The University Arithmetic: Embracing the Science of Numbers, and Their Numerous Applications |
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acres amount annexed apples arithmetical avoirdupois barrels bill bushel called carats Cash cent per annum ciphers circulating decimals common denominator composite number contain cube root cubic inches Day-book decimal fraction denominate numbers Divide dividend division dollars ells equal exact number EXAMPLES excess of 9's exchange expressed feet figures Find the least four fourth gallons given number gives greater greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred improper fraction least common multiple less lowest terms measure merchant method miles millions mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand number of days number of terms numerator and denominator OPERATION paid payable payment pence pound prime factors proper fraction QUEST.-How QUEST.-What quotient Reduce remainder Repeat the table repetend shillings simple fraction square root subtract tare tens third thousand thousandths troy troy weight vulgar fraction weight whole number yards of cloth
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Page 287 - ... then the above obligation to be void ; otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Page 163 - When any decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c. the division is made by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are...
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Page 118 - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number, Divide the numerator by the denominator.
Page 69 - We have seen that multiplying by a whole number is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier.
Page 162 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
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Page 237 - Compute the interest on the principal to the time of the first payment, and if the payment exceed this interest, add the interest to the principal and from the sum subtract the payment : the remainder forms a new principal.
Page 158 - Now, to express the 6 thousandths decimally, we have to prefix two ciphers to the 6, and this makes as many decimal places in the product as there are in both multiplicand and multiplier.