Arithmetic Designed for Academies and Schools: With AnswersA.S. Barnes & Company, 1844 - 340 pages |
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... examples as to induce the Author to add a Supplement , embracing near six hundred practical questions . These examples are arranged under heads corresponding with the order followed in the Arith- metic . One of the advantages resulting ...
... examples as to induce the Author to add a Supplement , embracing near six hundred practical questions . These examples are arranged under heads corresponding with the order followed in the Arith- metic . One of the advantages resulting ...
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... EXAMPLES IN EXPRESSING NUMBERS BY FIGURES . 1. Write four in figures , 2. Write four tens or forty . 3. Write four ... examples show us very clearly that the same significant figure will have different values according to the place which ...
... EXAMPLES IN EXPRESSING NUMBERS BY FIGURES . 1. Write four in figures , 2. Write four tens or forty . 3. Write four ... examples show us very clearly that the same significant figure will have different values according to the place which ...
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With Answers Charles Davies. The example may be done in another way , Having set down the numbers , as before , we say , 7 and 4 are 11 : we set down 1 in the ... EXAMPLES . 1. What is the sum of the numbers ADDITION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS . 31.
With Answers Charles Davies. The example may be done in another way , Having set down the numbers , as before , we say , 7 and 4 are 11 : we set down 1 in the ... EXAMPLES . 1. What is the sum of the numbers ADDITION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS . 31.
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... examples below , the small figure under each column , shows how many are to be carried to the next column at the left . Beginners had better set down the numbers to be carried as in the examples . ( 2. ) 96972 ( 3. ) 9841672 ( 4 ...
... examples below , the small figure under each column , shows how many are to be carried to the next column at the left . Beginners had better set down the numbers to be carried as in the examples . ( 2. ) 96972 ( 3. ) 9841672 ( 4 ...
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... examples , they may be subtracted in the mind , without writing them down . When the numbers are large , we write one num- ber under the other , and then make the subtraction by parts . 1. James has 27 apples , and gives 14 to John ...
... examples , they may be subtracted in the mind , without writing them down . When the numbers are large , we write one num- ber under the other , and then make the subtraction by parts . 1. James has 27 apples , and gives 14 to John ...
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acres amount annex apiece apples barrels Bought bushels bushels of wheat called casks cent per annum ciphers cloth cost column common denominator common difference composite number contains cords cube root cubic Currency decimal fraction decimal places denominate number diameter dimes dividend division dollars drams Dry measure equal EXAMPLES express farthings Federal Money feet figures following RULE foot four gallon given number gives greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred hundredths improper fractions inches least common multiple lower denomination lowest terms measure merchant miles mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand multiply number of terms OPERATION ounces paid payment pence pints quarts quotient receive Reduce remainder Repeat the Table rods sell sheep shillings simple numbers sold solid square root subtract sugar tens thousandths Troy weight tuns VULGAR FRACTIONS weight whole number wine Write yards of cloth
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Page 140 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 45 - We have seen that multiplying by a whole number is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier.
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