Arithmetic Designed for Academies and Schools: With AnswersA.S. Barnes, 1846 - 340 pages |
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... unit is expressed , has been changed to that of Denominate Numbers . This change has not been made with any ambitious ... units 1 . Is it not then the better way to call the first a denominate number , and the other a simple number , as ...
... unit is expressed , has been changed to that of Denominate Numbers . This change has not been made with any ambitious ... units 1 . Is it not then the better way to call the first a denominate number , and the other a simple number , as ...
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... unit of a number is one of the equal things which the number expresses . Thus , if the number be six apples , one apple is the unit ; if it be five pounds of tea , one pound of tea is the unit ; if it be ten feet of length , one foot is the ...
... unit of a number is one of the equal things which the number expresses . Thus , if the number be six apples , one apple is the unit ; if it be five pounds of tea , one pound of tea is the unit ; if it be ten feet of length , one foot is the ...
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... units . three things four things five things six things seven things eight things nine things or three units . or four units . or five units . or six units . or seven units . or eight units . or nine units . Q. What does 0 express ...
... units . three things four things five things six things seven things eight things nine things or three units . or four units . or five units . or six units . or seven units . or eight units . or nine units . Q. What does 0 express ...
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... units , the other , the place of tens , or units of the second order ; and each unit of the second order is equal to ten units of the first order . When units simply are named , units of the first order are always meant . Two tens , or ...
... units , the other , the place of tens , or units of the second order ; and each unit of the second order is equal to ten units of the first order . When units simply are named , units of the first order are always meant . Two tens , or ...
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... units of the first order . But the one hundred is but an individual hun- dred , and in this light may be regarded as a unit of the third order . We are , We can now express any number less than one thousand . For example , in the number ...
... units of the first order . But the one hundred is but an individual hun- dred , and in this light may be regarded as a unit of the third order . We are , We can now express any number less than one thousand . For example , in the number ...
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acres amount annex apiece apples barrels Bought bushels bushels of wheat called carats cent per annum ciphers cloth cost column common denominator composite number contained cord cube root cubic Currency decimal fraction decimal places denominate number diameter dimes dividend division dollars drams equal EXAMPLES express Federal Money feet figure find the interest following RULE four gallon given number gives greater greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred hundredths improper fractions inches least common multiple lower denomination lowest terms merchant miles millionths mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply numerator and denominator one-half OPERATION ounces paid payment pence pounds quart quotient Reduce remainder sell shillings simple numbers sold solid square root subtract sugar tare tens tenths thousandths tiply Troy weight unit be divided VULGAR FRACTIONS weight whole number wine write yards cost yards of cloth