Arithmetic and Its Applications: Designed as a Text Book for Common Schools, High Schools, and AcademiesH. Cowperthwait & Company, 1856 - 366 σελίδες |
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... hands for the number ten . ( c . ) Such a method would naturally lead a people using it to repre- sent large numbers by exhibiting the fingers of both hands as many times as there are tens in the numbers considered , and by thus leading ...
... hands for the number ten . ( c . ) Such a method would naturally lead a people using it to repre- sent large numbers by exhibiting the fingers of both hands as many times as there are tens in the numbers considered , and by thus leading ...
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... hand figure represent units . 9. Method of reading Numbers . In reading numbers expressed by figures we begin at the left hand , i . e . , with the highest denomination . ( a . ) 546 = five hundreds , four tens , and six units , and is ...
... hand figure represent units . 9. Method of reading Numbers . In reading numbers expressed by figures we begin at the left hand , i . e . , with the highest denomination . ( a . ) 546 = five hundreds , four tens , and six units , and is ...
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... of units , the second the period of thousands , the third of millions , the fourth of billions , & c . ( b . ) The right hand figure in each 8 NOTATION AND NUMERATION . Number of Decimal Places unlimited, Division into Periods,
... of units , the second the period of thousands , the third of millions , the fourth of billions , & c . ( b . ) The right hand figure in each 8 NOTATION AND NUMERATION . Number of Decimal Places unlimited, Division into Periods,
Σελίδα 9
... hand figure in each period expresses units or ones of the denomination of that period , while the second figure expresses tens , and the third , or left hand figure , ex- presses hundreds of that denomination . ( c . ) This is exhibited ...
... hand figure in each period expresses units or ones of the denomination of that period , while the second figure expresses tens , and the third , or left hand figure , ex- presses hundreds of that denomination . ( c . ) This is exhibited ...
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... hand , and read each period as though its figures stood alone , giving afterwards the name of the period . For instance , the number 42,000,070,294,600,706 would be read in the same way . and would express , the same value , as if ...
... hand , and read each period as though its figures stood alone , giving afterwards the name of the period . For instance , the number 42,000,070,294,600,706 would be read in the same way . and would express , the same value , as if ...
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Σελίδα 38 - Dry Measure. — 2 pints = 1 quart; 8 quarts = 1 peck; 4 pecks = 1 bushel.
Σελίδα 40 - NUMBERS. 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen — 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 units = 1 score.
Σελίδα 41 - WEIGHTS. 10 milligrammes = 1 centigramme. 10 centigrammes = 1 decigramme. 10 decigrammes = 1 gramme. 10 grammes = 1 decagramme. 10 decagrammes = 1 hectogramme. 10 hectogrammes = 1 kilogramme. 10 kilogrammes = 1 myriagramme.
Σελίδα 330 - That is, the square of the sum of two quantities is equal to the square of the first, plus twice the product of the first by the second, plus the square of the second.
Σελίδα 30 - APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound.
Σελίδα 99 - The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which we divide.
Σελίδα 34 - Measure. — 144 square inches = 1 square foot; 9 square feet = 1 square yard; 30J square yards = 1 square rod or perch; 40 square rods = 1 rood; 4 roods = 1 acre; 640 acres = 1 square mile; 36 square miles (60 miles square) = 1 township.
Σελίδα 236 - ... high, and 1 ft. 8' thick ? Suggestion. — Since 8 in. = f ft., 4 in. = ^ ft., and 2 in. = ¿ ft., each brick contains fr X ¿ X ^ = -¿j solid feet, and it will take 27 bricks for each solid foot in the wall. 15. How many bricks, each 8 in. long, 4 in. wide, and 2 in. thick, will it take to build the four walls of a house, 30 ft. 6
Σελίδα 133 - Two numbers are PRIME TO EACH OTHER when they have no common factor.
Σελίδα 339 - ... subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder annex the next period for the next dividend.