Arithmetic: In which the Principles of Operating by Numbers are Analytically Explained and Synthetically Applied : Illustrated by Copious ExamplesJ.W. Prentiss & Company, 1848 - 306 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα iii
... method of instruction was applied to arithmetic , with much ingenuity and success , by our late lamented countryman , WARREN COLBURN . This was the great improvement in the modern method of teaching arithmetic . The author then yielded ...
... method of instruction was applied to arithmetic , with much ingenuity and success , by our late lamented countryman , WARREN COLBURN . This was the great improvement in the modern method of teaching arithmetic . The author then yielded ...
Σελίδα iv
... method of doing it , and must proceed by a rule , to himself perfectly unintelligible . The studied aim has been through- out the entire work to enable the ordinary pupil to understand every thing as he advances . The author is yet to ...
... method of doing it , and must proceed by a rule , to himself perfectly unintelligible . The studied aim has been through- out the entire work to enable the ordinary pupil to understand every thing as he advances . The author is yet to ...
Σελίδα vii
... method , .88 by a whole num- 2d method , .89 ber , two ways , 100 Common Multiple , 90 Division of whole numbers by a fraction , 101 Division of one fraction by another , . 103 New Numerators , 91 General Rule ,. . 103 General Rule , 91 ...
... method , .88 by a whole num- 2d method , .89 ber , two ways , 100 Common Multiple , 90 Division of whole numbers by a fraction , 101 Division of one fraction by another , . 103 New Numerators , 91 General Rule ,. . 103 General Rule , 91 ...
Σελίδα viii
... method of assessing , 225 Compound Interest , 209 Duties , 227 Table , 211 Specific , 223 Annual Interest , 212 Ad Valorem , 229 Time , rate , and amount given , to find the principal , Review of Percentage , 230 214 Equation of ...
... method of assessing , 225 Compound Interest , 209 Duties , 227 Table , 211 Specific , 223 Annual Interest , 212 Ad Valorem , 229 Time , rate , and amount given , to find the principal , Review of Percentage , 230 214 Equation of ...
Σελίδα 9
... method , by letters ; thus , I represents one ; V , five ; X , ten , & c . , as shown in the note at the bottom of the page . The other is called the Arabic method , by certain charac- ters , called figures . This is that in general use ...
... method , by letters ; thus , I represents one ; V , five ; X , ten , & c . , as shown in the note at the bottom of the page . The other is called the Arabic method , by certain charac- ters , called figures . This is that in general use ...
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acres amount annexing apples arithmetic bought bushels called ciphers common fractions composite number compound interest Compound Numbers contained cord cost cube root cubic decimal fractions diameter divided dividend division dollars equal EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE expressed factor farthings feet long figure frac gallons Give given number greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred hundredths improper fraction inches integers last term length measure merchant miles mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand multiply NOTE number of terms OPERATION oranges paid payment pence pieces pound present worth principal proper fraction proportion pupil quantity quarts Questions Questions.-T quotient rate per cent ratio receive Reduce remainder right hand rule shillings side sold solid feet SOLUTION square miles square root subtraction subtrahend tens tenths third thousandths tion units weight whole number write
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Σελίδα 146 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Σελίδα 196 - What is the interest of $216'80, at 7 per cent., for 1 month ? for 2 months ? 3 mo. ? 4 mo. ? 5 mo. ? 6 mo. ? 7 mo. ? 8 mo. ? 9 mo.? 10 mo. ? 11 mo.
Σελίδα 287 - The first term, ratio , and number of terms given to find the sum of the series. 1. A lady bought 6 yards of silk, agreeing to pay 5 cents for the first yard, 15 for the second, and so on, increasing in a three fold proportion ; what did the whole cost ? SOLUTION.
Σελίδα 49 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. The number which shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend is called the quotient.
Σελίδα 236 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Σελίδα 60 - Multiply the last remainder by the first divisor, and to the product add the first remainder ; the sum will be the true remainder.
Σελίδα 55 - Multiply the integer of the quotient by the divisor, and to the product add the remainder, if any ; and the result will equal the dividend, if the work is right.
Σελίδα 147 - TABLE. 60 seconds (") - make - 1 minute, - marked - ' 60 minutes ----- 1 degree, - - - - - ° 30 degrees ,----- 1 sign, ------ s. 12 signs, or 360 degrees, - 1 circle of the zodiac. Note. Every circle, whether great or small, is divisible into 360 equal parts, called degrees. 71. Reduce 9s. 13° 25
Σελίδα 84 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Σελίδα 83 - Fractions. Reduction of fractions is changing them from one form to another without altering their value. To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number. 1. In 4 halves (J) .of an apple how many whole apples?