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acres addition amount answer bill bought broad bushels carry cent ciphers cloth compound contained cost cube root cubic decimal denominator difference distance Divide dividend division divisor equal equivalent Examples exchange Extract factors farthings feet feet long figure Find four fraction gain gallons given greater greatest hundred inches interest least common length less London lower lowest measure method miles minutes mixed months Multiply operation oranges ounces paid pence performed person piece pounds PRACTICE principle proceed proof proportion prove quantity quarter quotient ratio Reduce remainder RUDIMENTARY RULE selling shillings side simple square sterling subtraction taken tens third thousand tons TREATISE Troy units weeks weight whole wide wine worth yards
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Page 4 - 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 12 - STERLING MONEY. 4 farthings = 1 penny. 12 pence = 1 shilling. 20 shillings = 1 pound.
Page 15 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes =± 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month...
Page 11 - Cut off- as many figures from the right hand of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor. The remaining figures of the dividend will be the quotient, and those cut off the remainder.
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Page 66 - Hence the rule .for finding the greatest common divisor of two numbers : Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain.
Page 113 - Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the equated time, or that required.
Page 13 - Apothecaries' Weight 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (3) 3 scruples = 1 dram (3) 8 drams = 1 ounce ( 3 ) 12 ounces =; 1 pound (ft...
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| Title | Rudimentary arithmetic |
| Author | James Haddon |
| Publisher | J. Weale, 1849 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 17 Oct 2006 |
| Length | 128 pages |
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