Arithmetic Designed for Academies and Schools: With AnswersA.S. Barnes & Company, 1844 - 340 pages |
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... one apple , or one pound of tea , to be divided into two equal parts , each part is called one half of the thing . If the unit be divided into 3 equal parts , each part is called one third . If the unit be divided into 4 equal parts ...
... one apple , or one pound of tea , to be divided into two equal parts , each part is called one half of the thing . If the unit be divided into 3 equal parts , each part is called one third . If the unit be divided into 4 equal parts ...
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... one unit , and the remaining part comes from the 2d unit : hence , the value of the fraction is 11 ; that is , one and one half . The denominator of the second fraction , shows that a unit has been divided into four equal parts , and ...
... one unit , and the remaining part comes from the 2d unit : hence , the value of the fraction is 11 ; that is , one and one half . The denominator of the second fraction , shows that a unit has been divided into four equal parts , and ...
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With Answers Charles Davies. We first recollect that half a cent is equal to 5 mills . We then place the mills under ... one another , so that dollars shall fall under dollars , cents under cents , and mills under mills . II . Then add ...
With Answers Charles Davies. We first recollect that half a cent is equal to 5 mills . We then place the mills under ... one another , so that dollars shall fall under dollars , cents under cents , and mills under mills . II . Then add ...
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... one tenth of the whole : what does the owner of the sheep receive ? Ans . 11. A man lets out his farm on shares . He is to have half the grain , one third the price of the hay , and one quarter the increase of the live stock . At the ...
... one tenth of the whole : what does the owner of the sheep receive ? Ans . 11. A man lets out his farm on shares . He is to have half the grain , one third the price of the hay , and one quarter the increase of the live stock . At the ...
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... one of the parts ? Two of the parts ? Three of the parts ? Four of the parts ? 4. How many halves are there in one thing ? How many fourths or quarters are there ? How much greater is a half than a quarter ? 5. If a unit be divided into ...
... one of the parts ? Two of the parts ? Three of the parts ? Four of the parts ? 4. How many halves are there in one thing ? How many fourths or quarters are there ? How much greater is a half than a quarter ? 5. If a unit be divided into ...
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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...