The American Arithmetic: Adapted to the Currency of the United States. Compiled for the Use of SchoolsC. Norris & Company and sold at their bookstore; sold also by E. Little & Company, Newburyport, and by the principal booksellers in New England, 1812 - Arithmetic - 231 pages |
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... FRACTIONS . Decimal Fractions are parts of whole numbers , and are separated therefrom by a point called the separatrix , thus , 125 which is 12 and 5 tenths , or ; all the figures which stand at the left of the separatrix are whole ...
... FRACTIONS . Decimal Fractions are parts of whole numbers , and are separated therefrom by a point called the separatrix , thus , 125 which is 12 and 5 tenths , or ; all the figures which stand at the left of the separatrix are whole ...
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... fractions , the value of the fig ures decrease as they depart from the separatrix . ADDITION OF DECIMALS . RULE ... fractions must stand tenths under tenths ; hundredths under hundredths , & c . D The several decimal points must stand ...
... fractions , the value of the fig ures decrease as they depart from the separatrix . ADDITION OF DECIMALS . RULE ... fractions must stand tenths under tenths ; hundredths under hundredths , & c . D The several decimal points must stand ...
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... other ; then subtract exactly as in Simple Subtraction . Examples . 234.101 145 164321 88.936679 91.91 81.11234 141.1 7.00041 98.3 5.19864 MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS . RULE . Multiply exactly as in 38 DECIMAL FRACTIONS .
... other ; then subtract exactly as in Simple Subtraction . Examples . 234.101 145 164321 88.936679 91.91 81.11234 141.1 7.00041 98.3 5.19864 MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS . RULE . Multiply exactly as in 38 DECIMAL FRACTIONS .
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... product of 29.5 multiplied by 96 Ans . $ 28.32 cents . cents ? 2. How much will 1000 pounds of butter come to , at 114 cents per pound ? Ans . 115 . DIVISION OF DECIMALS . RULE . Divide exactly as in DECIMAL FRACTIONS . 32.
... product of 29.5 multiplied by 96 Ans . $ 28.32 cents . cents ? 2. How much will 1000 pounds of butter come to , at 114 cents per pound ? Ans . 115 . DIVISION OF DECIMALS . RULE . Divide exactly as in DECIMAL FRACTIONS . 32.
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... I therefore pointed off one for decimals , and then annexed two cyphers , and con- tinued the division . 2. Divide 1302 by 101 . • 101 ) 1 302.000 ( 12891 089 Ans . NOTE 2. In this example the dividend is whole num- 40 DECIMAL FRACTIONS .
... I therefore pointed off one for decimals , and then annexed two cyphers , and con- tinued the division . 2. Divide 1302 by 101 . • 101 ) 1 302.000 ( 12891 089 Ans . NOTE 2. In this example the dividend is whole num- 40 DECIMAL FRACTIONS .
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