Written ArithmeticBrewer & Tileston, 1876 |
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... OPERATION . 321 285 937 Ans . 1543 We first write these numbers , units under units , tens under tens , hundreds under hundreds , and draw a line beneath . Then , adding the units first , 7 + 5+ 1 = 13 units = 1 ten and 3 units ; we ...
... OPERATION . 321 285 937 Ans . 1543 We first write these numbers , units under units , tens under tens , hundreds under hundreds , and draw a line beneath . Then , adding the units first , 7 + 5+ 1 = 13 units = 1 ten and 3 units ; we ...
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... OPERATION . Minuend , 267 Subtrahend , 135 133 Remainder , 132 Ans . For convenience , we write the sub- trahend under the minuend , placing units under units , tens under tens , hundreds under hundreds , and draw a line beneath ; 5 ...
... OPERATION . Minuend , 267 Subtrahend , 135 133 Remainder , 132 Ans . For convenience , we write the sub- trahend under the minuend , placing units under units , tens under tens , hundreds under hundreds , and draw a line beneath ; 5 ...
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... OPERATION . Here a difficulty presents itself . We cannot take 4 units from 1 unit . In order to perform the opera- tion , we must reduce one of the tens in the minuend to units , which with the 1 unit we already have , Ans . 6187 ...
... OPERATION . Here a difficulty presents itself . We cannot take 4 units from 1 unit . In order to perform the opera- tion , we must reduce one of the tens in the minuend to units , which with the 1 unit we already have , Ans . 6187 ...
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... OPERATION . ( 1 ) ( 9 ) ( 9 ) ( 9 ) ( 10 ) 20000 9 Here we have no tens to reduce to units , no hun- dreds , and no thousands . We must then take one of the 2 ten - thousands ( leaving 1 ten - thousand ) , and reduce it to thousands ...
... OPERATION . ( 1 ) ( 9 ) ( 9 ) ( 9 ) ( 10 ) 20000 9 Here we have no tens to reduce to units , no hun- dreds , and no thousands . We must then take one of the 2 ten - thousands ( leaving 1 ten - thousand ) , and reduce it to thousands ...
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... OPERATION . 3648 294 14592 32832 7296 1072512 Ans . Here we are to multiply , not only by units , but by tens and hundreds . We write the numbers units under units , tens under tens , & c . , and mul- tiply first by the units , as ...
... OPERATION . 3648 294 14592 32832 7296 1072512 Ans . Here we are to multiply , not only by units , but by tens and hundreds . We write the numbers units under units , tens under tens , & c . , and mul- tiply first by the units , as ...
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Page 117 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 268 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. III. Double the root already found for a divisor ; seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 68 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 289 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called a circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 306 - The sum of all the terms. Any three of which being given, the other two may be found.
Page 114 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as AEFGBD.
Page 278 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 306 - ... found. This gives rise to twenty distinct cases, a few of the more important of which will be here presented. NOTE I. — For the remaining cases, also for full discussions of Geometrical Progression and Annuities, the student is referred to works on Algebra.
Page 10 - L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand.
Page 248 - The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes and 4 and 6 are the means.