Practical Arithmetic, Uniting the Inductive with the Synthetic Mode of Instruction: Also Illustrating the Principles of Cancelation. For Schools and AcademiesDurrie & Peck, 1846 - 336 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα iii
... rule by induction ; that is , by the examination and solution of a large number of practical examples which involve the principles of the rule . 2. The operation is then defined , each principle is an- alyzed separately , and ...
... rule by induction ; that is , by the examination and solution of a large number of practical examples which involve the principles of the rule . 2. The operation is then defined , each principle is an- alyzed separately , and ...
Σελίδα iv
... rule . " He does it to the letter , but his mind is still in the dark . By puzzling and repeated trials , he perhaps finds that certain multiplications and divisions produce the answer in the book ; but as to the reasons of the process ...
... rule . " He does it to the letter , but his mind is still in the dark . By puzzling and repeated trials , he perhaps finds that certain multiplications and divisions produce the answer in the book ; but as to the reasons of the process ...
Σελίδα v
... rules . For the same reason , Federal Money , which is based upon the decimal notation , is placed after Decimal Frac- tions . Interest , Insurance , Commission , Stocks , Duties , & c . , are also placed after Percentage , upon whose ...
... rules . For the same reason , Federal Money , which is based upon the decimal notation , is placed after Decimal Frac- tions . Interest , Insurance , Commission , Stocks , Duties , & c . , are also placed after Percentage , upon whose ...
Σελίδα vi
... rules which the business man ever has occasion to use , and is particularly adapted to precede the study of Algebra and the higher branches of mathematics . With what success the plan has been executed , re- mains for teachers and ...
... rules which the business man ever has occasion to use , and is particularly adapted to precede the study of Algebra and the higher branches of mathematics . With what success the plan has been executed , re- mains for teachers and ...
Σελίδα viii
... rule , each one should be required to give an accurate account of its principles with the reason for each step , either in his own language or that of the author . 4. Mental Exercises in arithmetic , either by classes or the whole ...
... rule , each one should be required to give an accurate account of its principles with the reason for each step , either in his own language or that of the author . 4. Mental Exercises in arithmetic , either by classes or the whole ...
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Σελίδα 316 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Σελίδα 212 - 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 313 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Σελίδα 223 - 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, till all the payments are absorbed ; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Σελίδα 223 - But if any payment 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 year; add it to the sum paid, and deduct that sum from the principal and interest added as above.
Σελίδα 71 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Σελίδα 176 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Σελίδα 133 - Weight is used in weighing groceries ana all coarse articles ; as, sugar, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay; &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ibs. " 1 hundred weight, " cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton,
Σελίδα 221 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. " If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
Σελίδα 104 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction : to the product add the given numerator. The sum placed over the given denominator, will form the improper fraction required.