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... greater importance than might appear at first sight . More than one half of our children are obliged to leave school with- out completing any book on arithmetic , and when such im- portant subjects as the measurement of land , lumber ...
... greater importance than might appear at first sight . More than one half of our children are obliged to leave school with- out completing any book on arithmetic , and when such im- portant subjects as the measurement of land , lumber ...
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... greater value , its value is to be added to that of the greater . Thus , XI represents eleven , LX sixty , DC six hundred . 8 3. If a letter is placed before one of greater NOTATION AND NUMERATION The Roman Notation.
... greater value , its value is to be added to that of the greater . Thus , XI represents eleven , LX sixty , DC six hundred . 8 3. If a letter is placed before one of greater NOTATION AND NUMERATION The Roman Notation.
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... greater . Thus , IX represents nine , XL forty , CD four hundred . 4. If a letter is placed between two letters , each of greater value , its value is to be taken from the sum of the other two . Thus , XIV represents fourteen , XXIX ...
... greater . Thus , IX represents nine , XL forty , CD four hundred . 4. If a letter is placed between two letters , each of greater value , its value is to be taken from the sum of the other two . Thus , XIV represents fourteen , XXIX ...
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... greater than nine can be expressed by one figure . 23. As the Arabic Notation is a decimal notation * based on the number ten ( decem ) , the number ten begins a second order which is expressed by two char- acters . This is called the ...
... greater than nine can be expressed by one figure . 23. As the Arabic Notation is a decimal notation * based on the number ten ( decem ) , the number ten begins a second order which is expressed by two char- acters . This is called the ...
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... greater than that of the second . 3. A digit or figure , if used in the second place , expresses tens ; in the third place , hundreds ; in the fourth place , thousands ; and so on . 4. Every period contains three figures ( units , tens ...
... greater than that of the second . 3. A digit or figure , if used in the second place , expresses tens ; in the third place , hundreds ; in the fourth place , thousands ; and so on . 4. Every period contains three figures ( units , tens ...
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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.