Written ArithmeticBrewer & Tileston, 1876 |
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... less than ten , write it under the column of units ; if ten , or a number greater than ter , place the units ' figure under the column of units , and reserve the tens to add with the tens . Proceed in the same way with the other columns ...
... less than ten , write it under the column of units ; if ten , or a number greater than ter , place the units ' figure under the column of units , and reserve the tens to add with the tens . Proceed in the same way with the other columns ...
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... less , is the sign of subtraction , and , placed between two numbers , signifies that the number after it is to be taken from that before it ; thus , 3 = 4 , read , seven minus three equals four , shows that , if 3 be taken from 7 , the ...
... less , is the sign of subtraction , and , placed between two numbers , signifies that the number after it is to be taken from that before it ; thus , 3 = 4 , read , seven minus three equals four , shows that , if 3 be taken from 7 , the ...
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... less than the lower , increase it , by adding to it one of the next higher denomination reduced to its own denomination , and then subtract , bearing in mind , in the next operation , that the upper term has been diminished by the one ...
... less than the lower , increase it , by adding to it one of the next higher denomination reduced to its own denomination , and then subtract , bearing in mind , in the next operation , that the upper term has been diminished by the one ...
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... many would remain ? Ans . 96 sheep . 4. A merchant bought goods for $ 1084 , and sold them for $ 177 less than he gave ; how much did he receive for them ? Ans . $ 907 . 5. 30070 men went into battle ; 4564 were slain SUBTRACTION . 27.
... many would remain ? Ans . 96 sheep . 4. A merchant bought goods for $ 1084 , and sold them for $ 177 less than he gave ; how much did he receive for them ? Ans . $ 907 . 5. 30070 men went into battle ; 4564 were slain SUBTRACTION . 27.
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... less 46298 equals how many ? Ans . 24,206 men . Ans . 1777 oxen . Ans . 78,500 . 10. 9832147 less 3472108 equals how many ? Ans . 46,298 . Ans . 702 . 11. What number added to 9213628 will give 23475310 ? 12. What number subtracted from ...
... less 46298 equals how many ? Ans . 24,206 men . Ans . 1777 oxen . Ans . 78,500 . 10. 9832147 less 3472108 equals how many ? Ans . 46,298 . Ans . 702 . 11. What number added to 9213628 will give 23475310 ? 12. What number subtracted from ...
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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.