Arithmetic Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction: Being a Sequel to Intellectual Arithmetic

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Jordan, Swift, & Wiley, 1845 - 245 σελίδες

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Σελίδα 2 - Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the twenty-fifth day of May, AD 182G, and in the fiftieth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Warren CoIburn, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Arithmetic upon the Inductive Method of Instruction . being a Sequel to Intellectual Arithmetic.
Σελίδα 32 - Britain. 4 farthings (qr, or far.) make 1 penny, marked d. 12 pence " 1 shilling, " s. 20 shillings " 1 pound, or sovereign, £. 21 shillings " 1 guinea. OBS. 1. It is customary, at the present day, to express farthings in fractions of a penny. Thus, 1 qr. is written ;<!;•_
Σελίδα 17 - There is an orchard consisting of ten rows of trees, and nine trees in each row ; how many trees are there in the orchard ? 12.
Σελίδα 243 - ... by ; the quotient, which shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend ; and the remainder, which is always less than the divisor, and of the same name of the dividend.
Σελίδα 21 - If 8 men can do a piece of work in 7 days, how many days will it take one man to do it ? 9.
Σελίδα 25 - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding dry medicines. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.} = 1 Scruple, . . sc., or 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram, . . dr., or 3 . 8 Drams = 1 Ounce, . . oz., or § . 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . Ib., or ft,.
Σελίδα 203 - If there are more decimal places in the divisor than in the dividend, what do you do ? What will the figures of the quotient then be ? § 132.
Σελίδα 172 - If the numerator and denominator of a fraction be multiplied by the same number, the value of the fraction will remain unchanged.
Σελίδα 196 - ... place. In multiplying a decimal fraction by an integer, there are as many decimal places in the product as there are in the multiplicand.
Σελίδα 130 - ... is 6, and 6 times 5 will be 5 times as much, that is, 5 times 6. Generally, to multiply one number by another, is to repeat the first number as many times as there are units in the second number.

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