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, 1871 - 372 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 8
... writing or expressing numbers by characters ; and , 14. Numeration is a method of reading numbers expressed by characters . 15. Two systems of notation are in general use the Roman and the Arabic . NOTE . The Roman Notation is supposed ...
... writing or expressing numbers by characters ; and , 14. Numeration is a method of reading numbers expressed by characters . 15. Two systems of notation are in general use the Roman and the Arabic . NOTE . The Roman Notation is supposed ...
Σελίδα 11
... writing the unit , 1 , at the left hand of two ciphers , or the number 10 at the left hand of one cipher ; thus , 100. In like manner we write two hun- dred , three hundred , & c . , to nine hundred . Thus , one two three four five six ...
... writing the unit , 1 , at the left hand of two ciphers , or the number 10 at the left hand of one cipher ; thus , 100. In like manner we write two hun- dred , three hundred , & c . , to nine hundred . Thus , one two three four five six ...
Σελίδα 12
... write 1 hundred , 5 tens , and 0 units ; thus , 150. To express seven hundred ninety - two , we write 7 hundreds , 9 , tens , and 2 units ; thus , hundreds . tens . ▷ units . 2 The greatest number that can be expressed by three figures ...
... write 1 hundred , 5 tens , and 0 units ; thus , 150. To express seven hundred ninety - two , we write 7 hundreds , 9 , tens , and 2 units ; thus , hundreds . tens . ▷ units . 2 The greatest number that can be expressed by three figures ...
Σελίδα 13
... write in each place the figure indicating the number we wish to express in that place . To write four thousand two hun- dred sixty - nine , we write 4 in the place of thousands , 2 in the place of hundreds , 6 in the place of tens , and ...
... write in each place the figure indicating the number we wish to express in that place . To write four thousand two hun- dred sixty - nine , we write 4 in the place of thousands , 2 in the place of hundreds , 6 in the place of tens , and ...
Σελίδα 14
... write 5 in the sixth place , counting from units , 2 in the fifth place , 1 in the fourth place , 8 in the third place , O in the second place , ( because there are no tens , ) and 3 in the place of units ; thus , 3 The greatest number ...
... write 5 in the sixth place , counting from units , 2 in the fifth place , 1 in the fourth place , 8 in the third place , O in the second place , ( because there are no tens , ) and 3 in the place of units ; thus , 3 The greatest number ...
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acres amount annex barrels of flour bought bushels bushels of corn bushels of wheat centiares cents a pound ciphers column common fraction composite number contained cords of wood cost cube cubic currency decimal places decimal point decimetre difference discount Divide dividend division dollars dry measure equal exact divisor EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE expressed feet figure following RULE fourth gain gallons Give explanation given numbers greatest common divisor hectometres Hence the RULE hundred hundredths improper fraction inches integers interest least common multiple length lowest terms measure merchant metres metric system miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply notation NOTE OPERATION paid payment prime factors proper fraction purchase quotient rate per cent ratio receive Reduce remainder rods root sell sold square subtract subtrahend tens third thousand thousandths whole number worth yards of cloth
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Σελίδα 345 - That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ the weights and measures of the Metric System ; and no contract, or dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection, because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the Metric System.
Σελίδα 48 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Σελίδα 165 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl...
Σελίδα 126 - 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 358 - 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 358 - When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers.
Σελίδα 102 - Multiply together the numerators for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Σελίδα 280 - Three numbers may be in proportion when the first is to the second as the second is to the third.
Σελίδα 163 - Railroad and transportation companies estimate light freight by the space it occupies in cubic feet, and heavy freight by weight. 3. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord; and a cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile.
Σελίδα 324 - 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.