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Page 115 - 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 278 - X 6 62 + 3 x 3; and taken 3 tens times, 32 + 2 (3 X 6) + 6s gives 3 x 6 + 32 ; and their sum is, 33 + 2 (3 x 6) + 63 : that is, Rule. — The square of a number is equal to the square of the tens, plus twice the product of the tens by the units, plus the square of the units.
Page 66 - When any one of the remainders is greater than the divisor, the quotient figure is too small, and must be increased.
Page 164 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another number.
Page 313 - THE CONDITION of the above obligation is such, that if the above bounden James Wilson, his heirs, executors, or administrators, shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid, unto the above named John Pickens, his executors, administrators, or assigns, the just and full sum of Here insert the condition.
Page 156 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 147 - Since the denominator denotes the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided...
Page 194 - When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers.
Page 143 - Cancel the common factors from both the dividend and divisor. II. Then divide the product of the remaining factors of the dividend by the product of the remaining factors of the divisor, and the result will be the quotient.
Page 116 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal...
Bibliographic information
| Title | School Arithmetic: Analytical and Practical The slated arithmetic |
| Author | Charles Davies |
| Publisher | A.S. Barnes, 1883 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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