The Progressive Higher Arithmetic: For Schools, Academies, and Mercantile Colleges : Forming a Complete Treatise on Arithmetical Science, and Its Commercial and Business Applications |
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... miles . 7. Unity is the unit of an abstract number . 8. The Denomination is the name of the unit of a concrete number . 9. A Simple Number is either an abstract number , or a con- crete number of but one denomination ; as 48 , 52 pounds ...
... miles . 7. Unity is the unit of an abstract number . 8. The Denomination is the name of the unit of a concrete number . 9. A Simple Number is either an abstract number , or a con- crete number of but one denomination ; as 48 , 52 pounds ...
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... miles , and 15 days ; 5 hours 36 minutes , and 7 bushels 3 pecks . 15. A Power is the product arising from multiplying a number by itself , or repeating it any number of times as a factor . 16. A Root is a factor repeated to produce a ...
... miles , and 15 days ; 5 hours 36 minutes , and 7 bushels 3 pecks . 15. A Power is the product arising from multiplying a number by itself , or repeating it any number of times as a factor . 16. A Root is a factor repeated to produce a ...
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... hun- dred six thousand three hundred , forty thousand forty - nine , ten thousand four hundred one ? Ans . 1,860,750 . 11. What number of square miles in New England , there being in Maine 31766 , in New Hampshire 9280 , 3 ADDITION . 25.
... hun- dred six thousand three hundred , forty thousand forty - nine , ten thousand four hundred one ? Ans . 1,860,750 . 11. What number of square miles in New England , there being in Maine 31766 , in New Hampshire 9280 , 3 ADDITION . 25.
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... miles of railroad ; in New York , 2590 miles ; in Pennsylvania , 2546 ; in Ohio , 2946 ; in Virginia , 1233 ; in Illinois , 2678 ; and in Georgia , 1233. What was the aggregate number of miles in operation in all these States ? 14. The ...
... miles of railroad ; in New York , 2590 miles ; in Pennsylvania , 2546 ; in Ohio , 2946 ; in Virginia , 1233 ; in Illinois , 2678 ; and in Georgia , 1233. What was the aggregate number of miles in operation in all these States ? 14. The ...
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... miles , and the total length of the canals 5131 miles ; how many miles more of railroad than of canal ? Ans . 22,726 . 18. The entire deposit of domestic gold at the United States Mint and its branches , to June , 1859 , was $ 470341478 ...
... miles , and the total length of the canals 5131 miles ; how many miles more of railroad than of canal ? Ans . 22,726 . 18. The entire deposit of domestic gold at the United States Mint and its branches , to June , 1859 , was $ 470341478 ...
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acres amount ANALYSIS annex bank barrel bill bought bushels ciphers column commission common denominator common fraction compound interest compound number contain continued fraction cost cube root cubic currency decimal places discount Divide dividend division dollars DRY MEASURE equal EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE excess of 9's exchange feet flour following RULE gain gallons geometrical progression given number gold greatest common divisor Hence the following hundred improper fraction inches insured integers invested least common multiple longitude lowest terms measure miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number of terms obtain OPERATION payable payment pounds premium prime factors principal proceeds purchase quantity quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder repetend result right hand figure rods sell sold square standard subtract subtrahend TABLE trial divisor units weight whole number worth write yards
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Page 69 - Divide the less number by the remainder, the last divisor by the last remainder, and so on, till nothing remains. The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor sought.
Page 418 - 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 237 - In any proportion, the product of the means equals the product of the extremes.
Page 343 - 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 304 - If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due, and then the surplus is to be applied towards discharging the principal; and interest is to be Computed on the balance, as aforesaid.
Page 415 - ... 2. The square of the base, or of the perpendicular, of a right-angled triangle is equal to the square of the hypothenuse diminished by the square of the other side.
Page 135 - MONEY. 10 mills = 1 cent. 10 cents = 1 dime. 10 dimes = 1 dollar. 10 dollars = 1 eagle.
Page 331 - That the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value...
Page 159 - A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord ; and n cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile.
Page 159 - 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 (cd...