Arithmetic: Designed for Academies and SchoolsA.S. Barnes, 1841 - 340 pages |
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... thousand eight hundred and thirty - eight , by CHARLES DAVIES , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States , for the southern District of New York . STEREOTYPED BY HENRY W. REES . 58 GOLD STREET , NEW YORK . AMEL J ...
... thousand eight hundred and thirty - eight , by CHARLES DAVIES , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States , for the southern District of New York . STEREOTYPED BY HENRY W. REES . 58 GOLD STREET , NEW YORK . AMEL J ...
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... thousand . For example , in the number three hundred and seventy- five , there are 3 hundreds , 7 tens , and 5 units . We are , therefore , to express 3 units of the ... thousand expresses one thousand units of 24 NUMERATION AND NOTATION .
... thousand . For example , in the number three hundred and seventy- five , there are 3 hundreds , 7 tens , and 5 units . We are , therefore , to express 3 units of the ... thousand expresses one thousand units of 24 NUMERATION AND NOTATION .
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Designed for Academies and Schools Charles Davies. Now , although this thousand expresses one thousand units of the 1st order , it is , nevertheless , but one single thousand , and may be regarded as a unit of the 4th order . Proceeding ...
Designed for Academies and Schools Charles Davies. Now , although this thousand expresses one thousand units of the 1st order , it is , nevertheless , but one single thousand , and may be regarded as a unit of the 4th order . Proceeding ...
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... Thousands • Thousands Hundreds Tens 6 Units or Period of Quadrillions . 6th Period 5th Period or Period of Trillions . 4th Period or Period ) of Billions . 3d Period or Period of Millions . or Period of Thousands . 2d Period 1st Period ...
... Thousands • Thousands Hundreds Tens 6 Units or Period of Quadrillions . 6th Period 5th Period or Period of Trillions . 4th Period or Period ) of Billions . 3d Period or Period of Millions . or Period of Thousands . 2d Period 1st Period ...
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... thousand . 5. Write forty thousand 6. Write four hundred thousand . 7. Write four millions . Ans . 4 . Ans . 40 . Ans . 400 . Ans . 4000 . Ans : 40,000 . Ans . 400,000 . Ans . 4,000,000 . These examples show us very clearly that the ...
... thousand . 5. Write forty thousand 6. Write four hundred thousand . 7. Write four millions . Ans . 4 . Ans . 40 . Ans . 400 . Ans . 4000 . Ans : 40,000 . Ans . 400,000 . Ans . 4,000,000 . These examples show us very clearly that the ...
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4th term acres annex apples barrels Bought bushels bushels of wheat called cent per annum ciphers cloth cost common denominator composite number compound fraction contains cube root cubic Currency decimal fraction decimal places denominate number diameter different denominations dimes dividend division dollars drams Dry measure equal EXAMPLES expressed farthings Federal Money figures following RULE foot four gallon given number gives greater greatest common divisor Hence higher denomination hogshead hundred hundredths improper fractions inches interest least common multiple lower denomination lowest terms measure merchant miles millionths mills mixed number months multiplicand multiply number of terms numerator and denominator OPERATION ounces payment pence pints proper fraction quarts quotient Reduce remainder Repeat the Table shillings simple numbers square root subtract sugar tens tenths thousandths Troy weight tuns units VULGAR FRACTIONS weight whole number wine yards cost yards of cloth
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Page 174 - Hence, for the division of decimals we have the following RULE. Divide as in simple numbers, and point off in the quotient, from the right hand, so many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor; and if there are not so many, supply the deficiency ly prefixing ciphers.
Page 106 - 69. The denominations of time are years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. 60 seconds sec. make 1 minute, marked m. 60 minutes - - - - 1 hour, - - - - hr. 24 hours 1 day, - - - - da. 7 days 1 week,
Page 175 - 13O. NOTE 1. 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 O's in the divisor ; and if there be not so many figures on the left of the decimal point, the deficiency must be supplied by prefixing ciphers.
Page 255 - CASE I. § 185. To extract the cube root of a whole number. RULE. I. Point off the given number into periods of three figures each, by placing a dot over the place of units, a second over the place of thousands, and so on to the left : the left hand period will often contain less than
Page 107 - year. Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February, twenty-eight alone. Q. What are the denominations of Time? How long
Page 106 - MEASURE. § 68. Dry measure is used in measuring all dry articles, such as grain, fruits, roots, salt, coal, &c. Its denominations are chaldrons, bushels, pecks, quarts, and pints. TABLE. 2 pints pt. make 1 quart, marked qt. 8 quarts - 1 peck, - pk. 4 pecks - 1 bushel, - bu. 36 bushels - 1 chaldron, - ch. ch. bu. pk. qt. pt. 1=36
Page 89 - 4 farthings marked far. make 1 penny marked d. 12 pence 1 shilling - s. 20 shillings - - - 1 pound - £. 21 shillings - - - 1 guinea £ sd far. 1 = 20 = 240 = 960 1 = 12 = 48 1 = 4 NOTE.—Farthings are generally expressed in fractions of a penny. Thus, for 1 farthing we write
Page 249 - III. Double the root already found and place it on the left for a divisor. Seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend, exclusive of the right hand figure, and place the figure in the root and also at the right of the divisor.
Page 249 - V. Double the whole root already found, for a new divisor, and continue the operation as before, until all the periods are brought down. Q. What is required when we wish to extract the square root of a number ? What is the greatest square of a single figure
Page 136 - dividing the greater by the less, then dividing the divisor by the remainder, and continuing to divide the last divisor by the last remainder until nothing remains. The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor sought. Q. Will the common divisor of two numbers divide their