The National Arithmetic on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods Forming a Complete Course of Higher ArithmeticRobert S. Davis & Company, 1858 - 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 of $1 annexed balance barrels becomes due bill Boston bought bushels carats cask ciphers column common denominator common fraction compound interest compound numbers contain continued fraction cost cube root diameter difference dividend division dollars equal EXAMPLES exchange expressed decimally feet long figures Find the value gain gallons given number given rate grain greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred improper fraction inches indorser least common denominator least common multiple longitude loss lowest terms merchant miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number denoting number of days number of terms obtain paid payable payment pound sterling pounds premium present worth prime factors principal proportion purchased quantity quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder repetend rods RULE SECOND OPERATION share shillings simple fraction sold subtract tens third thousand tons weight whole number wine write yards
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Σελίδα 320 - B. $380, to be paid as follows: $100 in 6 months, $120 in 7 months, and $160 in 10 months. What is the equated time for the payment of the whole ? Ans.
Σελίδα 44 - The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which we divide.
Σελίδα 44 - ... is divided. When the dividend does not contain the divisor an exact number of times, the excess is called a remainder, and may be regarded as a fourth term in the division.
Σελίδα 100 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Σελίδα 320 - B $ 600, of which $ 200 is to be paid at the present time, 200 in 4 months, and 200 in 8 months ; what is the equated time for the payment of the whole ? Ans.
Σελίδα 158 - RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Σελίδα 427 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called a circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Σελίδα 204 - To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.
Σελίδα 149 - The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that- can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus 30 is the least common multiple of 10 and 15.
Σελίδα 105 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; And all the rest have thirty-one, Save February, which alone Hath twenty-eight ; and this, in fine, One year in four hath twenty-nine.