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... whole numbers , it is called Vulgar , or Common Arithmetic ; but when of broken numbers , or parts of numbers , it is called Fractions . Unity , or an Unit , is that by which every thing is called one ; being the beginning of number ...
... whole numbers , it is called Vulgar , or Common Arithmetic ; but when of broken numbers , or parts of numbers , it is called Fractions . Unity , or an Unit , is that by which every thing is called one ; being the beginning of number ...
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... whole number is read thus , one thousand seven hundred and ninety - six . As to the cipher 0 , it stands for nothing of itself , but being joined on the right hand side to other figures , it increases their value in the same tenfold ...
... whole number is read thus , one thousand seven hundred and ninety - six . As to the cipher 0 , it stands for nothing of itself , but being joined on the right hand side to other figures , it increases their value in the same tenfold ...
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... whole . This is done as follows : Set or place the numbers under each other , so that each figure may stand exactly under the figures of the same value ; that is , units under units , tens under tens , hundreds under hundreds , & c ...
... whole . This is done as follows : Set or place the numbers under each other , so that each figure may stand exactly under the figures of the same value ; that is , units under units , tens under tens , hundreds under hundreds , & c ...
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... whole is equal to all its parts taken together , " EXAMPLE 1 . 5 5 3197 6512 8295 Excess of nines Third Method . Add the figures in the uppermost line together , and find how many nines are contained in their sum . Reject those nines ...
... whole is equal to all its parts taken together , " EXAMPLE 1 . 5 5 3197 6512 8295 Excess of nines Third Method . Add the figures in the uppermost line together , and find how many nines are contained in their sum . Reject those nines ...
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... whole number of men ? Ans . 70995 . OF SUBTRACTION . SUBTRACTION teaches to find how much one number exceeds another , called their difference or the remainder , by taking the less from the greater . The method of doing which is as ...
... whole number of men ? Ans . 70995 . OF SUBTRACTION . SUBTRACTION teaches to find how much one number exceeds another , called their difference or the remainder , by taking the less from the greater . The method of doing which is as ...
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algebraic axis bisected called centre circle circumference coefficient contained Corol cosec cosine cube root curve decimal denominator denote diameter difference differential co-efficient distance Divide dividend division divisor draw dy dx equal EXAMPLES exponent expression extract factors feet figure fraction given number greater greatest common measure Hence hyperbola inches latus rectum least common multiple logarithm manner monomial multiply negative nth root number of terms parallel parallelogram perpendicular plane polynomial positive Prob problem Prop proportional proposed equation quotient radius ratio rectangle Reduce remainder right angles rule sides sine square root straight line Substituting subtract tangent Taylor's theorem THEOREM unknown quantity VULGAR FRACTIONS whole number yards