Higher Arithmetic, Or, The Science and Application of Numbers: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Modes of Instruction : Designed for Advanced Classes in Schools and AcademiesM.H. Newman & Company, 1848 - 422 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 22
... seen hereafter , is as important as that of any other figure in the system . 2. Formerly all the Arabic characters were indiscriminately called ciphers ; hence the process of calculating by them was called ciphering ; on the same ...
... seen hereafter , is as important as that of any other figure in the system . 2. Formerly all the Arabic characters were indiscriminately called ciphers ; hence the process of calculating by them was called ciphering ; on the same ...
Σελίδα 23
... seen that , Ten units make one ten , ten tens make one hundred , and ten hun- dreds make one thousand ; that is , ten in an inferior order are equal to one in the next superior order . Hence , universally , 36. Numbers increase from ...
... seen that , Ten units make one ten , ten tens make one hundred , and ten hun- dreds make one thousand ; that is , ten in an inferior order are equal to one in the next superior order . Hence , universally , 36. Numbers increase from ...
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... seen in our division of the circle , and of time , where the degree and hour are each divided into 60 minutes , the minute into 60 seconds , & c . 2. The Roman notation seems to have been commenced with V or five for its radix , which ...
... seen in our division of the circle , and of time , where the degree and hour are each divided into 60 minutes , the minute into 60 seconds , & c . 2. The Roman notation seems to have been commenced with V or five for its radix , which ...
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... seen , that the solution of this example consists in finding a single number , which will exactly express the value of the several given num- bers united together . 50. The process of uniting two or more numbers together , so as to form ...
... seen , that the solution of this example consists in finding a single number , which will exactly express the value of the several given num- bers united together . 50. The process of uniting two or more numbers together , so as to form ...
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... seen , that the object of beginning to add at the right hand is , that we may carry the tens , as we pro- ceed in the operation . 54. From the preceding illustrations and principles we de- lve the following GENERAL RULE FOR ADDITION . I ...
... seen , that the object of beginning to add at the right hand is , that we may carry the tens , as we pro- ceed in the operation . 54. From the preceding illustrations and principles we de- lve the following GENERAL RULE FOR ADDITION . I ...
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acres amount annexed answer required Arithmetic avoirdupois bank discount barrels bbls bought bushels called canceling ciphers CIRCULATING DECIMALS common fraction composite number compound numbers contained cost cube decimal figures decimal places denotes difference Divide the given dividend division dollars dolls Dry Measure equal expressed farthings Federal Money gallons gals given fractions given number greatest common divisor Hence hhds hundred hundredths improper fraction insured interest of $1 least common denominator least common multiple mills mixed number months multiplicand Multiply number of days numerator and denominator Operation partial product payable pence period pound premium present worth prime factors prime number principal quotient rate per cent ratio reduce the given remainder rods root shillings simple fraction sold square subtract tenths thousandths Troy Troy weight units usury weight whole number wine measure yards
Δημοφιλή αποσπάσματα
Σελίδα 371 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Σελίδα 113 - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole, or mixed number. Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quotient will be the whole, or mixed number required.
Σελίδα 113 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator.
Σελίδα 99 - The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, 24, and 30.
Σελίδα 261 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. " If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
Σελίδα 263 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total. If there be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above; and in like manner from one payment to another, till all the payments are absorbed; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Σελίδα 66 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Σελίδα 270 - Finally, subtract the given principal from the last amount, and the remainder will be the compound interest.
Σελίδα 394 - These are usually accounted six in number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw.
Σελίδα 368 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.