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... Figures 388 Foreign . 298 Triangles 388 Equation of Payments and Quadrilaterals 392 Accounts . 307 Circles 395 RATIO . 318 Solids . . 398 PROPORTION 322 Simple Proportion . Compound Proportion Partitive Proportion . 324 Prisins and ...
... Figures 388 Foreign . 298 Triangles 388 Equation of Payments and Quadrilaterals 392 Accounts . 307 Circles 395 RATIO . 318 Solids . . 398 PROPORTION 322 Simple Proportion . Compound Proportion Partitive Proportion . 324 Prisins and ...
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... figures to express numbers . FIGURES . 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NAMES . Naught . One . Two . Three . Four . Five . Six . Seven ... figure . 23. As the Arabic Notation is a decimal notation * based on the number ten ( decem ) , the number ten ...
... figures to express numbers . FIGURES . 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NAMES . Naught . One . Two . Three . Four . Five . Six . Seven ... figure . 23. As the Arabic Notation is a decimal notation * based on the number ten ( decem ) , the number ten ...
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... figure of the hundred order with the proper figures of the tens ' and units ' orders at its right , remembering that when there are no tens or units to be represented , a cipher must be put in their place . Thus , 101 , 109 , 120 , 156 ...
... figure of the hundred order with the proper figures of the tens ' and units ' orders at its right , remembering that when there are no tens or units to be represented , a cipher must be put in their place . Thus , 101 , 109 , 120 , 156 ...
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... figure represents units and the left - hand figure tens . 3. When a number is expressed by three figures , the right- hand figure represents units , the next figure tens , and the left - hand figure hundreds . EXAMPLES . 1. Write one ...
... figure represents units and the left - hand figure tens . 3. When a number is expressed by three figures , the right- hand figure represents units , the next figure tens , and the left - hand figure hundreds . EXAMPLES . 1. Write one ...
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... figure indicating the number we wish to express in that place . To write four thousand two hundred sixty - nine , we ... figures is 9999 . EXAMPLES . Express the following numbers by figures : 1. One thousand two hundred . 2. Five ...
... figure indicating the number we wish to express in that place . To write four thousand two hundred sixty - nine , we ... figures is 9999 . EXAMPLES . Express the following numbers by figures : 1. One thousand two hundred . 2. Five ...
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Page 173 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30j square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 180 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 185 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 287 - ... for the given number of years. III. Subtract the given principal from the last amount, and the remainder will be the compound interest.
Page 398 - A Cylinder is a body bounded by a uniformly curved surface, its ends being equal and parallel circles.
Page 300 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 50 - Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of separating a number into equal parts.
Page 78 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor of 36 and 54, since it is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder.
Page 308 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 54 - If any partial dividend will not contain the divisor, place a cipher in the quotient, and bring down the next figure of the dividend, and divide as before.