Arithmetic for SchoolsMacmillan and Company, 1873 - 347 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 214 - 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.
Σελίδα 38 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator for a new numerator, under which draw a line and place the denominator. EXAMPLES. 9. Reduce 2| to an improper fraction.
Σελίδα 36 - If the numerator and denominator of each fraction is multiplied (or divided) by the same number, the value of the fraction will not change.
Σελίδα 62 - If a quantity be multiplied by itself any number of times, the product is called a power of that quantity, and is expressed by writing the number of factors to the right of the quantity and above it.
Σελίδα 50 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator.
Σελίδα 29 - Divide this line as before, and so on, until there are no two numbers that can be measured by the same divisor ; then the continual product of all the divisors and numbers in the last line will be the least common multiple required.
Σελίδα 65 - Place the numbers to be added so that the decimal points will be directly under each other. Add as in whole numbers, and place the decimal point in the sum directly under the decimal points above.
Σελίδα 188 - If 20 men can perform a piece of work in 12 days, how many men will accomplish three times as much in one-fifth of the time ? Ans.
Σελίδα 260 - If the increase in the number of male and female criminals be 1'8 per cent., while the decrease in the number of males alone is 4'G per cent., and the increase in the number of females is 9 '8; compare the number of male and female criminals respectively.
Σελίδα 59 - If the numerator and denominator of a fraction be both multiplied or both divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered.