The National Arithmetic on the Inductive System Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods Forming a Complete Course of Higher ArithmeticLeach, Shewell and Sanborn, 1863 - 444 σελίδες |
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... figures . Accordingly we find , that , with the Hebrews and Greeks , the first letter of their respective alphabets was used for 1 , the second for 2 , and so on to the number 10 , the latter , how- ever , inserting one new character to ...
... figures . Accordingly we find , that , with the Hebrews and Greeks , the first letter of their respective alphabets was used for 1 , the second for 2 , and so on to the number 10 , the latter , how- ever , inserting one new character to ...
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... figures , digits ( digiti ) or fingers , we preserve a memento of the reason why ten characters and our present decimal scale of numeration were originally adopted to express all numbers , even of the highest order . - It is now almost ...
... figures , digits ( digiti ) or fingers , we preserve a memento of the reason why ten characters and our present decimal scale of numeration were originally adopted to express all numbers , even of the highest order . - It is now almost ...
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... figures , with device of place , is to be ascribed to the benefi- cent Creator of the universe . But though the invention of modern Arithmetic is to be ascribed to the Hindoos , the honor of introducing it into Europe belongs unques ...
... figures , with device of place , is to be ascribed to the benefi- cent Creator of the universe . But though the invention of modern Arithmetic is to be ascribed to the Hindoos , the honor of introducing it into Europe belongs unques ...
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... figures , or other symbols . The common methods of expressing numbers are three : by words , written or spoken ; by letters , called the Roman meth- od ; and by figures , called the Arabic method . 26. In common language , we express ...
... figures , or other symbols . The common methods of expressing numbers are three : by words , written or spoken ; by letters , called the Roman meth- od ; and by figures , called the Arabic method . 26. In common language , we express ...
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... figures , because each of itself expresses a positive value , always repre- senting so many units , or ones , as its name indicates . But the size or value of the units represented by a figure differs with the place occupied by the figure ...
... figures , because each of itself expresses a positive value , always repre- senting so many units , or ones , as its name indicates . But the size or value of the units represented by a figure differs with the place occupied by the figure ...
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25 per cent 30 days acres annexed annuity Arithmetic balance bank discount barrels becoming due bill bought bushels ciphers circumference column common denominator common fraction compound interest compound numbers contain continued fraction cost cube root decimal places decimal point diameter difference dividend division dollars equal equivalent EXAMPLES expressed decimally feet long figures gallons given number given rate grains greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred hundredths improper fraction inches least common multiple less longitude lowest terms miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number denoting number of days number of terms obtain order or place paid par value payable payment pounds premium present worth prime factors principal proceeds proportion purchased quantity quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder repetend rods RULE SECOND OPERATION share shillings sold square root subtract tens third thousand thousandths tons units weight whole number write yards