An Elementary Treatise on Arithmetic, in Theory and Practice: Adapted to the Instruction of Youth in Schools and Academies in the United StatesCollins & Hannay, 1827 - 276 páginas |
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... less value , the compound value was equal to the simple value of both taken together ; but when a charac- ter preceded one of greater value , both together expressed a value equal to the difference of their simple values . Thus , II ...
... less value , the compound value was equal to the simple value of both taken together ; but when a charac- ter preceded one of greater value , both together expressed a value equal to the difference of their simple values . Thus , II ...
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... less frequently involved in fractional remainders than at present . And if all the divisions of measures , weights , coins , & c . ran in the same duodecimal progression , the practical advantages would be great . But it appears from ...
... less frequently involved in fractional remainders than at present . And if all the divisions of measures , weights , coins , & c . ran in the same duodecimal progression , the practical advantages would be great . But it appears from ...
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... less number from a greater , and thereby showing the remainder or difference . The number which is to be subtracted from the other is usually called the subtrahend ; the number from which the subtraction is made , the minuend . If we ...
... less number from a greater , and thereby showing the remainder or difference . The number which is to be subtracted from the other is usually called the subtrahend ; the number from which the subtraction is made , the minuend . If we ...
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... less than the corresponding digit of the subtrahend , conceiving a unit pre- fixed to it , and performing the subtraction , when we pro- ceed to the next column we have to conceive the next digit of the minuend less by 1 , on account of ...
... less than the corresponding digit of the subtrahend , conceiving a unit pre- fixed to it , and performing the subtraction , when we pro- ceed to the next column we have to conceive the next digit of the minuend less by 1 , on account of ...
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... less number below the greater , with units under units , tens under tens , & c . as in addition . Beginning with the ... less of the given numbers together if the sum be equal to the greater , the work is correct . 2. Subtract the number ...
... less number below the greater , with units under units , tens under tens , & c . as in addition . Beginning with the ... less of the given numbers together if the sum be equal to the greater , the work is correct . 2. Subtract the number ...
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2qrs 3qrs acres amount of $1 annexed annuity annum answer antecedent Arithmetic barrel bushels called cents per lb ciphers column common difference compound interest contained cube root debt decimal fractions denominator digits discount divided dividend division divisor drams equal equivalent evident Exam example exchange Exercises Exercises.-1 expressed factors farthings feet figure fourth proportional furlongs gain gallons given fraction given numbers given sum grains greater Hence hundred improper fraction least common multiple lowest terms method miles millions minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply New-York number of terms operation ounces payable pence pennyweights performed poles pound sterling pounds present worth principal PROBLEM proceed quantity quotient rate per cent Reduce remainder Repeat the rule Required the cost Required the sum result roods shillings square root subtract third term thousand tion tons Troy weight units weight whole numbers yards
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Página 66 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...
Página 129 - Rule. — Divide the numerator by the denominator, the quotient will be the whole number...
Página 129 - To reduce a mixed fraction to an equivalent improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fractional part, and to the product add the numerator, and place their sum over the said denominator.
Página 244 - When the sum of the series, the number of terms, and one of the extremes are given, to find the other extreme. Divide twice the sum of the series by the number of terms, and from the quotient take the given extreme.
Página 54 - WEIGHT. 16 drams, dr. make 1 ounce, - - - - oz. 16 ounces - - - 1 pound, - - - - Ib. 28 pounds - - - 1 quarter, - - - qr. 4 quarters - - - 1 hundred weight, - cwt. 20 hundred weight, 1 ton, T.
Página 226 - A sum of money was divided between two persons, A and B, so that the share of A was to that of B as 5 to 3.
Página 245 - A body near the earth falling by its own weight, if it were not resisted by the air, would descend in the first second of time through a space of 16 feet and 1 inch ; in the next second through 3 times that space ; in the third, through 5 times that space ; in the fourth, through 7 times that space, etc.
Página 220 - ... number contained in the first period, and place the cube root of it in the quotient. Subtract its cube from the first period, and bring down the next three figures ; divide the number thus brought down by 300 times the square of the first figure of the root, and it will give the second figure ; add 300 times the square of the first figure, 30 times the product of the first and second figures, and the square of the second figure together, for a divisor; then multiply...
Página 61 - A square inch is a square each of whose sides, is an inch long. A square foot is a square having each side 1 foot, or 12 inches long.