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 10
... in the Arabic notation ? What is the value of each ? What general name is given to the significant figures ? Why ? Numbers less than ten , how expressed ? 23. As we have no single character to represent ten 10 SIMPLE NUMBERS .
... in the Arabic notation ? What is the value of each ? What general name is given to the significant figures ? Why ? Numbers less than ten , how expressed ? 23. As we have no single character to represent ten 10 SIMPLE NUMBERS .
Σελίδα 21
... less than 10 . 1. A farmer sold some hay for 102 dollars , six cows for 162 dollars , and a horse for 125 dollars ; how much did he re- ceive for all ? OPERATION . 102 162 125 Amount , 389 ANALYSIS . We arrange the numbers so that units ...
... less than 10 . 1. A farmer sold some hay for 102 dollars , six cows for 162 dollars , and a horse for 125 dollars ; how much did he re- ceive for all ? OPERATION . 102 162 125 Amount , 389 ANALYSIS . We arrange the numbers so that units ...
Σελίδα 23
... less than ten . III . If the sum of any column be ten or more than ten , write the unit figure only , and add the ten or tens to the next column . IV . Write the entire sum of the last column . PROOF . 1st . Begin with the right hand or ...
... less than ten . III . If the sum of any column be ten or more than ten , write the unit figure only , and add the ten or tens to the next column . IV . Write the entire sum of the last column . PROOF . 1st . Begin with the right hand or ...
Σελίδα 28
... less 5 ? 11. How many are 20 less 14 ? 12. How many are 11 less 3 ? 20 less 9 ? 22 less 20 ? 17 less 8 ? 12 less 7 ? 18 less 12 ? 19 less 11 ? 16 less 11 ? 19 less 8 ? 44. Subtraction is the process of determining the differ- ence ...
... less 5 ? 11. How many are 20 less 14 ? 12. How many are 11 less 3 ? 20 less 9 ? 22 less 20 ? 17 less 8 ? 12 less 7 ? 18 less 12 ? 19 less 11 ? 16 less 11 ? 19 less 8 ? 44. Subtraction is the process of determining the differ- ence ...
Σελίδα 29
... less . When placed between two numbers , it denotes that the one after it is to be taken from the one before it . Thus , 8-6 = 2 is read 8 minus 6 equals 2 , and denotes that 6 , the subtrahend , taken from 8 , the minuend , equals 2 ...
... less . When placed between two numbers , it denotes that the one after it is to be taken from the one before it . Thus , 8-6 = 2 is read 8 minus 6 equals 2 , and denotes that 6 , the subtrahend , taken from 8 , the minuend , equals 2 ...
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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.