The Analysis of Written Arithmetic: Book First, Designed for Public and Private Schools, Containing Mental, Slate, and Blackboard Exercises

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C. Scribner & Company, 1866 - Arithmetic - 303 pages
 

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Page 101 - ... in. 2 in. 3 in. 4 in. 5 in. 6 in. 7 in. 8 in. 9 in. 10 in.
Page 243 - Mnltiple of two or more numbers is the least number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus 30 is the least common multiple of 10 and 15.
Page 126 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 170 - TABLE. 4 farthings (far. or qr.) make 1 penny, marked d. 12 pence " 1 shilling, " s. 20 shillings " 1 pound or sovereign, £, sov.
Page 221 - O or small, be divided into 360 equal arcs, each arc is called a degree. The degree is divided into 60 minutes, and the minute into 60 seconds. The length of a degree, minute, or second, depends on the size of the circle. If the size of the circle is increased or decreased, the length of the degree, minute, or second is also increased or decreased. 3. The greatest circumference of the earth's surface is about 24,930 miles ; 1° of that circumference is one 360th of 24,930 miles, which is 69J miles....
Page 197 - To measure a parallelogram, or long square. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area, or superficial content.
Page 94 - If there is a remainder after dividing the last figure of the dividend, it can be changed to a FRACTIONAL QUOTIENT by writing the divisor under it and annexing the result to the quotient.
Page 232 - Hence, RULE. I. Write the multiplier under the lowest denomination of the multiplicand. II. Multiply as in simple numbers, and carry as in addition of compound numbers. EXAMPLES FOK PRACTICE.
Page 92 - Division is the method of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of separating one number into as many equal parts as there are units in another.
Page 9 - The sign, -)-, is called plus, which signifies more. When placed between two numbers, it denotes that they are to be added; thus, 6 -f- 4, shows that 6 and 4 are to be added.

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