Soule's Intermediate Philosophic Arithmetic, Embracing Oral and Written Problems

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L. Graham and son, 1888 - Arithmetic - 562 pages
 

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Page 88 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 240 - RULE. Multiply as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the product point off as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both factors.
Page 262 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord...
Page 328 - Four quantities are in proportion when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourth.
Page 173 - The operation consists in repeating the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier.
Page 244 - Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are in both multiplicand and multiplier. DIVISION. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off...
Page 224 - A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit...
Page 246 - When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers.
Page 257 - Pendulum vibrating Seconds of Mean Time in the Latitude of London in a Vacuum at the Level of the Sea...
Page 267 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. The curve which bounds the circle is called the circumference Any portion of the circumference is called an arc.

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