An Elementary Arithmetic Serving as an Introduction to the Higher ArithmeticH. H. Hawley & Company, 1850 - 347 páginas |
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acres added amount annex arithmetical progression balance barrels bushels called ciphers coin column contained copper cords corner pieces cost cube root cubic feet cubic inches currency decimal fraction decimal point denominate number denote diameter discount divide dividend division equal equivalent fractions EXAMPLES expressed factors farthings Federal money foot gallon geometrical progression give gold grains greatest common divisor Hence hogsheads hundred improper fraction indorsement last term least common denominator least common multiple length lowest terms MEASURE method miles mills minuend mixed number multiplicand Multiply number of days number of terms numerator and denominator obtain OPERATION ounces payment pence present worth quantities quotient rate per cent ratio rectangles Reduce Repeat the Rule rods Septillions shilling tea side silver slabs sought square feet square root subtract subtrahend Suppose we wish tens third term Thousands tiply trial divisor Troy Weight units vulgar fraction weight whole number yards
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Página 78 - Then multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator...
Página 111 - When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers.
Página 107 - To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.
Página 236 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due. If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal; but interest continues on the former principal until the...
Página 328 - To find the area of a trapezoid. RULE. Multiply half the sum of the two parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them : the product will be the area.
Página 281 - That is, the square of the sum of two numbers is equal to the square of the first number, plus twice the product of the two numbers, plus the square of the second number.
Página 340 - A can do a piece of work in 3 days, B in 4 days, and C in 5 days, how many...
Página 108 - Divide as in whole numbers ; give as many decimal places in the quotient as those in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; if there are not as many, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers.
Página 107 - In multiplication of decimals, we know that the number of decimal places in the product is equal to the sum of those in both the factors.
Página 52 - DIVISION we find how many times one number is contained in another. The number to be divided, is called the DIVIDEND ; the number by which to divide is called the DIVISOR; the number of times the dividend contains the divisor is called the QUOTIENT.