Practical Arithmetic: Uniting the Inductive with the Synthetic Mode of Instruction. Also, Illustrating the Principles of Cancelation. For Schools and Academies |
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Practical Arithmetic: Uniting the Inductive with the Synthetic Mode of ... James B 1808-1883 Thomson No preview available - 2015 |
Practical Arithmetic, Uniting the Inductive with the Synthetic Mode of ... James Bates Thomson No preview available - 2018 |
Practical Arithmetic, Uniting the Inductive with the Synthetic Mode of ... James Bates Thomson No preview available - 2018 |
Common terms and phrases
12 cents 12 dollars added amount annexed answer barrels of flour bushels called cancel ciphers column common denominator common fraction composite number compound interest compound numbers contained cube cubic decimal figures decimal fractions denotes Divide dividend division dollars apiece dolls example expressed farthings Federal Money feet fourth gain gallons given fractions given number greatest common divisor Hence hogsheads hundred hundredths improper fraction inches interest of $1 least common multiple lower number merchant bought miles mills mixed number months multiplicand Multiply Operation ounces paid payable pence pounds present worth principal proceed pwts quarts quotient rate per cent ratio receive Reduce remainder right hand rods sell shillings simple fraction sold square root subtract tens tenths third thousandths Troy Weight units weight whole number yards of cloth
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Page 325 - ... 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 v - Union, or such person as he may appoint, for the use of the states respectively, to the end that a uniform standard of weights and measures may be established throughout the United States.
Page 139 - Weight is used in weighing groceries and all coarse articles ; as sugar, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay, &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight
Page 109 - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole, or mixed number. Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quotient will be the whole, or mixed number required.
Page 137 - Britain. 4 farthings (qr. or far.) make 1 penny, marked d. 12 pence " 1 shilling, " s. 20 shillings " 1 pound, or sovereign, £. 21 shillings ,
Page 147 - The number of days in each month may be easily remembered from the following lines: " Thirty days hath September, April. June, and November; February twenty-eight alone, All the rest have thirty-one ; Except in Leap year, then is the time, When February has twenty-nine.
Page 267 - ... 15. Any number expressed by the decimal notation, divided by 9, will leave the same remainder as the sum of its figures or digits divided by 9.
Page 98 - A common multiple of two or more numbers is a number...
Page 259 - ... oath shall be administered by a Consul or Commercial Agent of the United States ; or by some public officer duly...
Page 308 - X 5'" = 20"'". Hence the RULE. I. Write the several terms of the multiplier under the corresponding terms of the multiplicand. II. Multiply...