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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Σελίδα iii
... from them what operations must be performed , and what new relations determined , to obtain the result required . They are , however , mutually dependent , so that no person can master one without learning much of the others . ( iii )
... from them what operations must be performed , and what new relations determined , to obtain the result required . They are , however , mutually dependent , so that no person can master one without learning much of the others . ( iii )
Σελίδα iv
... obtained by each step . Finally , he must learn to grasp the whole mechanical process before performing any part of it , so that he may know before writing a figure just what additions , subtractions , multiplications , divisions , and ...
... obtained by each step . Finally , he must learn to grasp the whole mechanical process before performing any part of it , so that he may know before writing a figure just what additions , subtractions , multiplications , divisions , and ...
Σελίδα xi
... obtained from that at 6 per cent . , 259 . 200 Interest at various Rates obtained Process of Division generalized , . 203 Complex Fractions , . 205 directly , Promissory Notes , · · • 260 264 Other Changes in the Terms of a Frac ...
... obtained from that at 6 per cent . , 259 . 200 Interest at various Rates obtained Process of Division generalized , . 203 Complex Fractions , . 205 directly , Promissory Notes , · · • 260 264 Other Changes in the Terms of a Frac ...
Σελίδα 3
... obtained by dividing a unit into a given number of equal parts , or , which is the same thing , to express the value of one or more equal parts of such kind that a given number of them will equal a unit . Thus , 3 ( read three fourths ) ...
... obtained by dividing a unit into a given number of equal parts , or , which is the same thing , to express the value of one or more equal parts of such kind that a given number of them will equal a unit . Thus , 3 ( read three fourths ) ...
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... obtained it from the Persians , who had obtained it from the Hindoos . Its origin has never been satisfactorily determined . ( c . ) The method by letters is called the Roman Method , cause it was used by the ancient Romans . 6. The ...
... obtained it from the Persians , who had obtained it from the Hindoos . Its origin has never been satisfactorily determined . ( c . ) The method by letters is called the Roman Method , cause it was used by the ancient Romans . 6. The ...
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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.