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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... pounds , 320 pounds , and 86 pounds ; 4 feet 6 inches , and 17 feet 9 inches . 8. An Abstract Number is a number used without refer- ence to any particular thing or quantity . Thus , 17 ; 365 ; 8540 . 9. A Concrete Number is a number ...
... pounds , 320 pounds , and 86 pounds ; 4 feet 6 inches , and 17 feet 9 inches . 8. An Abstract Number is a number used without refer- ence to any particular thing or quantity . Thus , 17 ; 365 ; 8540 . 9. A Concrete Number is a number ...
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... pounds . rods . cents . days . 132 245 312 437 243 321 243 140 324 132 412 321 Ans . 699 Ans . 697 . Ans . 856 . Ans . 498 . 6. What is the sum of 144 , 321 , and 232 ? 7. What is the amount of 122 , 333 , and 401 ? 8. What is the sum ...
... pounds . rods . cents . days . 132 245 312 437 243 321 243 140 324 132 412 321 Ans . 699 Ans . 697 . Ans . 856 . Ans . 498 . 6. What is the sum of 144 , 321 , and 232 ? 7. What is the amount of 122 , 333 , and 401 ? 8. What is the sum ...
Σελίδα 35
... pounds of sugar cost , at 8 cents a pound ? ANALYSIS . Four pounds will cost as much as the price , 8 cents taken 4 times ; thus , 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 32 . But instead of adding , we may say , · since one pound costs 8 cents , 4 pounds will ...
... pounds of sugar cost , at 8 cents a pound ? ANALYSIS . Four pounds will cost as much as the price , 8 cents taken 4 times ; thus , 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 32 . But instead of adding , we may say , · since one pound costs 8 cents , 4 pounds will ...
Σελίδα 36
... pound , what will 9 pounds of sugar cost ? 11 pounds ? 12 pounds ? 54. Multiplication is the process of taking one of two given numbers as many times as there are units in the other . 55. The Multiplicand is the number to be taken . 56 ...
... pound , what will 9 pounds of sugar cost ? 11 pounds ? 12 pounds ? 54. Multiplication is the process of taking one of two given numbers as many times as there are units in the other . 55. The Multiplicand is the number to be taken . 56 ...
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... pound of cotton has been spun into a thread 8 miles in length ; allowing 235 pounds for waste , how many pounds will it take to spin a thread to reach round the earth , suppos- ing the distance to be 25000 miles ? Ans . 3360 pounds . 37 ...
... pound of cotton has been spun into a thread 8 miles in length ; allowing 235 pounds for waste , how many pounds will it take to spin a thread to reach round the earth , suppos- ing the distance to be 25000 miles ? Ans . 3360 pounds . 37 ...
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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.