Introduction to The National Arithmetic: On the Inductive System : Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods with the Cancelling System in which the Principles of Arithmetic are Explained and Illustrated in a Familiar Manner : Designed for Common Schools

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Robert S. Davis, and Gould, Kendall, & Lincoln, 1847 - Arithmetic - 196 pages
 

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Page 153 - ... hand of the, given number, (after the manner of a quotient in division,) for the first figure of the root, and the square...
Page 31 - 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.
Page 126 - COMPUTE the interest on the principal sum from the time when the interest commenced to the first time when a payment was made, which exceeds either alone or in conjunction with the preceding payments (if any) the interest at that time due : add that interest to the principal, and from...
Page 135 - ... in 12 months ; what is the equated time for the payment of the whole sum ? Ans.
Page 33 - Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator ; or divide the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and multiply the quotient by the numerator.
Page 156 - CUBE is any number multiplied by its square. To extract the cube root, is to find a number which, being multiplied into its square, shall produce the given number. RULE.
Page 7 - 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 76 - Numerator shows how many of those parts are taken. 1. A proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than the denominator , as f . 2.
Page 104 - 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 numerator; under this sum write the denominator.
Page 41 - CIRCULAR MOTION. 60 Seconds .... make 1 Minute, . . . marked '. 60 Minutes. ..." 1 Degree, ..." °. 30 Degrees . . . . " 1 Sign, ..." s. 12 Signs, or 360 Degrees, the whole great Circle of the Zodiac.

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