| Charles Arnold - 1850 - 164 σελίδες
...and also reduce 24 feet to inches, that the two first terms may be in the same denomination ; we then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide by the first : this division gives a quotient 268 with a remainder 24, which is in the denomination feet, the same... | |
| rev. Frederick Calder - 1852 - 368 σελίδες
...same name, and the third term contains but one denomination, therefore no reduction is required. I now multiply the second and third terms together, and divide by the first: the answer is £12 13s. 4d. And this fourth term and the other three terms form the following proportion... | |
| Thomas Grainger Hall - 1853 - 268 σελίδες
...and second terms to the same denomination ; and the third to the lowest denomination in it. 4. — Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide by the first ; the quotient will be the answer, or fourth term, but will be expressed in the denomination to which the third term... | |
| 1853 - 782 σελίδες
...Proportion," and look at his terms with the most awful profundity he pleases, while he runs through his " Multiply the second and third terms together and divide by the first ;" or the merchant glibly chant his " Buy in the cheapest market, and sell in the dearest ;" or the... | |
| Ezra S. Winslow - 1853 - 264 σελίδες
...to which it relates. there are any factors pertaining to the fourth term, affix them to the first ; multiply the second and third terms together and divide by the first, and the quotient is the answer, term, or portion of a term, sought. EXAMPLE. — If 12 horses in 6... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 σελίδες
...proportion," and look at his terms with the most awful profundity he pleases, while he runs through his " Multiply the second and third terms together and divide by the first ;" or the merchant glibly chant his " Buy in the cheapest market, and sell in the dearest ;" or the... | |
| G. Ainsworth - 1854 - 216 σελίδες
...ах=Ьс, .-. x=—, and this is the algebraical expression for the Rule of Three in arithmetic, which is : Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide by the first. To find a third proportional to two given quantities a, b. As before, let x= the third proportional,... | |
| James Cornwell - 1855 - 380 σελίδες
...second terms be not of the same denomination reduce the higher to the same name as the lower (84). Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide by the first. The quotient thus found is of the same name as that to which the third term has been reduced. EXERCISE CIII. Work... | |
| 1855 - 264 σελίδες
...3. Explain the meaning of the terms ' ratio,' ' proportion ;' and show why in a rule-of-three sum we multiply the second and third terms together, and divide by the first. GEOGRAPHY. SECT. I. — 1. Draw a map of the south-west of England, with names of rivers and chief... | |
| Francis Walkingame - 1855 - 186 σελίδες
...VULGAR FRACTIONS. RULE. State the question as in the corresponding rule for integers (page 41), and then multiply the second and third terms together and divide by the first, according to the methods for multiplying and dividing fractions. Examples. 1. If | of a yard cost $... | |
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