The Elements of Written Arithmetic, Combining Analysis and Synthesis: Adapted to the Best Mode of Instruction for BeginnersThompson, Bigelow & Brown, 1870 - 188 pages |
Other editions - View all
The Elements of Written Arithmetic: Combining Analysis and Synthesis James S. Eaton No preview available - 2017 |
The Elements of Written Arithmetic - Combining Analysis and Synthesis ... James Stewart Eaton No preview available - 2010 |
The Elements of Written Arithmetic: Combining Analysis and Synthesis James Stewart Eaton No preview available - 2019 |
Common terms and phrases
annex apples Ascending Avoirdupois barrels of flour bought bushels bushels of wheat called ciphers column common fraction composite number compound number containing cords of wood cost cubic feet cubic inches Decimeter dividend divides the quotient Division dollars Dry Measure equal equivalent fractions example Find the interest Find the least following RULE gain gallons give given number grains greatest common divisor Hence higher denominations hundred improper fraction least common denominator least common multiple less number lowest terms MEASURE meters miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE OPERATION ounces paid partial product prime factors prime number principle PROOF quarts quotient Reduce Scale sell shillings significant figures sold solved square feet subtract subtrahend TABLE thousand tons Troy Weight true remainder units Weight whole number write written yards of cloth
Popular passages
Page 95 - 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 100 - The GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of them without remainder ; thus, 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, and 30.
Page 133 - Point off as many decimal places in the quotient as there are ciphers annexed to the numerator.
Page 101 - The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that...
Page 75 - ENGLISH MONEY is the Currency of Great Britain. TABLE. 4 Farthings (far. or qr.) make 1 Penny, marked d. 12 Pence " 1 Shilling, " s. 20 Shillings " 1 Pound,
Page 80 - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding dry medicines. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.} = 1 Scruple, . . sc., or 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram, . . dr., or 3 . 8 Drams = 1 Ounce, . . oz., or § . 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . Ib., or ft,.
Page 106 - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number, — RULE : Divide the numerator by the denominator ; the quotient will be the whole or mixed number.
Page 11 - ... that is, ten units make one ten, ten tens make one hundred, ten hundreds make one thousand, and so on.
Page 50 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 65 - To divide by 10, 100, &c., we simply cut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor.