Colburn's First Lessons: Intellectual Arithmetic, Upon the Inductive Method of InstructionHilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1827 - 172 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα iii
... things , though always correct , is not always the most expeditious . The fondness which children usually manifest for these exercises , and the facility with which they perform them , seem to indicate that the science of numbers , to a ...
... things , though always correct , is not always the most expeditious . The fondness which children usually manifest for these exercises , and the facility with which they perform them , seem to indicate that the science of numbers , to a ...
Σελίδα iv
... things with which we are acquainted , we obtain an abstract idea of number . We first make calculations about sensible objects ; and we soon observe , that the same calculations will apply to things very dissimilar ; and finally , that ...
... things with which we are acquainted , we obtain an abstract idea of number . We first make calculations about sensible objects ; and we soon observe , that the same calculations will apply to things very dissimilar ; and finally , that ...
Σελίδα vii
... thing as deriving practical examples from those which are abstract , unless the abstract have been first derived from those which are practical . Thirdly , the numbers are pressed by figures , which , if they were used only as a con ...
... thing as deriving practical examples from those which are abstract , unless the abstract have been first derived from those which are practical . Thirdly , the numbers are pressed by figures , which , if they were used only as a con ...
Σελίδα viii
... things , and that is , how to perform these operations on figures . He can perhaps translate the figures into words , but this is useless since he does not understand the words themselves . Of the effect produced by the four fundamental ...
... things , and that is , how to perform these operations on figures . He can perhaps translate the figures into words , but this is useless since he does not understand the words themselves . Of the effect produced by the four fundamental ...
Σελίδα x
... thing before he knows any thing about it - no uncommon error ! Let us see , however , what the youth looks like . I suppose he is a human creature at least . Master Samuel Acres was now called in . He came hanging down his head , and ...
... thing before he knows any thing about it - no uncommon error ! Let us see , however , what the youth looks like . I suppose he is a human creature at least . Master Samuel Acres was now called in . He came hanging down his head , and ...
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100 dollars 12 dollars 30 dollars 9 dollars analytic induction asked the age barrel cost barrel of flour barrels of cider bought broadcloth bushel cost bushels of corn bushels of wheat cents apiece cloth cost contained cost 2 dollars divided dollars a barrel dollars a yard eight dollars eighteen Eleven equal farthings fifths firkins of butter five dollars flour cost Forty-eight Forty-seven four dollars Fourteen gallons gave gills give them apiece half halves horses eat hundred weight improper fraction lars lowest terms miles months nails Nineteen oranges cost pears pence penny perform piece pine apple pints plate pole pound cost provision will serve pupil quarters wide quarts rectangles Reduce rods seven dollars Seventeen sevenths sheep shillings a bushel six cents Sixteen sixths sold square subtraction tenths Thirteen three dollars twelve dollars week whole numbers yards cost yards of cloth
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Σελίδα 164 - I see by little and little more of what is to be done, and how it is to be done, should I ever be able to do it.
Σελίδα ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Σελίδα 117 - It will be seen by the above section, that, if both the numerator and denominator be multiplied by the same number, the value of the fraction will not be altered...
Σελίδα ii - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
Σελίδα 132 - What part of a year is 1 month ? 2 months ? 3 months ? 4 months ? 5 months ? 6 months ? 7 months? 8 months? 9 months? 10 months? 11 months ? 105.
Σελίδα 80 - A man being asked how many sheep he had, said that he had them in two pastures ; in one pasture he had eight ; and that 3 fourths of these was just 1 third of what he had in the other. How many were there in the other ? 4.
Σελίδα 125 - Table ///.—TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains, gr. make 1 pennyweight. dwt. 20 pennyweights " 1 ounce. oz. 12 ounces
Σελίδα 38 - What is the value of nine yards of cloth, at six dollars a yard ? 10. If a man travel five miles in an hour, how many miles will he travel in nine hours ? 11. There is an orchard consisting of ten rows of trees, and nine trees in each row ; how many trees are there in the orchard ? 12.
Σελίδα 125 - MONEY. 10 mills make 1 cent. 10 cents " 1 dime. 10 dimes " 1 dollar. 10 dollars
Σελίδα ii - An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of Designing, Engraving, and Etching Historical, and other prints.