Robinson's Progressive Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Theory of Numbers, in Connection with Concise Analytic and Synthetic Methods of Solution, and Designed as a Complete Text-book on this Science : for Common Schools and AcademiesIvison, Blakeman, Taylor & Company, 1877 - 359 σελίδες |
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... terms from the tables . These improvements are designed to give new life to a book that has proved its real merits by the very large circulation it has obtained BROOKLYN , July , 1877 . CONTENTS . SIMPLE NUMBERS . PAGE PAGE DEFINITIONS ...
... terms from the tables . These improvements are designed to give new life to a book that has proved its real merits by the very large circulation it has obtained BROOKLYN , July , 1877 . CONTENTS . SIMPLE NUMBERS . PAGE PAGE DEFINITIONS ...
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... term digitus , which signifies finger . 21. The naught or cipher is also called nothing , and zero . The ten Arabic characters are the Alphabet of Arithmetic , and by combining them according to certain principles , all numbers can be ...
... term digitus , which signifies finger . 21. The naught or cipher is also called nothing , and zero . The ten Arabic characters are the Alphabet of Arithmetic , and by combining them according to certain principles , all numbers can be ...
Σελίδα 87
... Terms of a fraction are the numerator and denominator , taken together . 118. Fractions indicate division , the ... terms , considered as dividend and divisor . The value of the fraction is the quotient of 3 ÷÷ 4 , or 3 . How many ...
... Terms of a fraction are the numerator and denominator , taken together . 118. Fractions indicate division , the ... terms , considered as dividend and divisor . The value of the fraction is the quotient of 3 ÷÷ 4 , or 3 . How many ...
Σελίδα 88
... terms of a fraction will affect the value of that fraction ac- cording to the laws of division ; and we have only to modify the language of the General Principles of Division ( 87 ) by substituting the words numerator , denominator ...
... terms of a fraction will affect the value of that fraction ac- cording to the laws of division ; and we have only to modify the language of the General Principles of Division ( 87 ) by substituting the words numerator , denominator ...
Σελίδα 89
... terms . A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other ; that is , when both terms have no common divisor . 1. Reduce the fraction 48 to its lowest terms . FIRST OPERATION . 48 = 31 = 18 = 4 ...
... terms . A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other ; that is , when both terms have no common divisor . 1. Reduce the fraction 48 to its lowest terms . FIRST OPERATION . 48 = 31 = 18 = 4 ...
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acres amount annex barrels of flour bought bushels bushels of corn bushels of wheat cents a pound ciphers common fraction contained cords of wood cost cube cubic currency decimal currency decimal places decimal point discount Divide dividend division dollars dry measure equal exact divisor EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE feet figure gain gallons Give analysis Give explanation given number gold greatest common divisor Hence hundred hundredths improper fraction inches integers interest invested least common denominator least common multiple lowest terms merchant meters miles mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply OPERATION paid payment purchase quotient rate per cent ratio receive Reduce remainder rods RULE sell sold subtract subtrahend sugar tens tenths third thousand thousandths trial divisor Troy weight units weight whole number worth Write yards of cloth
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Σελίδα 48 - Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another.
Σελίδα 161 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30| square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Σελίδα 73 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them.
Σελίδα 89 - To reduce fractions to their lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other ; that is, when both terms have no common divisor. 1. Reduce the fraction -f§ to its lowest terms.
Σελίδα 326 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Σελίδα 52 - If any partial dividend will not contain the divisor, place a cipher in the quotient, and bring down the next figure of the dividend, and divide as before.
Σελίδα 173 - Ans. 6° 37'. 208. IN COUNTING. 12 Units or Things make 1 Dozen. 12 Dozen " 1 Gross. 12 Gross " 1 Great Gross. 20 Units " 1 Score. 209. PAPEE. 24 Sheets. '. make 1 Quire. 20 Quires " 1 Ream. 2 Reams " 1 Bundle. 5 Bundles
Σελίδα 282 - Three numbers may be in proportion when the first is to the second as the second is to the third.
Σελίδα 49 - Rule. — I. Write the divisor at the left of the dividend, with a line between them.
Σελίδα 153 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 351. Apothecaries' weight is used in mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. APOTHECARIES