 | Thomas Grainger Hall - 1853 - 268 pages
...498571 ' Ч —•"-' ' luuoouo 7 = .428571 + .000000428571 + = .428571428571 + = .42857 Í. CVII. To reduce a given quantity to the decimal of another given quantity. Reduce loth quantities to the same denomination, then the fraction, which lias the former quantity for its... | |
 | John Robertson (LL.D., of Upton Park sch.) - 1861 - 140 pages
...But it is best to express a Circulator as a vulgar Fraction in such a case, and so find its value. To reduce a given quantity to the Decimal of another given quantity. Rule. Begin with the term of lowest denomination in the first given quantity, and reduce it to a decimal... | |
 | John William Colenso (bp. of Natal.) - 1864 - 238 pages
...8|rf. 19. .397916 of £1 ; and .40972 of a guinea. 20. .571428 of a qr.; and .285714 of a cwt. 67. To reduce a given quantity to the decimal of another given quantity. RULE. Begin with the term of lowest den" in the first given quantity, and reduce it to a decimal of... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1865 - 184 pages
...mile. 22. -5416 hoar. 23. -5 of £1, Us. 4d.. ^ 24. -5 of 6«. 8d. + 1-27 of a guinea. Cшe II. — To reduce a given quantity to the decimal of another given quantity. BULB. — Begin with the lowest denomination and divide it by that number which makes one of the next... | |
 | John William Colenso (bp. of Natal.) - 1867 - 244 pages
...of 10 sq. yds. (10.) 1.625 of 3J cub. yds. (11.) 3.6 of 4 qrs. 4 bus. (12.) 21.325 of a year. 146. To reduce a given quantity to the decimal of another given quantity. RULE. Begin with the term of lowest denomination in the first given quantity, and reduce it to a decimal... | |
 | Thomas W. Piper - 1874 - 352 pages
...a decimal fraction equivalent to each of the following values — 107-225 19 .. . . _7_ 430-65 91. To reduce a given quantity to the decimal of another given quantity. Ex. 1. Reduce £4, 16s. tyd. to the decimal of £6. By § 83 we find that 2 farthings = } of a penny... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1879 - 474 pages
...(18) '65 of I week 3 days. (19) -55 of I0^. (20) -I36.of/1. (21) 3-015 of 1 cwt. (22) 5-214 of I yard. To reduce a given quantity to the decimal of another given quantity of the same kind. Ruh. — Reduce the term of lowest denomination in the first given quantity to a... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1882 - 190 pages
...£.583. 23. .5 of £1, 11s. id. _ 21. .537 mile. 24. .5 of 6s. Sd. + 1.27 of a guinea. Cuse II. — To reduce a given quantity to the decimal of another given quantity. RULE. — Begin with the lowest denomination and divide it by that number which makes one of the next... | |
 | Alfred Hiley - 1885 - 242 pages
...•8375 of £1. (19) Compare values of •t of a guinea, •£! of £1 and •9816 of 16s. 8d. VIII. TO REDUCE A GIVEN QUANTITY TO THE DECIMAL OF ANOTHER GIVEN QUANTITY. Reduce — (1) £4 17s. 3±d. to the decimal of 1 guinea. Reduce — (3) £5 7s. Bid. to the decimal of £1.... | |
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To reduce a given quantity to the Decimal of another given quantity. Rule. Begin with the term of lowest denomination in the first given quantity, and reduce it to a decimal of the next higher denomination ; prefix to this decimal the term (if any) of... 