The parallel arithmetic1865 |
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acres added addition amount answer ARITHMETIC Bought bring called carry cent ciphers column common compound contained cost cubic decimal denominator difference discount divide dividend division divisor dozen dwts equal EXAMPLE EXERCISE expressed extremes factors farthings feet figure Find the value four fraction gain gallon GEOGRAPHY give given given quantity greater guineas hundred inches interest length less lower man's means measure miles months multiply nine Notes number of terms operation paid pence period persons pieces of cloth poles pound principal proportion prove quantity quarter question quotient ratio receive Reduce remainder Required result Rule Schools selling share shillings simple sold subtract sugar taken third thousand tons units week weight whole worth yards
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Page 46 - 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 51 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 106 - Given the first term, last term, and common difference, to find the number of terms. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number of terms.
Page xv - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, February hath twenty-eight alone ; all the rest have thirty-one, Except in Leap Year, at which time, February's days are twenty-nine.
Page 111 - Subtract the square of this figure from the left-hand period, and to the remainder annex the next period for a dividend.
Page 45 - An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator ; as...
Page 50 - Art. 141, we subtract the less numerator from the greater, and place the difference over the common denominator.
Page 43 - One number is a Multiple of another when it can be divided by it without a remainder. Thus 8 is a multiple of 2; 15 of 5; 33 of 11.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The parallel arithmetic |
| Author | W H. Wingate |
| Published | 1865 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2006 |
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