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a²b a²b² a²x² ab² added algebraic quantity arithmetical progression arithmetical series ax² binomial factors bushels cents coefficient common denominator cube root difference Divide the number dividend division dollars entire quantity EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE Expand exponent expressed Find the sum find the values following RULE.-I fourth geometrical progression Give analysis given quantities greater greatest common divisor Hence horse indicated last term least common multiple less letter lowest terms minus sign mixed quantity monomial multiplicand Multiply negative number of terms numbers in arithmetical obtain OPERATION polynomial problem proportion quadratic equation quotient radical sign ratio Reduce remainder result Rule second member second power second term SOLUTION Solving square root subtrahend sum paid third three numbers tion transpose trial divisor unit of addition unknown quantity write ах
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Page 228 - It is required to divide -the number 14 into two such parts that the quotient of the greater divided by the less, may be to the quotient of the less divided by the greater as 16 to 9.
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Page 252 - To divide 100 into two such parts, that the sum of their square roots may be 14. Ans. 64 and 36 14.
Page 189 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
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Page 59 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient. Multiply the whole divisor by the first term of the quotient, and subtract the product from the dividend.
Page 277 - To express that the ratio of A to B is equal to the ratio of C to D, we write the quantities thus : A : B : : C : D; and read, A is to B as C to D.
Page 260 - One hundred stones being placed on the ground in a straight line, at the distance of 2 yards from each other, how far will a person travel who shall bring them one by one to a basket, placed at 2 yards from the first stone ? Ans.
Page 99 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 186 - Subtract the square of the root thus found from the first term, and bring down the next two terms for a dividend. III. Divide the first term of the dividend by twice the root already found, and write the result both in the root and in the divisor. IV. Multiply the divisor, thus completed, by the, term of the root last found, and subtract the product from the dividend, and proceed with the remainder, if any, as before.