Elements of Arithmetic, Theoretical and Practical: Adapted to the Use of Schools, and to Private StudyJames Bloomfield, 1826 - 215 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα iii
... common life , but in the pursuits of the highest sciences , that it forms the most pro- per , and has always formed one of the principal branches of the earlier education of youth . By its very nature it furnishes the means of de ...
... common life , but in the pursuits of the highest sciences , that it forms the most pro- per , and has always formed one of the principal branches of the earlier education of youth . By its very nature it furnishes the means of de ...
Σελίδα iv
... common arithmetic , can alone obtain the knowledge of the propriety or principles of its application to any occurrence in common life , by a knowledge of it , founded upon correct reasoning . It is entirely wrong to say and act . upon ...
... common arithmetic , can alone obtain the knowledge of the propriety or principles of its application to any occurrence in common life , by a knowledge of it , founded upon correct reasoning . It is entirely wrong to say and act . upon ...
Σελίδα 10
... Common arithmetic , which might also be called with propriety , determinate arithmetic , limits itself to the most simple combinations of quantities , and these are all grounded successively upon the first elementary idea of increase or ...
... Common arithmetic , which might also be called with propriety , determinate arithmetic , limits itself to the most simple combinations of quantities , and these are all grounded successively upon the first elementary idea of increase or ...
Σελίδα 18
... common arithmetic , it follows : that in order to prepare the given numbers for addition , they must be written under each other so as to bring the units of the one under the units of the other ; and so all the numbers successively ...
... common arithmetic , it follows : that in order to prepare the given numbers for addition , they must be written under each other so as to bring the units of the one under the units of the other ; and so all the numbers successively ...
Σελίδα 21
... common arithmetic it is always required , that the number to be subtracted be greater than the number from which it is to be subtracted ; otherwise the result would become , what in universal arithme- tic is called negative : that is to ...
... common arithmetic it is always required , that the number to be subtracted be greater than the number from which it is to be subtracted ; otherwise the result would become , what in universal arithme- tic is called negative : that is to ...
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Σελίδα 40 - If the numerator and denominator of each fraction is multiplied (or divided) by the same number, the value of the fraction will not change. This is because a fraction b/b, b being any number, is equal to the multiplicative identity, 1 . Therefore, Hx8.= 88 _5_x!
Σελίδα 158 - In any series of numbers in arithmetical progression, the sum of the two extremes is equal to the sum of any two terms equally distant from them; as in the latter of the above series 6 + 1=4+3, and =5+2.
Σελίδα 196 - If 248 men, in 5 days, of 11 hours each, can dig a trench 230 yards long, 3 wide...
Σελίδα 195 - What fraction is that, to the numerator of which if 1 be added, the value will be •£ ; but if 1 be adde.d to the denominator, its value will be | ? Let — denote the fraction.
Σελίδα 158 - When four numbers are in arithmetical progression t/te • sum of the extremes is equal to the sum of the means.
Σελίδα 110 - PROPORTION THE PRODUCT OF THE TWO EXTREME TERMS IS EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF THE TWO MEAN TERMS.
Σελίδα 165 - If four magnitudes are in proportion, the product of the two extremes is equal to the product of the two means.
Σελίδα 129 - Petersburg owes 1000 ducats in Berlin, which he wishes to pay in rubles by the way of Holland; and he has for the data of his operation, the following information, viz. That 1 ruble gives 47^ stivers; that 20 stivers make 1 florin...
Σελίδα 51 - The reason for this rule is the same, in reality, as that for the preceding one. 37. |i'or, multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor multiplies the dividend by that number.
Σελίδα 196 - OScts. lm.+ 10. 1f 248 men in 5 days of 1 1 hours each, dig a trench 230 yards long, 3 yards wide and 2 deep ; in how many days of 9 hours long, will 24 men dig a trench 420 yards long, 5 wide and 3 deep ? Aus 288^*^ days.