An Elementary Treatise on Arithmetic: Taken Principally from the Arithmetic of S.F. Lacroix, and Translated from the French with Such Alterations and Additions as Were Found Necessary in Order to Adapt it to the Use of American StudentsHilliard and Metcalf, 1825 - 144 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα vii
... lower denomination Of periodical decimals Tables of Coin , Weight , and Measure . Of Federal Money 60 - 61 62 62 63 63 64 65 333333 666 English Money Troy Weight Apothecaries ' Weight Avoirdupois Weight Long Measure Cloth Measure 68 69 ...
... lower denomination Of periodical decimals Tables of Coin , Weight , and Measure . Of Federal Money 60 - 61 62 62 63 63 64 65 333333 666 English Money Troy Weight Apothecaries ' Weight Avoirdupois Weight Long Measure Cloth Measure 68 69 ...
Σελίδα viii
... lower denomination to a higher - 78 To reduce the several parts of a compound number to a fraction of the highest denomination contained in it - To find the value of a fraction of a higher denomination , in the terms of a lower To ...
... lower denomination to a higher - 78 To reduce the several parts of a compound number to a fraction of the highest denomination contained in it - To find the value of a fraction of a higher denomination , in the terms of a lower To ...
Σελίδα 12
... lower . If , for instance , 397 is to be taken from 524 . 524 397 . Remainder 127 In performing this question we cannot at first take the units in the lower number from those in the upper ; but the number 524 , here represented by 4 ...
... lower . If , for instance , 397 is to be taken from 524 . 524 397 . Remainder 127 In performing this question we cannot at first take the units in the lower number from those in the upper ; but the number 524 , here represented by 4 ...
Σελίδα 13
... lower number , we get the remainder 7 . By this decomposition , the upper number now has but one ten , from which we cannot take the 9 of the lower number , but from the 5 hundred of the upper number we can take 1 , to join with the ten ...
... lower number , we get the remainder 7 . By this decomposition , the upper number now has but one ten , from which we cannot take the 9 of the lower number , but from the 5 hundred of the upper number we can take 1 , to join with the ten ...
Σελίδα 14
... lower figure , which , thus increased , gives , as is wanted , a result one less than would arise from the written figures . In the first of the following examples , after having taken 6 units from 14 , we count the next figure of the lower ...
... lower figure , which , thus increased , gives , as is wanted , a result one less than would arise from the written figures . In the first of the following examples , after having taken 6 units from 14 , we count the next figure of the lower ...
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18 yards 2qrs added Arith arithmetic bushel carats cent ciphers Coins column comma compound number consequently contain the divisor continued fractions cost cubic cubic centimetre Cyathus decametre decimal figures decimal fraction denominator divided division dollars Dry Measures equal equidifferent Examples for practice expression factors florins four numbers gallon give given number gramme greater greatest common divisor Heredium hundred hundredths ingredients instance Jugerum kind leagues lire litre lower number manner metre miles months multiplicand multiplied myriogramme necessary number of days number of hours obtain operation partial dividend pence performed piece Pints pound preceding proportion quantity question quotient ratio reduced to English remainder resolved result Rix-dollar rule Scudo shillings significant figure simple numbers subtraction tens tenth third thousand thousandths tion unity vulgar fraction whole number wine written yards long
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Σελίδα ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Σελίδα 126 - A hare starts 12 rods before a hound ; but is not perceived by him till she has been up 45 seconds ; she scuds away at the rate of 10 miles an hour ; and the dog, on view, makes after her at the rate of 16 miles an hour ; how long will the course hold, and what space will be run over, from the spot where the dog started ? Ans.
Σελίδα ii - DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT: District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the...
Σελίδα 114 - A wall to be built to the height of 27 feet, was raised to the height of 9 feet by 12 men in 6 days : how many men must be employed to finish the wall in 4 days at the same ruts.- of working 1 31.
Σελίδα 24 - In all cases, the process of division consists in finding one of the factors of a given product, when the other factor is known. The number given to be divided is called the dividend, and answers to the product in multiplication.
Σελίδα 123 - How much gold of 15, of 17, and of 22 carats fine, must be mixed with 5 oz. of 18 carats fine, so that the composition may be 20 carats fine ? Ans.
Σελίδα 126 - A man, being asked how many sheep he had in his drove, said, if he had as many more, half as many more, and 7 sheep and a half, he should have 20 ; how many had he ? Ans. 5.
Σελίδα 36 - 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 70 - ... 35840 = 2240 = 80 = 20 = 1 By this weight are weighed all things of a coarse or drossy nature, as corn, bread, butter, cheese, flesh, grocery wares, and some liquids ; also all metals, except silver and gold. oz diet gr Note, that lib Avoirdupois = 14 11 15± Troy.
Σελίδα 124 - If 1000 men, besieged in a town, with provisions for 5 weeks, allowing each man 16 ounces a day, be reinforced with 500 men more ; and supposing that they cannot be relieved till the end of 8 weeks, how many ounces a day must each man have, that the provision may last that umc ? Ans.