Written ArithmeticBrewer & Tileston, 1876 |
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... Unit is one . 3. A Number is a unit , or a combination of units . 4. A Concrete , or Denominate Number , is a number which is applied to some object or objects ; as , one boy , two apples , three slate pencils , four sounds . 5. An ...
... Unit is one . 3. A Number is a unit , or a combination of units . 4. A Concrete , or Denominate Number , is a number which is applied to some object or objects ; as , one boy , two apples , three slate pencils , four sounds . 5. An ...
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... units by placing a dash over it . Thus X denotes ten thousand ; D , five hundred thousand ; M , one thousand thousand , or one million . 13. TABLE OF ROMAN NOTATION . I denotes II one . two . III three . IV * four . V denotes five . VI ...
... units by placing a dash over it . Thus X denotes ten thousand ; D , five hundred thousand ; M , one thousand thousand , or one million . 13. TABLE OF ROMAN NOTATION . I denotes II one . two . III three . IV * four . V denotes five . VI ...
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... units ' place ; thus , 7. is read " seven units , " or " seven . " Having no single figure to represent ten units , we consider the collection of ten units as one ten , or a unit of the second order , and represent it by the figure 1 ...
... units ' place ; thus , 7. is read " seven units , " or " seven . " Having no single figure to represent ten units , we consider the collection of ten units as one ten , or a unit of the second order , and represent it by the figure 1 ...
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... units in the units ' place ; thus , thirty - six , or three tens and six units , is written 36 . A collection of ten tens is called one hundred , or a unit of the third order , and is represented by 1 in the third or hundreds ' place ...
... units in the units ' place ; thus , thirty - six , or three tens and six units , is written 36 . A collection of ten tens is called one hundred , or a unit of the third order , and is represented by 1 in the third or hundreds ' place ...
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... units make one ten ? How many tens make one hundred ? How many hundreds make one thousand ? How many units make one hundred ? How many units make one thousand ? How many tens make one thousand ? What are units of the first order called ...
... units make one ten ? How many tens make one hundred ? How many hundreds make one thousand ? How many units make one hundred ? How many units make one thousand ? How many tens make one thousand ? What are units of the first order called ...
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acres amount angle barrels bought bushels cents per lb common fraction common multiple compound interest contain cord cost cube root decimal fraction decimal point decimeters diameter Dictation Exercises discount Divide dividend dollars Dry Measure DUODECIMALS equal figure Find the G. C. D. frustum gain gall gallons given number greatest common divisor Hence the RULE hundred improper fraction inches least common multiple length long ton measure meters miles minuend mixed number months multiply NOTE number is divisible number of terms OPERATION paid parallelopiped payment pounds premium present worth prime factors principal quotient ratio Reduce remainder rods selling sold square root subtract tens thousand thousandths triangle units weight whole number wide width write yards
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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.