Mathematics for Common Schools: A Manual for Teachers, Including Definitions, Principles, and Rules and Solutions of the More Difficult Problems1896 |
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acres algebraic altitude amount angle Annual interest apothem Arithmetic ascertain base bisecting calculate Cancel cent chord circle circumference commission construct contains convex surface cost days of grace decimal deducting diagonal diameter difference Divide dividend divisor draft draw drawn equal equation factors figure frustum gain given gives greatest common divisor hypotenuse Improper Fraction inches intersecting least common multiple length longitude loss March 17 marked price measure method minuend mixed numbers Multiply number of days number of degrees number of square obtain par value payment percentage perpendicular principal problems Proceeds profits protractor pupils quotient radius rectangle remaining rhombus right-angled triangle rods RULE scholars selling price side slant height solve subtract subtrahend teacher term vertex whole number William Simms yards
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Page xix - 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 viii - Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor.
Page ii - I. Write the divisor at the left of the dividend, with a line between them.
Page vi - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction.
Page 126 - Multiply the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and half the product will be the area.
Page vii - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page iii - RULE. Divide the given number by any prime factor ; divide the quotient in the same manner, and so continue the division until the quotient is a prime number.