Arithmetic Designed for Academies and Schools: With AnswersA.S. Barnes & Company, 1844 - 340 pages |
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... formed the introduction , has been omitted . Demonstrations of the rules for extracting the square and cube roots have also been added , and the Author now indulges the hope that no further changes will be found necessary . The opinion ...
... formed the introduction , has been omitted . Demonstrations of the rules for extracting the square and cube roots have also been added , and the Author now indulges the hope that no further changes will be found necessary . The opinion ...
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... read the Table . * NOTE . This Table is formed according to the French method of numeration . The English method gives six places to thousands , & c . 327 , 826 To make the reading of figures easy , they are 26 NUMERATION AND NOTATION .
... read the Table . * NOTE . This Table is formed according to the French method of numeration . The English method gives six places to thousands , & c . 327 , 826 To make the reading of figures easy , they are 26 NUMERATION AND NOTATION .
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... formed will be the required product . Q. If you place one cipher on the right of a number , what effect has It on its value ? If you place two , what effect has it ? If you place three ? And for any number of ciphers , how much will ...
... formed will be the required product . Q. If you place one cipher on the right of a number , what effect has It on its value ? If you place two , what effect has it ? If you place three ? And for any number of ciphers , how much will ...
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... form the true remainder . EXAMPLES . 1. Divide 67389 by 700 . In this example we strike off the 89 , and then find that 7 is contained in the remaining figures , 96 times , with a re- mainder of 1 ; to this we annex 89 , forming the ...
... form the true remainder . EXAMPLES . 1. Divide 67389 by 700 . In this example we strike off the 89 , and then find that 7 is contained in the remaining figures , 96 times , with a re- mainder of 1 ; to this we annex 89 , forming the ...
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... forming a whole , as 3 dollars 15 cents . Q. What do simple numbers express ? What is a denominate number ? What is the unit of 6 dollars ? When two numbers have the same unit , what do you say of them ? When they have different units ...
... forming a whole , as 3 dollars 15 cents . Q. What do simple numbers express ? What is a denominate number ? What is the unit of 6 dollars ? When two numbers have the same unit , what do you say of them ? When they have different units ...
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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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