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... place . Decimal system . The common system of numbers founded on their relations to ten , ten tens , etc. Denominator . The number which shows into how many equal parts a unit is divided . Difference . The number which , added to a ...
... place . Decimal system . The common system of numbers founded on their relations to ten , ten tens , etc. Denominator . The number which shows into how many equal parts a unit is divided . Difference . The number which , added to a ...
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... place . Decimal system . The common system of numbers founded on their relations to ten , ten tens , etc. Denominator . The number which shows into how many equal parts a unit is divided . Difference . The number which , added to a ...
... place . Decimal system . The common system of numbers founded on their relations to ten , ten tens , etc. Denominator . The number which shows into how many equal parts a unit is divided . Difference . The number which , added to a ...
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... place that it is moved to the left . 25. If we have given a number written in figures , the position of each figure counting from the right indicates the order of units that the figure represents . If we divide the number into periods ...
... place that it is moved to the left . 25. If we have given a number written in figures , the position of each figure counting from the right indicates the order of units that the figure represents . If we divide the number into periods ...
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... place it holds in the number . The value of a figure , without regard to its position , is called its absolute value ; and the value it acquires by its position is called its local value . 30. The art of expressing numbers by means of ...
... place it holds in the number . The value of a figure , without regard to its position , is called its absolute value ; and the value it acquires by its position is called its local value . 30. The art of expressing numbers by means of ...
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... place is equal to 1 in the next place to the left , if the sum of the digits of any column exceeds 9 , write the units ' figure of the sum under the column added and carry the number of tens to the next column . Thus , in the following ...
... place is equal to 1 in the next place to the left , if the sum of the digits of any column exceeds 9 , write the units ' figure of the sum under the column added and carry the number of tens to the next column . Thus , in the following ...
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Page 182 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 116 - If the numerator and denominator of a fraction be both multiplied or both divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered.
Page 182 - 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 172 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 130 - When necessary, reduce the fractions to their least common denominator. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend, from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference of the new numerators over the common denominator.
Page 114 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator.
Page 4 - ... one ten, two tens, three tens, four tens, five tens, six tens, seven tens, eight tens, nine tens.
Page 99 - ... and so on until the quotient is itself a prime number. The several divisors and the last quotient are the prime factors.
Page 186 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the Circumference, all points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the Centre.