Fish's Arithmetic Number Two: Oral and Written, Upon the Inductive Method, Book 2

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Ivison, Blakeman, & Company, 1883 - Arithmetic - 352 pages

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Page 241 - square of a number consisting of tens and units is equal to the square of the tens, plus twice the product of the tens by the units, plus the square of the units. Using t and u respectively to denote the tens and units of a number, we have the FORMULA : f + 2
Page 288 - THE CIRCLE. 464. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. The diameter of a circle is a line passing through its center, and terminated at both ends by the circumference. PROBLEMS. 405. The base and altitude of a triangle given, to
Page 44 - GO. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another of the same kind. Or, it is finding one of the equal parts of a number. 1. The dividend is the number to be divided. 2. The divisor is
Page 269 - point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. The circumference of a circle is the line that bounds it. An arc is any part of the circumference, as AD, or DB. The measure of an angle is the
Page 192 - 287. Interest is a sum paid for the use of money, or its equivalent. 288. The principal is the sum for the use of which interest is paid. 289. The rate of interest is the per cent, of the principal paid for its use one year, or some given interval of time. 290. The
Page 120 - dividend over those in the divisor, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. If there is a remainder, the division may be continued, the ciphers annexed being so many decimals of the dividend. To divide by 10,100, 1000, etc., remove the decimal point in the dividend as many places to the left as títere are ciphers in the divisor
Page 205 - worth of any debt, note, or other obligation, is the amount of it, less the discount. 307. The true present worth of a debt payable at a future time without interest, is such a sum as, being put at legal interest,
Page 76 - Which is the smaller, fifths or thirds? Why? DEFINITIONS. 98. A. fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit, or of anything regarded as a whole.*
Page 56 - the divisor is contained in the least number of the left-hand orders of the dividend that will contain it, and write the result for the first figure of the quotient. 3. Multiply the divisor by this quotient figure, subtract the product from the partial dividend used, and to
Page 244 - The square root of a number is one of its two equal factors. Thus, the square root of 81 is 9, since 9 x 9 = 81. PRINCIPLES.—I. The square of a number contains twice

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