Arithmetic, in which the Principles of Operating by Numbers are Analytically Explained and Synthetically AppliedR.B. Collins, 1848 - 262 σελίδες |
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acres added amount annexed apples arithmetic bought bushels called ciphers common divisor common fraction composite number compound interest Compound Numbers contained cord cost cube root cubic decimal fractions diameter divided dividend division dollars equal EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE expressed factors farthings feet long figure gallons given number greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred hundredths improper fraction inches integers last term length long ton measure miles mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand multiply NOTE number of terms OPERATION oranges paid payment pecks pence pieces pound principal proportion pupil quantity quarts Questions quotient rate per cent ratio receive Reduce remainder right hand shillings side simple numbers sold solid feet SOLUTION square root subtraction subtrahend tens tenths third thousandths tion Troy weight units weight whole number write yards
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Σελίδα 136 - Thirty days hath September, April. June, and November; All the rest have thirty.one, Save February, which alone Hath twenty.eight; and one day more We add to it one year in four.
Σελίδα 254 - 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.
Σελίδα 8 - From the foregoing we deduce the following principles : — Numbers increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a ten-fold ratio ; and it is A FUNDAMENT4L LAW OF THE ARABIC NOTATION ; that, Questions.
Σελίδα 260 - PROBLEM I. The first term, the last term, and the number of terms being given, to find the sum of all the terms.
Σελίδα 84 - The least common denominator of two or more fractions is the least common multiple of their denominators.
Σελίδα 37 - Two men depart from the same place, and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of...
Σελίδα 218 - In the proportion a : b : : c : d, each of the quantities a, b, c, d, is called a term. The first and last terms are called the extremes, the second and third, the means.
Σελίδα 134 - The denominations are chaldrons, quarters, bushels, pecks, quarts, and pints. TABLE. 2 pints (pts.) make 1 quart, marked qt. 8 quarts 1 peck, " pk. 4 pecks 1 bushel, " bu. 8 bushels 1 quarter,
Σελίδα 75 - IT 66. Reduction of 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? SOLUTION. — Since 2 halves...
Σελίδα 67 - Multiplying or dividing both dividend and divisor by the same number, does not alter the quotient.