 | Charles Davies - 1861 - 496 σελίδες
...first place, and when less, write the less there, and the remaining term in the second place : III. Then multiply the second and third terms together and divide the product by the first. This rule gives, when quantity and cost are considered ; quantity : quantity : : cost : cost. When... | |
 | John Robertson (LL.D., of Upton Park sch.) - 1861 - 140 σελίδες
...greater or less in the second term, according as the answer ought to be more or less than the third term. Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. Compound Proportion or Double Rule of Three consists of several simple proportions united into one... | |
 | Edward Liddell (writer on arithmetic.) - 1861 - 192 σελίδες
...the first place. (4). Reduce (if necessary) the first and second terms to the same denomination. (5). Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term ; the result will be the answer required. We may either leave the fourth place in the statement... | |
 | Thomas Kentish (of London.) - 1861 - 372 σελίδες
...6 on A — that is, A 2 4 Or, _ B 36 A 3 6 29. Now to solve questions of this kind numerically, we multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. To put the above operation into a formula, therefore, it will stand as follows : 3_xjl 2 which is to... | |
 | S. M. Saxby - 1862 - 200 σελίδες
...2 : 5 :: 6 : 15 and in this case the 15 was found by the Eule of Three : the rule in which is — " Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first, and the quotient will be the answer." 4. But we must know what this " Eule of Three " really is, and... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1863 - 482 σελίδες
...same denomination ; and if the second term be a compound one, reduce it to the lowest name mentioned. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first, and the quotient will be the answer, in the same denomination to which you reduced the second term.... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1863 - 254 σελίδες
...20 159610 ing to the Rule, the first and second 7 terms to shillings, and then multiply 2,0)111727,0 the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first 12)558631g( = i) term 20, which gives 55863| the 2,0)465,5 3| ""s• in Pence- £232 15s. 3±d. Ans.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1865 - 474 σελίδες
...D = B x C byJi, , * B x C we have D = — ^ — . That is, to find the fourth term of a proportion, multiply the second and third terms together and divide the product by the first term. This is the Kule of Three of Arithmetic. This equation shows that any one of the four terms can... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - 1865 - 360 σελίδες
...Having written the three terms of the proportion, or, ax usually expressed, having stated the question, then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the fast term. NOTE. — Since there is a ratio between the first and second lerms, they must be reduced... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1866 - 434 σελίδες
...the remaining term in the first place. Reduce the first and second terms to the same denomination. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. The quotient will be the answer required. COMPOUND PROPORTION. — Find the quantity which is of the... | |
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Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. 
