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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... simple units . The names ten and hundred are continu- ally repeated , and we have no occasion for new names , such as thousand , million , billion , except at every fourth order . The same law being observed , to billions succeed ...
... simple units . The names ten and hundred are continu- ally repeated , and we have no occasion for new names , such as thousand , million , billion , except at every fourth order . The same law being observed , to billions succeed ...
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... simple change of place , acquires the power of representing , successively , all the different collections of units , which can enter into the expression of a number . ) 7. A number dictated , or enunciated , is written , then , by plac ...
... simple change of place , acquires the power of representing , successively , all the different collections of units , which can enter into the expression of a number . ) 7. A number dictated , or enunciated , is written , then , by plac ...
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... simple , and on this account more easily retained in the memory , while at the same time the names of the higher orders of numbers are much shorter . series of the names of numbers , one , two 8 Arithmetic . Of the principles on which ...
... simple , and on this account more easily retained in the memory , while at the same time the names of the higher orders of numbers are much shorter . series of the names of numbers , one , two 8 Arithmetic . Of the principles on which ...
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... simple number , expressed by several figures , being 10 , 100 , 1000 , & c . , it seems necessary to inquire how we can multiply any number by one of these . Now if we recollect the principle mentioned in article 6 , by which the same ...
... simple number , expressed by several figures , being 10 , 100 , 1000 , & c . , it seems necessary to inquire how we can multiply any number by one of these . Now if we recollect the principle mentioned in article 6 , by which the same ...
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... simple units , will contain the divisor , and admit of this partial division . 43. Disposing of the operation as before , the calculation , just explained , is performed in the following order ; 57981 251 502 231 778 753 251 251 000 The ...
... simple units , will contain the divisor , and admit of this partial division . 43. Disposing of the operation as before , the calculation , just explained , is performed in the following order ; 57981 251 502 231 778 753 251 251 000 The ...
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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.