The Normal Written Arithmetic: By Analysis and Synthesis, Designed for Common Schools, Normal Schools, High Schools, Academies, Etc |
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The Normal Written Arithmetic: By Analysis and Synthesis, Designed for ... Edward Brooks, Jr. No preview available - 2015 |
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25 per cent acres acres of land amount annuity apples Arithmetic bought bushels called ciphers column common difference common fraction compound interest compound number contained cows cube root cubic decimal diameter dimes discount Divide dividend dollars draft EDWARD BROOKS equal factors EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE exchange feet Find the sum frustum gain gallon give given greatest common divisor Hence the following horses hundred hundredths inches integer least common multiple length longitude measure method miles mills minuend mixed number Multiply NOTE NOTES.-I number equals number of days number of terms OPERATION paid par value payment pence pound premium prime factors principles PROP pupil quotient ratio receive Reduce remainder required the number rods RULE.-I RULE.-Multiply share sheep shillings simple numbers sold SOLUTION SOLUTION.-If square root Subtract subtrahend tens thousand thousandths Troy Weight units weight whole number yards of cloth
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Page 147 - 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 291 - 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 76 - 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 141 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30| square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 296 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 150 - COUNTING. 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen " 1 gross. 12 gross " 1 great gross. 20 units
Page 242 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 44 - The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which we divide. The Quotient is the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend; or one of the equal parts into which it is divided.
Page 245 - Divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts, and the quotient will be the average term of credit, estimated from the date selected.
Page 122 - RULE. I. Annex ciphers to the numerator, and divide by the denominator. II. Point off as many decimal places in the result as are equal to the number of ciphers annexed.