The University Arithmetic: Embracing the Science of Numbers, and Their Numerous Applications

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A. S. Barnes & Company, 1853 - 396 σελίδες
 

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Σελίδα 37 - The additional day, when it occurs, is added to the month of February, so that this month has 29 days in the Leap year. Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February, twenty-eight alone.
Σελίδα 196 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be 'the fourth term or answer sought, and will be of the same denomination as the third term. EXAMPLES. 1. If 48 yards of cloth cost $67,25 what will 144 yards cost at the same rate
Σελίδα 36 - of Days. - 31 - 28 - 31 - 30 - 31 - 30 - 31 - 31 - 30 - 31 - 30 - 31 Total 365 The additional day, when it occurs, is added to the month of February, so that this month has 29 days in the Leap year. Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February, twenty-eight alone.
Σελίδα 162 - Divide as in simple numbers, and point off in the quotient, from the right hand, so many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor; and if there are not so many, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers.
Σελίδα 69 - The number to be taken is called the multiplicand. The number denoting how many times the multiplicand is to be taken, is called the multiplier. The number arising from taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier, is called the product. The multiplicand and multiplier,
Σελίδα 163 - NOTE 1. — When any decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., the division is made by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are O's in the divisor ; and if there be not so many figures on the left of the decimal point, the deficiency must be supplied by prefixing ciphers.
Σελίδα 119 - To reduce a mixed number to its equivalent improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; to the product add the numerator, and place the sum over the given denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce 4£ to its equivalent improper fraction. Here,
Σελίδα 269 - The time is obviously found by dividing 48 (the sum of the products) by $6, (the sum of the payments.) Hence, to find the mean time, Multiply each payment by the time before it becomes due, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments:
Σελίδα 211 - terms in the question, suppose the fourth term of the second proportion to be found, and make the third statement in the same manner as the second was made. III. Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the product of the first terms, and the quotient will be the answer sought. EXAMPLES.
Σελίδα 38 - Every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. For

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