Arithmetic Designed for Academies and Schools: With AnswersA.S. Barnes & Company, 1844 - 340 pages |
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... Hence , NUMBERS are the expressions for several things of the same kind . One and one ? Questions . What is a single thing called ? Two and one ? Three and one ? Four and one ? Five and one ? Six and one ? Seven and one ? & c . What are ...
... Hence , NUMBERS are the expressions for several things of the same kind . One and one ? Questions . What is a single thing called ? Two and one ? Three and one ? Four and one ? Five and one ? Six and one ? Seven and one ? & c . What are ...
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... Hence , any number greater than nine and less than one hundred , may be expressed by two figures . - 25 37 54 89 99 Q. When two figures are written by the side of each other , what is the place on the right called ? The place on the ...
... Hence , any number greater than nine and less than one hundred , may be expressed by two figures . - 25 37 54 89 99 Q. When two figures are written by the side of each other , what is the place on the right called ? The place on the ...
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... Hence , we write - cohuns . tens . crunits . and we read from the right , units , tens , hundreds . In the number eight hundred and ninety - nine , there are 8 units of the 3d order , and 9 of the 2d , and 9 of the 1st . It is written ...
... Hence , we write - cohuns . tens . crunits . and we read from the right , units , tens , hundreds . In the number eight hundred and ninety - nine , there are 8 units of the 3d order , and 9 of the 2d , and 9 of the 1st . It is written ...
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... Hence , ADDITION is the uniting together of several numbers , in such a way , that all the units which they contain may be expressed by a single number . Such single number is called the sum or sum total of the other numbers . Thus , 5 ...
... Hence , ADDITION is the uniting together of several numbers , in such a way , that all the units which they contain may be expressed by a single number . Such single number is called the sum or sum total of the other numbers . Thus , 5 ...
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... the tens ' place . Hence , the sum is 35 : that is , James will have 35 cents . 13. John has 24 cents , and William 62 : how many have both of them ? We write the numbers as before , and draw a 309 ADDITION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS .
... the tens ' place . Hence , the sum is 35 : that is , James will have 35 cents . 13. John has 24 cents , and William 62 : how many have both of them ? We write the numbers as before , and draw a 309 ADDITION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS .
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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 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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