The National Arithmetic on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods Together with the Cancelling System : Forming a Complete Mercantile ArithmeticRobert S. Davis, 1851 - 360 σελίδες |
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... writing , it was a natu- ral and common device to employ letters to denote what we express by our numeral figures . Accordingly we find , that , with the Hebrews and Greeks , the first letter of their respective alphabets was used for 1 ...
... writing , it was a natu- ral and common device to employ letters to denote what we express by our numeral figures . Accordingly we find , that , with the Hebrews and Greeks , the first letter of their respective alphabets was used for 1 ...
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... writer of note is Boethius , the Roman , who , however , copied most of his work from Nicomachus . He lived at the begin ning of the sixth century , and is the author of the well - known work on the Consolation of Philosophy . The next ...
... writer of note is Boethius , the Roman , who , however , copied most of his work from Nicomachus . He lived at the begin ning of the sixth century , and is the author of the well - known work on the Consolation of Philosophy . The next ...
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... writer on Algebra after the invention of Printing was Lucas de Burgo , above mentioned , and he uses p for plus and m for minus , and indicates the powers by the first two letters , in which he was fol- lowed by several of his ...
... writer on Algebra after the invention of Printing was Lucas de Burgo , above mentioned , and he uses p for plus and m for minus , and indicates the powers by the first two letters , in which he was fol- lowed by several of his ...
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... write in each succes- sive order the figure which denotes the given number in that order . If any of the intervening orders are not mentioned in the given number , supply their places with ciphers . SECTION II . ADDITION . ADDITION is ...
... write in each succes- sive order the figure which denotes the given number in that order . If any of the intervening orders are not mentioned in the given number , supply their places with ciphers . SECTION II . ADDITION . ADDITION is ...
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... write down the unit figure , and add the figure denoting the number of tens to the column of tens . Thus proceed , till every column of figures is added , writing down on the left the sum total of the left . hand column , and the result ...
... write down the unit figure , and add the figure denoting the number of tens to the column of tens . Thus proceed , till every column of figures is added , writing down on the left the sum total of the left . hand column , and the result ...
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acres amount annex answer Arithmetic Avoirdupois barrels of flour bill Boston Bought broadcloth bushels cents ciphers circle circumference common denominator common difference compound interest contain cords of wood cost cube root decimal diameter Divide dividend divisor dominical letter duodecillions equal EXAMPLES farthings feet long feet wide figure foot furlong gain gallons given number greatest common measure hogshead hundred improper fraction indorsements least common multiple length lowest terms miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number of terms OPERATION ounces paid payment pence perform pound sterling pounds present worth quantity question quotient ratio received Reduce remainder repetend rods SECTION shillings side simple fraction sold square root sterling subtract subtrahend sugar third thousand thousandths tons TROY WEIGHT United States money usury vulgar fraction weight whole number wine write yards of cloth
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Σελίδα 94 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of...
Σελίδα 257 - Thus 16 -f-8 = 2 is the common difference. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of ' terms less one, and the quotient is the common difference.
Σελίδα 95 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Σελίδα 224 - Is when the several shares of stock are continued in trade an equal term of time. RULE. As the whole stock is to the whole gain or loss : so is each man's particular stock, to his particular share of the gain or loss.
Σελίδα 323 - It follows that the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is the same for all circles.
Σελίδα 317 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Σελίδα 126 - RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator.
Σελίδα 235 - Multiply each term in the multiplicand, beginning at the lowest by the feet of the multiplier, and write each result under its respective term, observing to carry a unit for every 12 from each denomination to its next superior.
Σελίδα 252 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Σελίδα 178 - But if any payments be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on the principal sum due on the obligation, for one year, add- it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid, from the time it was paid up to the end of the year; add it to the sum paid, and deduct that sum from the principal and interest, added as above.* " "If any payments be made of a less sum than the interest arisen at the time of such payment, no interest is to be computed, but only...