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 iv
... correctly they will lead to the true result . Such a course as this is usually taken in works on Oral Arithmetic . In studying them the scholar is thrown on his own resources ; is compelled to learn principles ; to iv PREFACE .
... correctly they will lead to the true result . Such a course as this is usually taken in works on Oral Arithmetic . In studying them the scholar is thrown on his own resources ; is compelled to learn principles ; to iv PREFACE .
Σελίδα v
... usually found in school arith- metics , because they do not belong legitimately to the subject of Arithmetic , because they are of theoretical rather than of practical importance , or because they require neither special explanation nor ...
... usually found in school arith- metics , because they do not belong legitimately to the subject of Arithmetic , because they are of theoretical rather than of practical importance , or because they require neither special explanation nor ...
Σελίδα vi
... usually as val- uable arithmetical work as was the labor of performing it , and will oftentimes make a process or solution appear perfectly simple and clear , when it would otherwise have seemed ob- scure and complicated . Again the ...
... usually as val- uable arithmetical work as was the labor of performing it , and will oftentimes make a process or solution appear perfectly simple and clear , when it would otherwise have seemed ob- scure and complicated . Again the ...
Σελίδα 3
... usually called fractions , and read thus : twelve thirds , sixteen fourths , seven eighths ; though they may , with equal correctness , be read as twelve divided by three , sixteen divided by four , seven divided by eight . When read as ...
... usually called fractions , and read thus : twelve thirds , sixteen fourths , seven eighths ; though they may , with equal correctness , be read as twelve divided by three , sixteen divided by four , seven divided by eight . When read as ...
Σελίδα 5
... usually represented to the eye by charac- ters called figures , though sometimes by letters of the alphabet . ( b . ) The method by figures is called the Arabic Method , because it was introduced into Europe by the Arabs . NOTE . The ...
... usually represented to the eye by charac- ters called figures , though sometimes by letters of the alphabet . ( b . ) The method by figures is called the Arabic Method , because it was introduced into Europe by the Arabs . NOTE . The ...
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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.