New University Arithmetic: Embracing the Science of Numbers, and Their Applications According to the Most Improved Methods of Analysis and Cancellation |
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acres added amount ANALYSIS annexed barrels base bill bought bushel called causes cent cents a pound ciphers cloth common compound containing cords cost Cube root cubic decimal denominator denote diameter difference Divide dividend division divisor dollars effects equal EXAMPLES exchange expressed factors feet figures foot four fraction fractional unit gain gallons given gives greater hence hundred inches increase interest least common length less loss measure merchant method miles minutes mixed months Multiply OPERATION paid payment periods person piece places pound premium prime proportion purchase quotient ratio receive Reduce remainder repetend rods rule sell share shillings side simple sold square square root subtract sugar taken tens third thousand unit weight whole number wide worth write yards York
Popular passages
Page 401 - 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 344 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 99 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor of 36 and 54, since it is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder.
Page 160 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another number.
Page 295 - 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.
Page 116 - If both terms of a fraction be multiplied by the same number, the value of the fraction will not be changed.
Page 403 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...
Page 166 - 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 204 - If 20 men can perform a piece of work in 12 days, how many men will accomplish three times as much in one-fifth of the time ? Ans.
Page 116 - If the numerator and denominator of each fraction is multiplied (or divided) by the same number, the value of the fraction will not change.
Bibliographic information
| Title | New University Arithmetic: Embracing the Science of Numbers, and Their Applications According to the Most Improved Methods of Analysis and Cancellation |
| Author | Charles Davies |
| Publisher | A. S. Barnes & Burr, 1856 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 17 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 437 pages |
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