foot gain gallons given number greatest common divisor Hence hogshead horse hundred hundredths improper fraction inches last term least common multiple length less number measure miles mills minuend minutes mixed number months multiplicand multiply Note number of terms OPERATION oranges ounce paid pence pints pounds present worth principal proportion pupil quantity quarts quotient rate per cent ratio receive Reduce remainder right hand figure rule shillings side simple numbers sold solid feet square root subtraction subtrahend tens thousandths units vulgar fractions weight whole number write yards of cloth
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Page 90 - Divide the denominator by the whole number, when it can be done without a remainder ; otherwise, multiply the numerator by it, and under the product write the denominator, which may then be reduced to a whole or mixed number.
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Page 95 - Prom' the very process of dividing each of the parts, that is, of increasing the denominators by multiplying them, it follows, that each denominator must be & factor of the common denominator ; now, multiplying all the denominators together will evidently produce such a number. Hence, To reduce fractions of different denominators to equivalent fractions having...
Page 139 - 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 true time required.
Page 112 - 03, the same as before. IT 73. The foregoing examples and remarks are sufficient to establish the following RULE. In the division of decimal fractions, divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off...
Page 124 - The rate of interest upon the loan or forbearance of any money, goods or things in action...
Page 83 - Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain.
Page 142 - This may be done, provided the terms be so placed, that the product of the extremes shall be equal to that of the means. 4. If 3 men perform a certain piece of work in 10 days, how long will it take 6 men to do the same ? The number of days in which 6 men will do the work being the term sought, the.
Page 166 - Hence, when the extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference, — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 63 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, February twenty-eight alone ; All the rest have thirty-one.