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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... that every member of this great Union will promptly and cor- dially unite in the accomplishment of an object so conducive both to individual and public good ? Cube Roots are illustrated by geometrical figures and cu- bical 1 * PREFACE .
... that every member of this great Union will promptly and cor- dially unite in the accomplishment of an object so conducive both to individual and public good ? Cube Roots are illustrated by geometrical figures and cu- bical 1 * PREFACE .
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Also Illustrating the Principles of Cancelation. For Schools and Academies James Bates Thomson. Cube Roots are illustrated by geometrical figures and cu- bical blocks . Such is a brief outline of the present work . It is not designed to ...
Also Illustrating the Principles of Cancelation. For Schools and Academies James Bates Thomson. Cube Roots are illustrated by geometrical figures and cu- bical blocks . Such is a brief outline of the present work . It is not designed to ...
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... Cube Root by Cubical Blocks , 321 Cube Root , 320 SECTION XV . Equation of Payments , Partnership or Fellowship , Exchange of Currencies , Promiscuous Examples , 324 327 330 334 ARITHMETIC . SECTION I. NOTATION AND NUMERATION . ART ...
... Cube Root by Cubical Blocks , 321 Cube Root , 320 SECTION XV . Equation of Payments , Partnership or Fellowship , Exchange of Currencies , Promiscuous Examples , 324 327 330 334 ARITHMETIC . SECTION I. NOTATION AND NUMERATION . ART ...
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... cord . For , 8 × 4 × 4 = 128 . QUEST . - Obs . What is a square yard ? Draw a square inch ; a square foot , & c . 154. What is Cubic Measure ? Recite the Table . 2. A Cube is a solid body bound- ed by ARTS . 153 , 154. ] 139 NUMBERS .
... cord . For , 8 × 4 × 4 = 128 . QUEST . - Obs . What is a square yard ? Draw a square inch ; a square foot , & c . 154. What is Cubic Measure ? Recite the Table . 2. A Cube is a solid body bound- ed by ARTS . 153 , 154. ] 139 NUMBERS .
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... Cube is a solid body bound- ed by six equal squares . It is often called a hexaedron . Hence , A Cubic Inch is a cube , each of whose sides is a square inch , as rep- resented by the adjoining figure . A Cubic Foot is a cube , each of ...
... Cube is a solid body bound- ed by six equal squares . It is often called a hexaedron . Hence , A Cubic Inch is a cube , each of whose sides is a square inch , as rep- resented by the adjoining figure . A Cubic Foot is a cube , each of ...
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12 cents 15 dollars added amount annexed answer Arithmetic barrels of flour bushels called ciphers column common denominator common fraction composite number compound interest COMPOUND NUMBERS contained cords of wood cube root cubic decimal fractions denotes difference discount divided dividend division dolls equal factors example expressed farthings Federal Money feet fourth gain gallons given fractions given number greatest common divisor Hence hogsheads horses hundred hundredths improper fraction inches interest of $1 lars least common multiple lower denominations merchant bought miles mills mixed number months multiplicand Multiply Operation paid payable pence present worth principal proportion pwts quantity quarts quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder right hand rods sell shillings slate sold Solution square root subtract tens tenths third thousandths units weight whole number Write yards of cloth
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Page 279 - ... 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 176 - What part of a year is 1 month ? 2 months ? 3 months ? 4 months ? 5 months ? 6 months ? 7 months? 8 months? 9 months? 10 months? 11 months ? 105.
Page 92 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; to the product add the given numerator. The sum placed over the given denominator, will form the improper fraction required.
Page 223 - ... 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.
Page 190 - RULE. Divide the given interest by the interest of $1 for the given time, and the quotient will be the answer.
Page 59 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 115 - 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 95 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator.
Page 79 - A common multiple of two or more numbers is a number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus 12 is a common multiple of 3 and 4.
Page 273 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend. 5. Double the whole root already found for a new divisor, and continue the operation as before, until all the periods are brought down.