Arithmetic Designed for Academies and Schools: With AnswersA.S. Barnes & Company, 1844 - 340 pages |
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... difference between the number of apples which John has , and the number of apples which Charles has . SUBTRACTION is finding the difference between two numbers . The larger of the two numbers is called the minuend SUBTRACTION OF SIMPLE ...
... difference between the number of apples which John has , and the number of apples which Charles has . SUBTRACTION is finding the difference between two numbers . The larger of the two numbers is called the minuend SUBTRACTION OF SIMPLE ...
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... difference is called the remainder . Q. What is Subtraction ? What is the larger number called ? What is the smaller number called ? What is the difference called ? § 17. James has 8 pears and gives 5 to William : how many has he left ...
... difference is called the remainder . Q. What is Subtraction ? What is the larger number called ? What is the smaller number called ? What is the difference called ? § 17. James has 8 pears and gives 5 to William : how many has he left ...
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... difference between 2 tens and 6 units ? Here we may say , 6 from 20 leaves 14 . 8. What is the difference between 14 and 8 ? Having written the 8 under the 14 , so that units shall stand under units , we see that 8 .cannot be subtracted ...
... difference between 2 tens and 6 units ? Here we may say , 6 from 20 leaves 14 . 8. What is the difference between 14 and 8 ? Having written the 8 under the 14 , so that units shall stand under units , we see that 8 .cannot be subtracted ...
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... difference between a unit of the second order and a unit of the first order ? 12. What is the difference between a unit of the third order , and a unit of the second order ? 13. What is the difference between four units of the third ...
... difference between a unit of the second order and a unit of the first order ? 12. What is the difference between a unit of the third order , and a unit of the second order ? 13. What is the difference between four units of the third ...
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... difference of their ages ? Ans . 10 years . 2. A man was born in 1785 : what was his age in 1830 ? Ans . years . 3. Suppose I lend a man 1565 dollars , and he dies , owing me 450 dollars : how much had he paid me ? Ans . 1115 dollars ...
... difference of their ages ? Ans . 10 years . 2. A man was born in 1785 : what was his age in 1830 ? Ans . years . 3. Suppose I lend a man 1565 dollars , and he dies , owing me 450 dollars : how much had he paid me ? Ans . 1115 dollars ...
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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 175 - When any decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c. the division is made by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are...
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Page 139 - Divide the numerator by the denominator. The quotient will be the whole number, and the remainder, if...
Page 245 - Which proves that the square of a number composed of tens and units contains, the square of the tens plus twice the product of the tens by the units, plus the square of the units.
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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.
Page 107 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
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