Arithmetic Designed for Academies and Schools: With AnswersA.S. Barnes & Company, 1844 - 340 pages |
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... mixed with so many equal carats of a less valu- able metal , that there be 24 carats in the mixture , then the compound is said to be as many carats fine as it contains carats of the more precious metal , and to contain as much alloy as ...
... mixed with so many equal carats of a less valu- able metal , that there be 24 carats in the mixture , then the compound is said to be as many carats fine as it contains carats of the more precious metal , and to contain as much alloy as ...
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... mixing their medicines . Its denominations are pounds , ounces , drams , scruples , and grains . The pound and ounce are the same as the pound and ounce in the Troy weight ; the difference between the two weights consists in the ...
... mixing their medicines . Its denominations are pounds , ounces , drams , scruples , and grains . The pound and ounce are the same as the pound and ounce in the Troy weight ; the difference between the two weights consists in the ...
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... Mixed . A PROPER FRACTION is one in which the numerator is less than the denominator . The value of every proper fraction is less than 1. ( See § 44. ) The following are proper fractions : 1 3 3 5 9 8 " 59 AN IMPROPER FRACTION is one in ...
... Mixed . A PROPER FRACTION is one in which the numerator is less than the denominator . The value of every proper fraction is less than 1. ( See § 44. ) The following are proper fractions : 1 3 3 5 9 8 " 59 AN IMPROPER FRACTION is one in ...
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... MIXED NUMBER is made up of a whole number and a fraction . The whole numbers are sometimes called integers . The following are mixed numbers : 31 , 4 , 62 , 53 , 65 , 34 , Q. How many kinds of Vulgar Fractions are there ? What are they ...
... MIXED NUMBER is made up of a whole number and a fraction . The whole numbers are sometimes called integers . The following are mixed numbers : 31 , 4 , 62 , 53 , 65 , 34 , Q. How many kinds of Vulgar Fractions are there ? What are they ...
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... mixed number . RULE . Divide the numerator by the denominator , the quotient will be the whole number ; and the remainder , if there be one , placed over the given denominator will form the fractional part . EXAMPLES . 1. Reduce and to ...
... mixed number . RULE . Divide the numerator by the denominator , the quotient will be the whole number ; and the remainder , if there be one , placed over the given denominator will form the fractional part . EXAMPLES . 1. Reduce and to ...
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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...
Page 279 - THE CONDITION of the above obligation is such, that if the above bounden James Wilson, his heirs, executors, or administrators, shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid, unto the above named John Pickens, his executors, administrators, or assigns, the just and full sum of Here insert the condition.
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.
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.
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.
Page 74 - Mills. 10 mills (m.) make 1 cent, marked ct. 10 cents " 1 dime, " d. 10 dimes " 1 dollar,
Page 279 - Eighty dollars lawful money of the United States of America, to be paid to the said...