The National Arithmetic, on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods, Together with the Cancelling System; Forming a Complete Mercantile ArithmeticR.S. Davis, 1849 - 360 σελίδες |
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... hands , which were em- ployed as counters in computing ; that for employing the quinary , in a similar use of the five fingers on either hand ; while the decimal and vicenary scales had respect , the former to the ten fingers on the two ...
... hands , which were em- ployed as counters in computing ; that for employing the quinary , in a similar use of the five fingers on either hand ; while the decimal and vicenary scales had respect , the former to the ten fingers on the two ...
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... hand of significant figures , it increases their value in a tenfold proportion ; thus , 5 signifies simply five , while 50 denotes five tens , or fifty ; 500 , five hun- dred , and so on . NOTE . The idea of number is the latest and ...
... hand of significant figures , it increases their value in a tenfold proportion ; thus , 5 signifies simply five , while 50 denotes five tens , or fifty ; 500 , five hun- dred , and so on . NOTE . The idea of number is the latest and ...
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... hand with the highest order mentioned , and , proceeding to units , write in each succes- sive order the figure which denotes the given number in that order . If any of the intervening orders are not mentioned in the given number ...
... hand with the highest order mentioned , and , proceeding to units , write in each succes- sive order the figure which denotes the given number in that order . If any of the intervening orders are not mentioned in the given number ...
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... hand column , and the result will be the sum of the whole as required . PROOF . Begin at the top and add all the columns downwards , in the same manner as they were before added upwards ; then , if the two sums agree , the work may be ...
... hand column , and the result will be the sum of the whole as required . PROOF . Begin at the top and add all the columns downwards , in the same manner as they were before added upwards ; then , if the two sums agree , the work may be ...
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... hand figure , and carrying for every ten as in addition . If the multiplier consists of more than one figure , the right - hand figure of each product must be placed di- rectly under the figure of the multiplier that produces it , which ...
... hand figure , and carrying for every ten as in addition . If the multiplier consists of more than one figure , the right - hand figure of each product must be placed di- rectly under the figure of the multiplier that produces it , which ...
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25 per cent acres amount annex answer Arithmetic Avoirdupois barrels of flour bill Boston Bought breadth broadcloth bushels ciphers circle circumference common denominator compound interest contain cords of wood cost cube root decimal diameter Divide dividend divisor dominical letter Ducat duodecillions equal EXAMPLES farthings feet long feet wide figure foot gain gallons given number greatest common measure hogshead hundred improper fraction inches wide indorsements least common multiple length lowest terms miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number of terms OPERATION paid payment pence perform pound sterling pounds present worth proportion quantity question quotient ratio received Reduce remainder repetend rods SECTION shillings side simple fraction sold square root sterling subtract subtrahend sugar third thousand thousandths tons United States money usury vulgar fraction weight whole number wine yards of cloth
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Σελίδα 94 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of...
Σελίδα 245 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Σελίδα 240 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Σελίδα 178 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total. If there be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above; and in like manner from one payment to another, til! all the payments are absorbed ; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Σελίδα 178 - But if any payments be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on the principal sum due on the obligation, for one year, add it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid, from the time it was paid, up to the end of the...
Σελίδα 126 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator; under this sum write the denominator.
Σελίδα 250 - Raise the ratio to a power whose index is equal to the number of terms, from which subtract 1 ; divide the remainder by the ratio, less 1, and the quotient, multiplied by the first term, will be the answer.
Σελίδα 297 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Σελίδα 286 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Σελίδα 35 - Cut off the ciphers from the divisor, and the same number of figures from the right of the dividend. Then divide the remaining figures of the dividend by the remaining figures of the divisor.