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... SOLUTION . - We arrange the numbers so that units of like order shall stand in the same column . Then we add the columns separately , for conven- ience commencing at the right hand , and write each result under the column added . The ...
... SOLUTION . - We arrange the numbers so that units of like order shall stand in the same column . Then we add the columns separately , for conven- ience commencing at the right hand , and write each result under the column added . The ...
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... SOLUTION . Arranging the numbers as in 40 , we first add the column of units , and find the sum to be 17 units , which is 1 ten and 7 units . We write the 7 units in the place of units , and the 1 ten in the place of tens . The sum of ...
... SOLUTION . Arranging the numbers as in 40 , we first add the column of units , and find the sum to be 17 units , which is 1 ten and 7 units . We write the 7 units in the place of units , and the 1 ten in the place of tens . The sum of ...
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... SOLUTION . - Fourteen cows less 6 cows are 8 cows . He had 8 cows left . 2. Stephen , having 9 marbles , lost 4 of them . How many had he left ? 3. If a man earns 10 dollars a week , and spends 6 dollars for provisions , how many ...
... SOLUTION . - Fourteen cows less 6 cows are 8 cows . He had 8 cows left . 2. Stephen , having 9 marbles , lost 4 of them . How many had he left ? 3. If a man earns 10 dollars a week , and spends 6 dollars for provisions , how many ...
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... SOLUTION . We write the less number under the greater , with units under units , tens under tens , etc. , and draw a line underneath . Then , beginning at the right hand , we subtract sepa- rately each figure of the subtrahend from the ...
... SOLUTION . We write the less number under the greater , with units under units , tens under tens , etc. , and draw a line underneath . Then , beginning at the right hand , we subtract sepa- rately each figure of the subtrahend from the ...
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... SOLUTION . Since we cannot take 9 units from 6 units , we add 10 units to 6 units , making 16 units ; 9 units taken from 16 units leaves 7 units . But as we have added 10 units , or 1 ten , to the minuend , we shall have a remainder 1 ...
... SOLUTION . Since we cannot take 9 units from 6 units , we add 10 units to 6 units , making 16 units ; 9 units taken from 16 units leaves 7 units . But as we have added 10 units , or 1 ten , to the minuend , we shall have a remainder 1 ...
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Page 178 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 171 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30j square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 184 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 306 - 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 178 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 183 - 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 396 - A Cylinder is a body bounded by a uniformly curved surface, its ends being equal and parallel circles.
Page 298 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 134 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 75 - Divide the product of the remaining factors of the dividend by the product of the remaining factors of the divisor, and the result will be the quotient.