 | John Preston - Arithmetic - 1817 - 538 pages
...must be three times as much as the first quantity at one farthing; therefore say, 2 farthings make the half of a penny, and a farthing is the half of a halfpenny; divide the given number by 2, that quotient by 2, add the two quotients together, and... | |
 | Thomas Dilworth - Arithmetic - 1818 - 222 pages
...half-penny, then say a half-penny is the half, thus : | | J | . If it be three farthings, then say, a half-penny is the half of a penny, and a farthing is the fourth of a penny, thus : Q, What do you observe concerning these columns ? A. The first column contains... | |
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Example may be taken thusj a -Halfpenny is the Half of a Penny, and a Farthing is the Half of of a Halfpenny, &c. 