Higher Arithmetic: Or, The Science and Application of Numbers; Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Modes of Instruction ...Ivison & Phinney, 1847 - 422 páginas |
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... Weights and Measures adopted by the Government in 1834 , were published . The Higher Arithmetic is designed to give a full development of the philosophy of Arithmetic , and its various applications to commercial pur- poses . Its plan is ...
... Weights and Measures adopted by the Government in 1834 , were published . The Higher Arithmetic is designed to give a full development of the philosophy of Arithmetic , and its various applications to commercial pur- poses . Its plan is ...
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... Weights and Measures , no effort has been spared to ascertain those in present use in our country ; and reject- ing such as are obsolete , we havo introduced the Standard Units adopted by the Government , together with the methods of ...
... Weights and Measures , no effort has been spared to ascertain those in present use in our country ; and reject- ing such as are obsolete , we havo introduced the Standard Units adopted by the Government , together with the methods of ...
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... Weight of the United States , Origin of Weights and Measures , The Avoirdupois Pound of the United States and Great Britain , The Standard UNIT of Length of the United States , ( 6 145 147 147 148 · 150 Applications of Reduction ...
... Weight of the United States , Origin of Weights and Measures , The Avoirdupois Pound of the United States and Great Britain , The Standard UNIT of Length of the United States , ( 6 145 147 147 148 · 150 Applications of Reduction ...
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... weight , time , number , & c . , are quantities . OBS . 1. A line is a quantity , because it can be measured in feet and inches ; weight can be measured in pounds and ounces ; time , in hours and minutes ; numbers can be multiplied ...
... weight , time , number , & c . , are quantities . OBS . 1. A line is a quantity , because it can be measured in feet and inches ; weight can be measured in pounds and ounces ; time , in hours and minutes ; numbers can be multiplied ...
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... weight of the whole ? 4. A man gave 5460 dollars to his oldest son , to the next 4065 , to the next 6750 , to the next 8000 , and to the youngest 7276 dollars : how much did he give to all ? 5. A merchant , on settling up his business ...
... weight of the whole ? 4. A man gave 5460 dollars to his oldest son , to the next 4065 , to the next 6750 , to the next 8000 , and to the youngest 7276 dollars : how much did he give to all ? 5. A merchant , on settling up his business ...
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acres amount Analysis annexed answer required antecedent Arithmetic avoirdupois bank discount barrels bbls bought bushels called canceling ciphers CIRCULATING DECIMALS common fraction composite number compound numbers consequently contained cost cube currency decimal figures denotes difference Divide the given dividend division dollars dolls Dry Measure duodecimals equal expressed farthings Federal Money gain gallons gals given fractions given number greatest common divisor Hence hhds hundred hundredths improper fraction insured interest of $1 least common denominator least common multiple less miles mills mixed number mixture months multiplicand Multiply number of days Operation partial product payable pence period pound premium present worth prime factors prime number principal proportion quantity quotient rate per cent ratio remainder rods shillings sold subtract thousandths Troy Troy weight units usury weight whole number yard
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Página 369 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Página 237 - ... dividend, as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor.
Página 97 - 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.
Página 366 - 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.
Página 74 - In the same manner it may be shown, that removing two ciphers from the right of a number, divides it by 100; removing three, divides it by 1000 ; removing four, divides it by 10000, &c.
Página 204 - 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.
Página 259 - 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 period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due...
Página 314 - ... multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator by the same number, does not alter the value of the fraction.
Página 48 - Multiplying ly any whole number, is taking the multiplicand as many times, as there are units in the multiplier.
Página 106 - An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator ; as, •f , if.