 | Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard - 1830 - 304 σελίδες
...How many, allowing as in ez. 63 ? 66. How many seconds old is the world at the end of 1,830, 1,00 1 years having elapsed before the Christian era ; reckoning...are reduced, is called REDUCTION. Then, REDUCTION ,s THE PROCESS OF CHANGING) NUMBERS FROM ONE DENOMINATION TO ANOTHER, WITHOUT ALTERING THEIR VALUEIn... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1857 - 452 σελίδες
...expression of pounds, shillings, and pence, it is 4, 12, and 20. REDUCTION OF COMPOUND NUMBERS. 126. REDUCTION is the process of changing numbers from one denomination to another, without altering their values. It is of two kinds, Reduction Descending and Reduction Ascending. Reduction... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1858 - 456 σελίδες
...expression of pounds, shillings, and pence, it is 4, 12, and 20. REDUCTION OF COMPOUND NUMBERS. 126. REDUCTION is the process of changing numbers from one denomination to another, without altering their values. It is of two kinds, Reduction Descending and Reduction Ascending. Reduction... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1858 - 458 σελίδες
...expression of pounds, shillings, and pence, it is 4, 12, and 20. REDUCTION OF COMPOUND NUMBERS. 126. REDUCTION is the process of changing numbers from one denomination to another, without altering their values. It is of two kinds, Reduction Descending and Reduction Ascending. Reduction... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1859 - 208 σελίδες
...denominations ; thus, 5 dollars 25 cents, 16 bushels 3 pecks, 3 days 10 hours, are compound numbers. Reduction is the process of changing numbers from one denomination to another, without altering their value ; thus, changing pounds to ounces, ounces to pounds, dollars to cents, &c., is... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1860 - 190 σελίδες
...denominations ; thus, 5 dollars 25 cents, 16 bushels 3 pecks, 3 days 10 hours, are compound numbers. Reduction is the process of changing numbers from one denomination to another, without altering their value ; thus, changing pounds to ounces, ounces to pounds, dollars to cents, &c., is... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1863 - 188 σελίδες
...denominations ; thus, 5 dollars 25 cents, 16 bushels 3 pecks, 3 days 10 hours, are compound numbers. Reduction is the process of changing numbers from one denomination to another, without altering their value ; thus, changing pounds to ounces, ounces to pounds, dollars to cents, &c., is... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1875 - 180 σελίδες
...denominations ; thus, 5 dollars 25 cents, l 6 bushels 3 pecks, 3 days 10 hours, are compound numbers. Reduction is the process of changing numbers from one denomination to another, without altering their value ; thus, changing pounds to ounces, ounces to pounds, dollars to cents, &c., is... | |
 | M. P. Caldwell - 1883 - 198 σελίδες
...REDUCTION OF COMPOUND NUMBERS. Compound numbers express units, of different kinds or denominations. Reduction is the process of changing numbers from one .denomination to another, without altering their values. It is of two kinds, Descending and Ascending. Reduction descending is the changing... | |
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Number contains but one name or denomination ; thus, 5, 84, 12 bushels, 65 dollars, are simple numbers. A Compound Number contains two or more names or denominations ; thus, 5 dollars 25 cents, 16 bushels 3 pecks, 3 days 10 hours, are compound numbers.... 