The Youth's Assistant in Theoretic and Practical Arithmetic: Designed for the Use of Schools in the United States |
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... Hence has arisen a method of combin- ing a very few names , so as to give an almost infinite variety of distinct expressions . These names , with a few excep- tions , are derived from the names of the nine first numbers , and from the ...
... Hence has arisen a method of combin- ing a very few names , so as to give an almost infinite variety of distinct expressions . These names , with a few excep- tions , are derived from the names of the nine first numbers , and from the ...
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... Hence to read any number , we have only to observe the following RULE . To the simple value of each figure join the name of its place , beginning at the left hand , and reading the fig- ures in their order towards the right . The ...
... Hence to read any number , we have only to observe the following RULE . To the simple value of each figure join the name of its place , beginning at the left hand , and reading the fig- ures in their order towards the right . The ...
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... Hence , in order to derive any advantage from the use of Multiplication over that of Addition , it is necessary that the several results arising from the multiplication of the numbers below ten , should be perfectly committed to memory ...
... Hence , in order to derive any advantage from the use of Multiplication over that of Addition , it is necessary that the several results arising from the multiplication of the numbers below ten , should be perfectly committed to memory ...
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... Hence either of the HO two factors may be made the multiplicand , or the multiplier , and the pr duct will still be the same . We may therefore prove multiplication by changing the places of the factors , and repeating the operation ...
... Hence either of the HO two factors may be made the multiplicand , or the multiplier , and the pr duct will still be the same . We may therefore prove multiplication by changing the places of the factors , and repeating the operation ...
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... Hence to multiply by 10 , we have only to annex a cipher to the multiplicand , because all the signifi- cant figures are thereby removed one place to the left . In the present example we add a cipher to 16 , making 160 dollars for the ...
... Hence to multiply by 10 , we have only to annex a cipher to the multiplicand , because all the signifi- cant figures are thereby removed one place to the left . In the present example we add a cipher to 16 , making 160 dollars for the ...
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3qrs acc't acres Addition amount ANALYSIS answer Arithmetic bush bushels called cash in full ciphers circumference column common denominator common difference common multiple compound interest contains cost cube root cubic decimal denoted diameter divide dividend division dollars dolls DRY MEASURE equal evidently expressed factors Federal Money feet long foot gain gallon given number greatest common divisor Hence hundred hundredths inches last term least common multiple left hand leger lemons length measure merator method miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand multiply number of terms payment pence pound present worth principal proportion quantity quarts QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE quotient ratio Reduce remainder right hand rods RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply shillings side Simon Pond simple square root subtract subtrahend supposed tens tenths tion Troy weight units velocity vulgar fraction weight whole number write
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Page 2 - 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...
Page 82 - 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 62 - RULE. Divide the given amount by the amount of $1 for the given time and rate, and the quotient will be the principal required.
Page 73 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 18 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. The number which shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend is called the quotient.
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Page 118 - RULE. 1. Multiply the number of terms, less 1, by the common difference, and to the product add the first term, the sum is the last term.
Page 42 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; and each degree into 60 minutes, each minute into 60 seconds, and so on.
Page 115 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.