The Youth's Assistant in Theoretic and Practical Arithmetic: Designed for the Use of Schools in the United States |
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... method of proving an arithmetical operation will demon- strate the work to be correct ; but as we should not be likely to commit errors in both operations , which should exactly balance each other , the proof renders the correctness of ...
... method of proving an arithmetical operation will demon- strate the work to be correct ; but as we should not be likely to commit errors in both operations , which should exactly balance each other , the proof renders the correctness of ...
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... method of finding the amount of a given number by repeating it a proposed number of times . There must be two or more numbers given in or- der to perform the operation . The given numbers , spoken of together , are called factors ...
... method of finding the amount of a given number by repeating it a proposed number of times . There must be two or more numbers given in or- der to perform the operation . The given numbers , spoken of together , are called factors ...
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... method of finding how many times one simple number is contained in another ; or , of sepa rating a simple number into a proposed number of equal parts . The number which is to be divided , is called the dividend ; the number by which ...
... method of finding how many times one simple number is contained in another ; or , of sepa rating a simple number into a proposed number of equal parts . The number which is to be divided , is called the dividend ; the number by which ...
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... method of per- forming the operation ? ( 81 ) 5. When the given numbers are all equal , what shorter method is there of finding their sum ? ( 83 ) 6. How is Multiplication per- formed ? ( 88 ) 7. What are the given numbers employed in ...
... method of per- forming the operation ? ( 81 ) 5. When the given numbers are all equal , what shorter method is there of finding their sum ? ( 83 ) 6. How is Multiplication per- formed ? ( 88 ) 7. What are the given numbers employed in ...
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... method of forming numbers , and of expressing them by figures , has been fully explained in the articles on Numeration . ( 71 , 72 , 73 ) But it frequently happens that we have occasion to express quantities , which are less than the ...
... method of forming numbers , and of expressing them by figures , has been fully explained in the articles on Numeration . ( 71 , 72 , 73 ) But it frequently happens that we have occasion to express quantities , which are less than the ...
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acc't acres Addition amount ANALYSIS answer bush bushels called cash in full ciphers circumference column common denominator common difference compound interest contains cost cube root cubic decimal denoted diameter divide dividend division dollars dolls DRY MEASURE equal expressed factors Federal Money feet long foot gain gallon given number given to find greatest common divisor Hence hundred hundredths inches last term least common multiple left hand leger lemons length man's share measure merator method miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand multiply number of terms payment pence pound present worth principal proportion quantity quarts QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE quotient ratio Reduce remainder right hand rods RULE RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply shillings side Simon Pond simple square root subtract subtrahend supposed tens tenths tion Troy weight units velocity vulgar fraction weight whole number write
Popular passages
Page 76 - 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 109 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 97 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 74 - Is when the several shares of stock are continued in trade an equal term of time. RULE. As the whole stock is to the whole gain or loss : so is each man's particular stock, to his particular share of the gain or loss.
Page 105 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. III. Double the root already found for a divisor ; seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 67 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 68 - 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 120 - RULE. Multiply all the terms of the natural series of numbers, from 1 up to the given number, continually together, and the last product will be the answer required. ExAMPLEs.
Page 89 - 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.