Applied Arithmetic: The Three Essentials. Book I-[III], Book 3

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Page 47 - A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.
Page 238 - 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 244 - Art. 338, that in a proportion, either extreme is equal to the product of the means, divided by the other extreme ; and either of the means is equal to the product of the extremes, divided by the other mean.
Page 49 - Both terms of a fraction may be divided by the same number without changing the value of the fraction.
Page 44 - A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit...
Page 255 - To find the diameter of circle having given area: Divide the area by .7854, and extract the square root. To find the volume of a cylinder: Multiply the area of the section in square inches by the length in inches = the volume in cubic inches. Cubic inches divided by 1728 = volume in cubic feet.
Page 24 - Division is the process of finding one of two numbers when their product and the other number are given.
Page 316 - weight is the GRAM, which is the weight of one cubic centimeter of pure water weighed in a vacuum at the temperature of 4 deg.
Page 242 - The Ratio of one number to another is the quotient obtained by dividing the first number by the second. Thus, the ratio of a to b is - ; and it is also expressed a : b.
Page 66 - To change a common fraction to a decimal, Divide the numerator by the denominator.

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