The National Arithmetic, on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods ; Forming a Complete Course of Higher Arithmetic |
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25 per cent acres annexed annuity Arithmetic Avoirdupois barrels becomes due bill bought bushels carats cask ciphers circumference column common denominator common fraction composite number compound interest compound numbers contain continued fraction cost cube root diameter difference discount dividend division dollars duodecimal equal exactly divide EXAMPLES expressed decimally feet long figure gain gallons given number grains greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred improper fraction inches last term least common multiple longitude lowest terms measure miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number denoting number of days number of terms obtain paid payable payment pounds premium present worth prime factors prime number principal proportion quantity quotient rate per cent ratio received Reduce remainder repetend rods RULE SECOND OPERATION shillings side simple numbers sold square root subtract subtrahend tens third thousand tons weight whole number wine write yards
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Page 15 - ... four hundred five hundred six hundred seven hundred eight hundred...
Page 156 - RULE. — Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 318 - B. $380, to be paid as follows: $100 in 6 months, $120 in 7 months, and $160 in 10 months. What is the equated time for the payment of the whole ? Ans.
Page 42 - The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 22 - Addition is the process of finding the sum of two or more numbers.
Page 378 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 42 - When the dividend does not contain the divisor an exact number of times, the excess is called a remainder, and may be regarded as a fourth term in the division. When the dividend consists of a simple number, the process is termed Division of Simple Numbers. 67« Division is frequently indicated by writing the dividend above a short horizontal line and the divisor below; thus, f.
Page 274 - But if any payment be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on the principal sum due on the obligation, for one year, add it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid, from the time it was paid, up to the end of the year; add it to the sum paid, and deduct that sum from the principal and interest added as above.
Page 166 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 171 - Multiplying the numerator or dividing the denominator of a fraction by any number, multiplies the fraction by that number. (2) Dividing the numerator or multiplying the denominator of a fraction by any number divides the fraction by that number.