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Page 180 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold Who hath created these things, That bringeth out their host by number : He calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, 20 For that he is strong in power ; not one faileth.
Page 15 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty 21: twenty-one 22: twenty-two...
Page 77 - Multiply the integer of the quotient by the divisor, and to the product add the remainder, if any ; and the result will equal the dividend, if the work is right.
Page 364 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
Page 260 - ... the cube of the tens, three times the square of the tens multiplied by the units, three times the tens multiplied by the square of the units, and the cube of the units.
Page 178 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl...
Page 136 - Remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the right as there are decimal places in the divisor and supply any deficiency by annexing ciphers.
Page 235 - Dclambrc and Mechain, by measuring an arc of the meridian between the parallels of Dunkirk and Barcelona. The metrical system is now legal in England also.
Page 122 - ... to the second ; the second to the third; the third to the fourth ; and so on : Silver, Copper, Iron, Tin, Lead, Zinc.
Page 364 - If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal ; but interest...
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Treatise on Arithmetic ... |
| Author | Noble Heath |
| Publisher | T.E. Chapman, 1855 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 5 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 455 pages |
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