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These are so called as distinguished from Fractions , which are broken numbers , or parts of numbers ; as , one - half , two - thirds , or threefourths . A Prime Number is one which has no other divisor than unity ; as , 2 , 3 , 5 , 7 ...
These are so called as distinguished from Fractions , which are broken numbers , or parts of numbers ; as , one - half , two - thirds , or threefourths . A Prime Number is one which has no other divisor than unity ; as , 2 , 3 , 5 , 7 ...
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For the more easily reading of large numbers , they are divided into periods and half - periods , each half - period consisting of three figures ; the name of the first period being units ; of the second , millions ; of the third ...
For the more easily reading of large numbers , they are divided into periods and half - periods , each half - period consisting of three figures ; the name of the first period being units ; of the second , millions ; of the third ...
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Divide the figures in the proposed number , as in the summary above , into periods and half - periods ; then begin at the left - hand side , and read the figures with the names set to them in the two foregoing tables . EXAMPLES .
Divide the figures in the proposed number , as in the summary above , into periods and half - periods ; then begin at the left - hand side , and read the figures with the names set to them in the two foregoing tables . EXAMPLES .
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But when there is a remainder , it goes so much towards another time , as it approaches to the divisor : so , if the remainder be half the divisor , it will go the half of a time more ; if the fourth part of the divisor , it will go one ...
But when there is a remainder , it goes so much towards another time , as it approaches to the divisor : so , if the remainder be half the divisor , it will go the half of a time more ; if the fourth part of the divisor , it will go one ...
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But when there is a remainder , it goes so much towards another time , as it approaches to the divisor : so , if the remainder be half the divisor , it will go the half of a time more ; if the fourth part of the divisor , it will go one ...
But when there is a remainder , it goes so much towards another time , as it approaches to the divisor : so , if the remainder be half the divisor , it will go the half of a time more ; if the fourth part of the divisor , it will go one ...
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| Title | A Course of Mathematics: In Two Volumes. For the Use of the Royal Military Academy, Volume 1 A Course of Mathematics: In Two Volumes. For the Use of the Royal Military Academy, Charles Hutton |
| Author | Charles Hutton |
| Edition | 12 |
| Publisher | Gilberte and Rivington, 1841 |
| Original from | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitized | 8 Jul 2014 |
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