Colburn's First Lessons: Intellectual Arithmetic, Upon the Inductive Method of InstructionJ. I. Cutler and Company, 1829 - 172 σελίδες |
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... things , though always correct , is not always the most expeditious . The fondness which children usually manifest for these exercises , and the facility with which they perform them , seem to indicate that the science of numbers , to a ...
... things , though always correct , is not always the most expeditious . The fondness which children usually manifest for these exercises , and the facility with which they perform them , seem to indicate that the science of numbers , to a ...
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... things with which we are acquainted , we obtain an abstract idea of number We first make calculations about sensible objects ; and we soon observe , that the same calculations will apply to things very dissimilar ; and finally , that ...
... things with which we are acquainted , we obtain an abstract idea of number We first make calculations about sensible objects ; and we soon observe , that the same calculations will apply to things very dissimilar ; and finally , that ...
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... thing as deriving practical examples from those which are abstract , unless the abstract have been first derived from those which are practical . Thirdly , the numbers are ex- pressed by figures , which , if they wer used only as a con ...
... thing as deriving practical examples from those which are abstract , unless the abstract have been first derived from those which are practical . Thirdly , the numbers are ex- pressed by figures , which , if they wer used only as a con ...
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... things , and that is , how to perform these operations on figures . He can perhaps translate the figures into words , but this is useless since he does not understand the words themselves . Of the effect produced by the four fundamental ...
... things , and that is , how to perform these operations on figures . He can perhaps translate the figures into words , but this is useless since he does not understand the words themselves . Of the effect produced by the four fundamental ...
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... thing before he knows any thing about it - no uncommon error ! Let us see , however , what ' ne youth looks like . I suppose he is a human creature at least . Master Samuel Acres was now called in . He came hanging down his head , and ...
... thing before he knows any thing about it - no uncommon error ! Let us see , however , what ' ne youth looks like . I suppose he is a human creature at least . Master Samuel Acres was now called in . He came hanging down his head , and ...
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100 dollars 12 dollars 30 dollars 9 dollars asked the age barrel cost barrel of flour barrels of cider bought broadcloth bushel cost bushels of corn bushels of wheat cents apiece cloth cost contained cost 2 dollars divided dollars a barrel dollars a yard eight cents eight dollars eighteen Eleven equal farthings fifths firkins of butter five dollars flour cost Forty-eight Forty-seven four dollars Fourteen gallons gave gills give them apiece half halves horses eat hundred weight improper fraction lars lowest terms miles minths months nails nine nineteen oranges cost paid pears pence penny perform piece pints plate pole pound cost provisions will serve pupil quarters wide quarts rectangles Reduce rods Seventeen sevenths sheep shillings a bushel six cents Sixteen sixths sold square subtraction tenths third Thirteen three dollars twelve dollars week whole numbers worth of provision yards cost yards of cloth
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Σελίδα 119 - It will be seen by the above section that if both the numerator and denominator be multiplied by the same number, the value of the fraction will not be altered...
Σελίδα 166 - I see by little and little more of what is to be done, and how it is to be done, should I ever be able to do it.
Σελίδα 134 - What part of a year is 1 month ? 2 months ? 3 months ? 4 months ? 5 months ? 6 months ? 7 months? 8 months? 9 months?
Σελίδα 80 - If 4 men can do a piece of work in 8 days, how many men would it take to do the same work in 4 days ? 20.
Σελίδα 109 - The number under the line is called the denominator, because it gives name to the fraction ; and the number above the line is called the numerator, because it shows the number of parts used, "flius T3j, 10 is the denominator and 3 the numerator.
Σελίδα 40 - There is an orchard consisting of ten rows of trees, and nine trees in each row ; how many trees are there in the orchard ? 12.
Σελίδα 121 - Î? 35. A man, owning * of a ship, sold | of his share ; what part of the whole ship did he sell ? What part had he left ? 36.
Σελίδα 82 - A man, being asked how many sheep he had, said that he had them in two pastures ; in one pasture he had eight ; and that 3 fourths of these was just 1 third of what he had in the other. How many were there in the other ? 4.
Σελίδα 126 - At $ of a dollar a pound, how many pounds of tea can be bought for 7f dollars ? 28.
Σελίδα 2 - When Mr. Wiseman had read this letter, he shook his head, and said to his assistant, A pretty subject they have sent us here ! a lad that has a great genius for nothing at all. But perhaps my friend Mr. Acres expects that a boy should...