The National Arithmetic on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods : Forming a Complete Course of Higher ArithmeticRobert S. Davis & Company, 1863 - 444 σελίδες |
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... writing , it was a natu- ral and common device to employ letters to denote what we express by our numeral figures . Accordingly we find , that , with the Hebrews and Greeks , the first letter of their respective alphabets was used for 1 ...
... writing , it was a natu- ral and common device to employ letters to denote what we express by our numeral figures . Accordingly we find , that , with the Hebrews and Greeks , the first letter of their respective alphabets was used for 1 ...
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... writer on Arithmetic mentioned in history is Nico- machus , the Pythagorean , who wrote a treatise relating chiefly to the distinctions and divisions of numbers into classes , as plain , solid , triangular , & c . He is supposed to have ...
... writer on Arithmetic mentioned in history is Nico- machus , the Pythagorean , who wrote a treatise relating chiefly to the distinctions and divisions of numbers into classes , as plain , solid , triangular , & c . He is supposed to have ...
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... writer on Algebra after the invention of printing was Lucas de Burgo , above mentioned , and he uses p for plus and m for minus , and indicates the powers by the first two letters , in which he is fol- lowed by several of his successors ...
... writer on Algebra after the invention of printing was Lucas de Burgo , above mentioned , and he uses p for plus and m for minus , and indicates the powers by the first two letters , in which he is fol- lowed by several of his successors ...
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... writing a letter denoting a less value before a let- ter denoting a greater , their difference of value is represented ; as , IV represents four ; XL , forty . A dash ( - ) placed over a letter increases the value denoted by the letter ...
... writing a letter denoting a less value before a let- ter denoting a greater , their difference of value is represented ; as , IV represents four ; XL , forty . A dash ( - ) placed over a letter increases the value denoted by the letter ...
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... Write three units of the first order . 2. Write five units of the first order . 3. Write eight units of the second order , with seven of the first . 4. Write two units of the third order , with none of the sec- ond , and one of the ...
... Write three units of the first order . 2. Write five units of the first order . 3. Write eight units of the second order , with seven of the first . 4. Write two units of the third order , with none of the sec- ond , and one of the ...
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12 per cent acres amount annexed annuity Arithmetic avoirdupois barrels becomes due bill bought bushels carats cask ciphers circumference column common denominator common fraction composite number compound interest compound numbers contain continued fraction cost cube root diameter difference discount dividend division dollars duodecimal equal exactly divide EXAMPLES expressed decimally feet long figures gain gallons given number grains greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred improper fraction inches last term least common multiple longitude lowest terms measure meters miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number denoting number of days number of terms obtain paid payable payment pounds premium present worth prime factors prime number principal quantity quotient rate per cent ratio received Reduce remainder repetend rods RULE SECOND OPERATION shillings side simple numbers sold square root subtract subtrahend tens third thousand tons weight whole number write yards