Introduction to The National Arithmetic: On the Inductive System Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods in which the Principles of the Science are Fully Explained and Illustrated : Designed for Common Schools and Academies |
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2far 66 1 bushel 7fur acres of land added amount annex barrels of flour bill Bought cancel ciphers circumference column common difference composite number compound numbers containing cost cube root cubic feet decimal denoting diameter discount Divide the product dividend division dollars per acre Dry Measure equal exactly divide EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE farthings gain gallons given number grains greatest common divisor hogshead improper fraction least common denominator least common multiple less MEASURE meters miles millions mills minuend mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number of terms obtain ounces paid payment pence prime factors prime number purchase quantity quarts quotient rate per cent ratio received Reduce rule for finding shillings simple numbers sold square feet square rods square root subtract subtrahend tens thousand tons Troy Troy Weight true remainder United States money whole number write yards
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Page 46 - The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 98 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 136 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, and 24.
Page 145 - RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Page 18 - Addition is the process of finding the sum of two or more numbers.
Page 285 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 158 - RULE. — Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 69 - The units or denominations of United States money increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in the same manner as do the units of the several orders in simple numbers ; and may, therefore, be added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided in like manner as simple numbers.
Page 144 - Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quotient will be the whole, or mixed number required.
Page 277 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.