Arithmetic Designed for Academies and Schools: With AnswersA.S. Barnes & Company, 1844 - 340 pages |
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... cipher , or Naught , 1 2 3 5 6 7 One , Two , Three , Four , Five , Six , Seven , Eight , 8 9 Nine . Q. Of what does arithmetic treat ? How are numbers expressed ? How many figures are there ? Name them . § 4. The character 0 is used to ...
... cipher , or Naught , 1 2 3 5 6 7 One , Two , Three , Four , Five , Six , Seven , Eight , 8 9 Nine . Q. Of what does arithmetic treat ? How are numbers expressed ? How many figures are there ? Name them . § 4. The character 0 is used to ...
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... ciphers on the right of 1. This number is read , one hundred . Now this one hundred expresses 10 units of the second order , or one hundred units of the first order . But the one hundred is but an individual hun- dred , and in this ...
... ciphers on the right of 1. This number is read , one hundred . Now this one hundred expresses 10 units of the second order , or one hundred units of the first order . But the one hundred is but an individual hun- dred , and in this ...
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... ciphers after it , as 10 , 100 , 1000 , & c . Placing a cipher on the right of a number changes the units place into ... ciphers increases a number one hun- dred times ; the addition of three ciphers , a thousand times , & c . Thus , 6 ...
... ciphers after it , as 10 , 100 , 1000 , & c . Placing a cipher on the right of a number changes the units place into ... ciphers increases a number one hun- dred times ; the addition of three ciphers , a thousand times , & c . Thus , 6 ...
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... ciphers on the right of the divisor . RULE . I. Cut off the ciphers by a line , and cut off the same num- ber of figures from the right of the dividend . II . Divide the remaining figures of the dividend by the significant figures of ...
... ciphers on the right of the divisor . RULE . I. Cut off the ciphers by a line , and cut off the same num- ber of figures from the right of the dividend . II . Divide the remaining figures of the dividend by the significant figures of ...
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... ciphers on the right of the divisor , how do you form the true remainder ? APPLICATIONS IN DIVISION . OPERATION . 1. Divide 80 dollars equally among four men . Here the 80 dollars is to be divided into 4 equal parts , and the quotient ...
... ciphers on the right of the divisor , how do you form the true remainder ? APPLICATIONS IN DIVISION . OPERATION . 1. Divide 80 dollars equally among four men . Here the 80 dollars is to be divided into 4 equal parts , and the quotient ...
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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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