A Complete Arithmetic: Oral and Written ; Part First-second, Volume 2Taintor Bros., Merrill & Company, 1878 - Arithmetic |
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according acres altitude arithmetical progression barrels base board foot bought brokerage bushels ciphers compound interest compound number contains cube root cubic decimal point diameter discount divided dividend divisible dollars draft equal EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE exchange EXPLANATION.-1 expressed feet figure Find the amount Find the interest frustum geometrical progression given fraction given number gold greatest common divisor Hence ILLUSTRATION OF PROCESS improper fraction inches interest of $1 invested least common multiple minuend mixed number mixture months multiplicand multiply number of days number of units Observe paid payable payment pound premium PREPARATORY PROPOSITIONS prime factors prime number principal PROB PROP proportion quotient ratio reduce remaining required number second step selling share shown side simple interest slant height small cubes sold SOLUTION.-1 SOLUTION.-Since square root subtract surface TABLE OF UNITS triangle worth yard
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Page 30 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 26 - The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of them.
Page 18 - A number is divisible by 3 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3• A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.
Page 80 - To divide by 10, 100, 1000, etc., it is necessary only to move the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor.
Page 241 - How many bricks, 8 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 2 inches thick, will it take to build a wall 40 feet long, 20 feet high, and 2 feet thick ? Ans.
Page 217 - From half the sum of the three sides subtract each side separately. Multiply the half sum and the three remainders together, and extract the square root of the product.
Page 9 - The sign of multiplication is X , and is read times or multiplied by.
Page 72 - PERIPHERY of a circle is its entire bounding line ; or it is a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 28 - ... divisor by the last remainder till nothing remains. The last divisor is the number by which, if the numerator and denominator of the fraction be divided, the lowest term will be obtained.
Page 79 - To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.