Practical Arithmetic: Uniting the Inductive with the Synthetic Mode of Instruction. For Schools and Academies |
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added amount annexed answer required apiece bbls bill bushels called cents a pound ciphers common denominator common divisor common fraction composite number compound interest compound numbers contained Cube root cubic currency decimal denotes diameter difference dividend division dollars dolls duodecimals equal exchange expressed factors Federal money feet figure gain gallons gals given number given per cent greatest common divisor Hence hhds hogshead hundred hundredths improper fractions inches insured least common multiple merchant bought miles mills mixed number mixture months multiplicand Multiply number of days number of terms Operation paid payable payment pence pound Sterling premium present worth principal proportion quantity quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder rods rule sell shillings side simple sold square root subtract tens third term thousandths units weight whole number
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Page 69 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 123 - Divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor.
Page 344 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient, increased by 1 , will be the answer.
Page 317 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 53 - It shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together ; thus, the expression 7 x 5 = 35 is read, 7 multiplied by 5 is equal to 35.
Page 111 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator.
Page 344 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 313 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 310 - 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 257 - ... any number divided by 9, will leave the same remainder, as the sum of its figures, or digits, divided by 9 : which may be thus demonstrated.