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... units . Now if we add the 3 units of one with the 6 units of the other , their sum is 9 units , and the 2 tens of one added to the 3 tens of the other , their sum is 5 tens . These two results taken together , are 5 tens and 9 units ...
... units . Now if we add the 3 units of one with the 6 units of the other , their sum is 9 units , and the 2 tens of one added to the 3 tens of the other , their sum is 5 tens . These two results taken together , are 5 tens and 9 units ...
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... units of any one order , are just equal to one unit of the next higher order . PROOF . 82. Begin at the top , and reckon each column downwards , and if their amounts agree , with the former , the operation is supposed to have been ...
... units of any one order , are just equal to one unit of the next higher order . PROOF . 82. Begin at the top , and reckon each column downwards , and if their amounts agree , with the former , the operation is supposed to have been ...
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... units . We there fore write down the 2 units in the place of units , and reserving the 1 ten to be joined with the tens , we say , 3 times 2 tens are 6 tens , to which we add the 1 ten reserved , making 7 tens . We the efore write 7 at ...
... units . We there fore write down the 2 units in the place of units , and reserving the 1 ten to be joined with the tens , we say , 3 times 2 tens are 6 tens , to which we add the 1 ten reserved , making 7 tens . We the efore write 7 at ...
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... units under units and the tens under tens , and draw a line below , as at the left hand . As 75 is made up of 7 tens and 5 units , and 43 of 4 tens and 3 units , we take the 3 units of the lower from the 5 units of the upper line , and ...
... units under units and the tens under tens , and draw a line below , as at the left hand . As 75 is made up of 7 tens and 5 units , and 43 of 4 tens and 3 units , we take the 3 units of the lower from the 5 units of the upper line , and ...
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... units from 2 units ; we must there- fore take the 1 ten = 10 units , with the 2 , making 12 units ; then 7 from 12 leaves 5 for the answer . 97. 5. A man has debts due him to the amount of 406 dollars , and he owes 178 dollars ; what is ...
... units from 2 units ; we must there- fore take the 1 ten = 10 units , with the 2 , making 12 units ; then 7 from 12 leaves 5 for the answer . 97. 5. A man has debts due him to the amount of 406 dollars , and he owes 178 dollars ; what is ...
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Page 82 - 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 89 - The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, 24, and 30.
Page 118 - 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 111 - 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 94 - It will be seen that we multiply the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor for the denominator of the quotient, and the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor for the numerator of the quotient.
Page 120 - Add together the most convenient indices to make an index less by 1 than the number expressing the place of the term sought. 3. Multiply the terms of the geometrical series together belonging to those indices, and make the product a dividend. 4. Raise...
Page 115 - 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 31 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 2 - 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 93 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.