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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... hundred , one thousand , & c . ( a . ) The term unit , when used without any limitation , always refers to a single thing or quantity , or to the abstraction , one . 4. A CONCRETE NUMBER expresses a single thing or quantity , considered ...
... hundred , one thousand , & c . ( a . ) The term unit , when used without any limitation , always refers to a single thing or quantity , or to the abstraction , one . 4. A CONCRETE NUMBER expresses a single thing or quantity , considered ...
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... hundred , one hundred and one , & c . ( h . ) This method of expressing numbers is the one now in general use . 5. Arabic and Roman Methods of Notation . ( a . ) Numbers are usually represented to the eye by charac- ters called figures ...
... hundred , one hundred and one , & c . ( h . ) This method of expressing numbers is the one now in general use . 5. Arabic and Roman Methods of Notation . ( a . ) Numbers are usually represented to the eye by charac- ters called figures ...
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... hundreds ' place , and the thou- sands ' place . Moreover , the position of these places is marked by the figures occupying them . Hence each figure performs a double office , viz . , it marks a place , and indicates as many of the ...
... hundreds ' place , and the thou- sands ' place . Moreover , the position of these places is marked by the figures occupying them . Hence each figure performs a double office , viz . , it marks a place , and indicates as many of the ...
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... hundreds , four tens , and six units , and is read five hundred and forty - six . ( b . ) 398 three hundreds , nine tens , and eight units , and is read three hundred and ninety - eight . ( c . ) 407 : = four hundreds , no tens , and ...
... hundreds , four tens , and six units , and is read five hundred and forty - six . ( b . ) 398 three hundreds , nine tens , and eight units , and is read three hundred and ninety - eight . ( c . ) 407 : = four hundreds , no tens , and ...
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... hundreds of thousands , the third three by millions , tens of millions , and hundreds of millions , and so on . If the first three places were called , as they might be with perfect propriety , units , tens of units , and hundreds of ...
... hundreds of thousands , the third three by millions , tens of millions , and hundreds of millions , and so on . If the first three places were called , as they might be with perfect propriety , units , tens of units , and hundreds of ...
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added amount angle answer apples barrels bought broadcloth bushels called cent column common ratio complete quotient compound contain cost cube cubic inches debt decametre decimal decimal fraction denominator difference dividend dollars equal example Explanation expressed feet flour fourth fraction gain gallon given number gives greatest common divisor Hence hundreds hundredths Illustrations improper fraction indorsement interest June 11 least common multiple Mdse method miles millions minuend months multiple of 9 multiplicand multiplied obtained by dividing paid payable payment pecks pounds prime factors principal quarts quotient received Reduce remainder result right hand figures rods root selling shillings sold square subtract Subtrahend ten-thousands tens tenths third thousands trial divisor units vulgar fraction weight worth write written yard
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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.