Intermediate Arithmetic on the Inductive Method: With Parallel Mental and Written Exercises |
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Page 132 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction.
Page 111 - V. If any partial dividend will not contain the divisor, place a cipher in the quotient, and bring down the next figure of the dividend, and divide as before.
Page 166 - Place the multiplier under the multiplicand, disregarding the position of the decimal points. Multiply as in whole numbers, and in the product point off as many decimal places as there are decimal places in both multiplier and multiplicand, prefixing ciphers if necessary. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE.
Page 167 - When the decimal places in the divisor exceed those in the dividend, make them equal by annexing ciphers to the dividend, and the quotient will be a whole number.
Page 108 - Multiply the integer of the quotient by the divisor, and to the product add the remainder, if any ; and the result will equal the dividend, if the work is right.
Page 113 - Place the sum down as in the last example, then mark off from the right of the dividend as many figures as there are ciphers in the divisor...
Page 111 - Find how many times the divisor is contained in the LEAST number of the left hand figures of the dividend that will contain it, and place the quotient at the right of the dividend.
Page 97 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 82 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another.
Page 91 - Multiply the multiplicand by each figure of the multiplier successively, beginning with the unit, figure, and write the first figure of each partial product under the figure of the multiplier used, writing down and carrying as in addition.