 | Wardhaugh Thompson - 1771 - 324 pages
...Divifion ; as I5--3-5- That is, 15 divided by j is equal to j. . « : Four points, fet in the middle of 4 numbers, denote them to be proportional to one another,...Three, As 2 : 4 : : 8 : 16 That is, As 2 is to 4, fo is 8 to 1 6. NB In fome lines of the DecimalTables, the Periods which fliould divide the Integers,... | |
 | Thomas Breaks - Logarithms - 1771 - 646 pages
...6 is equal to 4. О Square ; as О ia, the Square of 12 is to be taken. . : :, ::, : Proportional ; as 2 : 4 :: 8 : 16; that is, as 2 is, to 4, ib. is 8 to 16. ^An Angle lefs than 180°; "7 AnAngle greater than 1 8o0. 0 A Station. Û A Triangle;... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1807 - 248 pages
...division ; as 3)6(2, that is, 6 divi•Or" £ded by 3 is equal to 2, or 6-4-3=2. THE sign' of proportion ; as, 2 : 4 ; : 8 : 16, that is* As 2 is to 4 so is 8 to 16. THE r. SCHOLARS ARITHMETIC > (A INTRODUCTION. RITHMETIC is the art or science which treats of numbers.... | |
 | Thomas Crosby - 1807 - 242 pages
...upper number being the dividend, and the lower the divisor. • it, ',; So is. The Sign of Proportion ; as, 2 ; 4 ; ; 8; 16 that is, as 2 is to 4 -n is 8 to 1 6. 7 _ 2-1-5= 10 Shows that the diûerence between 2 1 and 7, added to 5, is equal to... | |
 | Nicolas Pike - Algebra - 1808 - 470 pages
...lower number, the di875' visor ; thus, is the same as 875-f-25 = 35. 25 The sign of proportion, thus, 2 : 4 :: 8 : 16, that is, as 2 is to 4 so is 8 to 16. Signifies Geometrical Progression. Shews that the difference between 2 and 9 added to 6 is equal to... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1813 - 244 pages
...signifies that 8 di vided by 2, is equal to 4; or thus, f=4, each of whicli signify the same thing. : : Four points set in the middle of four numbers, denote...rule of three ; as 2 : 4 : : 8 : 16 ; that is, as 2 to 4, so is 8 to 16. V Prefixed to any number, supposes that the square root of that number is required.... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1818 - 246 pages
...signifies that S divided by 2, is equal to 4 ; or thus, f=4, each ot •which signify the same tiling. J : Four points set in the middle of four numbers, denote...rule of three ; as 2 : 4 : : 8 : 16 ; that is, as 2 to 4, so is 8 to 16. */ Prefixed to any number, supposes that the square root of that number is required.... | |
 | Thomas Dilworth - Arithmetic - 1818 - 222 pages
...do likewise denote division ; the lower being the divisor, < and the upper number the dividend. :: Four points, set in the middle of four numbers, denote them to be proportioned to one another, by the rule of three j as2 : 4:: 8 : 16 ; that is, as 2 is to4,sois 8... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1820 - 260 pages
...division ; as 3)6(2, that is, 6 divided by 3 the quotient is 2, or 6-f 3=2. The sign of proportion ; as 2 : 4 : : 8 : 16, that is, as 2 is to 4 so is 3 to 16. SECTION I. FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF ARITHMETIC. 1 HESE are four, ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION,... | |
 | Beriah Stevens - Arithmetic - 1822 - 436 pages
...signifies that 8 divided by 2, is equal to 4 ; or thus, | ==4, each of which signify the same thing. : : Four points set in the middle of four numbers, denote...rule of three ; as 2 : 4 : : 8 : 16 ; that is, as 2 to 4, so is 8 to 16. ^/ Prefixed to any number, supposes that the square root of that number is required.... | |
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Four points set in the middle of four numbers, denote them to be proportional to one another, by the rule of three ; as 2 : 4 : : 8 : 16 ; that is, as 2 to 4, so is 8 to 16. 
