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... whole of any thing is greater than a part of it : or , The whole is equal to all its parts taken together ; or , Two quantities that are each of them equal to a third quantity , are equal to each other . 13. A Postulate , or Petition ...
... whole of any thing is greater than a part of it : or , The whole is equal to all its parts taken together ; or , Two quantities that are each of them equal to a third quantity , are equal to each other . 13. A Postulate , or Petition ...
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... whole numbers , it is called Vulgar , or Common Arithmetic ; but when of broken numbers , or parts of numbers , it is called Fractions . Unity , or an Unit , is that by which every thing is called one ; being the beginning of number ...
... whole numbers , it is called Vulgar , or Common Arithmetic ; but when of broken numbers , or parts of numbers , it is called Fractions . Unity , or an Unit , is that by which every thing is called one ; being the beginning of number ...
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... whole number is read thus , one thousand seven hundred and ninety - six . As to the cipher 0 , it stands for nothing of itself , but being joined on th hand side to other figures , it increases their value in the same tenfold prop thus ...
... whole number is read thus , one thousand seven hundred and ninety - six . As to the cipher 0 , it stands for nothing of itself , but being joined on th hand side to other figures , it increases their value in the same tenfold prop thus ...
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... whole . This is done as follows : Set or place the numbers under each other , so that each figure may stand exactly under the figures of the same value ; that is , units under units , tens under tens , hundreds under hundreds , & c ...
... whole . This is done as follows : Set or place the numbers under each other , so that each figure may stand exactly under the figures of the same value ; that is , units under units , tens under tens , hundreds under hundreds , & c ...
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... whole is equal to all its parts taken together , " EXAMPLE 1 . 3197 6512 8295 Excess of nines 5 10 10 = 12 | Third Method . Add the figures in the uppermost line together , and find how many nines are contained in their sum . - Reject ...
... whole is equal to all its parts taken together , " EXAMPLE 1 . 3197 6512 8295 Excess of nines 5 10 10 = 12 | Third Method . Add the figures in the uppermost line together , and find how many nines are contained in their sum . - Reject ...
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algebraic algebraic quantities axis binomial Binomial Theorem bisected centre circle circumference coefficient Completing the square contained Corol cosec cube root decimal degree denote diameter difference distance Divide dividend division divisor draw equal Example exponent expression extract factors feet figure fraction gives greater greatest common measure Hence inches least common multiple letters logarithm manner monomial multiplied negative nth root number of terms parallel parallelogram perfect square perpendicular plane polynomial positive Prob problem Prop proportional proposed equation quadratic quotient radical radius ratio rectangle reduce remainder result right angles rule second term sides sine square root straight line Substituting subtract tangent THEOREM triangle ABC unknown quantity VULGAR FRACTIONS Whence whole number yards
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Page 332 - EC, have also the same altitude ; and because triangles of the same altitude are to each other as their bases, therefore the triangle ADE : BDE : : AD : DB, and triangle ADE : CDE : : AE : EC.
Page 352 - angle in a segment' is the angle contained by two straight lines drawn from any point in the circumference of the segment, to the extremities of the straight line which is the base of the segment.
Page 326 - Proportion, when the ratio is the same between every two adjacent terms, viz. when the first is to the second, as the second to the third, as the third to the fourth, as the fourth to the fifth, and so on, all in the same common ratio.
Page 17 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute. 60 Minutes = 1 Hour. 24 Hours = 1 Day. 7 Days = 1 Week. 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month.
Page 338 - CD. conseconsequently the whole polygon, or all the triangles added together which compose it, is equal to the- rectangle of the common altitude CD, and the halves of all the sides, or the half perimeter of the polygon. Now, conceive the number of sides of the polygon to be indefinitely increased ; then will its perimeter coincide with the circumference of the circle, and consequently the altitude CD will become equal to the radius, and the whole polygon equal to the circle. Consequently the space...
Page 297 - The Height or Altitude of a figure is a perpendicular let fall from an angle, or its vertex, to the opposite side, called the base.
Page 26 - Multiply the number in the lowest denomination by the multiplier, and find how many units of the next higher denomination are contained in the product, setting down ,what remains.
Page 62 - From these theorems may readily be found any one of these five parts ; the two extremes, the number of terms, the common difference, and the sum of all the terms, when any three of them are given, as in the following Problems : PROBLEM I.
Page 326 - Proportional, when the ratio of the first to the second, is equal to the ratio of the second to the third.
Page 62 - SUBTRACT the less extreme from the greater, and divide the difference by 1 more than the number of means required to be found...