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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... resulting from verifying the operations . Particular attention is invited to improvements in the subjects of Com- mon Divisors , Multiples , Fractions , Percentage , Interest , Proportion , An- alysis , Alligation , and the Roots , as ...
... resulting from verifying the operations . Particular attention is invited to improvements in the subjects of Com- mon Divisors , Multiples , Fractions , Percentage , Interest , Proportion , An- alysis , Alligation , and the Roots , as ...
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... result obtained by the process of addition . 38. The sign , + , is called plus , which signifies more . When placed between two numbers , it denotes that they are to be added ; thus , 64 , shows that 6 and 4 are to be added . 39. The ...
... result obtained by the process of addition . 38. The sign , + , is called plus , which signifies more . When placed between two numbers , it denotes that they are to be added ; thus , 64 , shows that 6 and 4 are to be added . 39. The ...
Σελίδα 21
... result under the column added . Thus , we have 5 and 2 and 2 are 9 , the sum of the units ; 2 and 6 are 8 , the sum of the tens ; 1 and 1 and 1 are 3 , the sum of the hundreds . Hence , the entire amount is 3 hundreds 8 tens and 9 units ...
... result under the column added . Thus , we have 5 and 2 and 2 are 9 , the sum of the units ; 2 and 6 are 8 , the sum of the tens ; 1 and 1 and 1 are 3 , the sum of the hundreds . Hence , the entire amount is 3 hundreds 8 tens and 9 units ...
Σελίδα 22
... results without naming the numbers separately ; thus , instead of saying 7 and 5 are 12 , and 5 are 17 , simply pronounce the results , 7 , 12 , 17 , & c . Give explanation . Second explanation . What is meant by carry- ing the tens ...
... results without naming the numbers separately ; thus , instead of saying 7 and 5 are 12 , and 5 are 17 , simply pronounce the results , 7 , 12 , 17 , & c . Give explanation . Second explanation . What is meant by carry- ing the tens ...
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... results agree , the work is supposed to be right . Or , 2d . Separate the numbers added into two sets , by a hori- zontal line ; find the sum of each set separately ; add these sums , and if the amount be the same as that first obtained ...
... results agree , the work is supposed to be right . Or , 2d . Separate the numbers added into two sets , by a hori- zontal line ; find the sum of each set separately ; add these sums , and if the amount be the same as that first obtained ...
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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.