The New American Arithmetic, Part 2

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E.H. Butler & Company, 1877
 

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Page 9 - Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers ; the result is called the Difference or Remainder.
Page 113 - Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are in both multiplicand and multiplier. DIVISION. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off...
Page 97 - If the number of any denomination in the subtrahend exceed that of the same denomination in the minuend, add to the number in the minuend as many units as make one of the next higher...
Page 76 - Rule. — Multiply the number of the highest denomination given by the number required of the next lower denomination to make one of that higher, and to the product add the number, if any, of the lower denomination. Proceed in like manner till the whole is reduced to the required denomination.
Page 13 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another.
Page 111 - Place the less number under the greater, so that figures of the same order shall stand in the same column.
Page 59 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor of 36 and 54, since it is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder.

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