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... Number is a collection of units , or ones . one 72. Numbers are formed in the following manner ; and one more are ... given to the collections of ten , a hun- dred , and a thousand units . The nine first numbers , whose names are ...
... Number is a collection of units , or ones . one 72. Numbers are formed in the following manner ; and one more are ... given to the collections of ten , a hun- dred , and a thousand units . The nine first numbers , whose names are ...
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... a unit , or one ? 2. What is number ? 3. How are the numbers formed and named from one to ten ? 4. Is the same course pursued with the higher numbers ? why not ? 5. From what are the names a- bove ten derived ? 6. Name the collections ...
... a unit , or one ? 2. What is number ? 3. How are the numbers formed and named from one to ten ? 4. Is the same course pursued with the higher numbers ? why not ? 5. From what are the names a- bove ten derived ? 6. Name the collections ...
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... number of cents given for the ' book and slate . The common way of performing the above operation is to write the numbers under one another , so that units shall stand under units , and tens under tens , as at the left hand . Then begin ...
... number of cents given for the ' book and slate . The common way of performing the above operation is to write the numbers under one another , so that units shall stand under units , and tens under tens , as at the left hand . Then begin ...
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... number of trees in 20 rows . These being added to 156 , the number in 6 rows , we have 676 for the number of trees ... given iven number by 87. Simple Multiplication is the method of finding the number by repeating it a proposed ...
... number of trees in 20 rows . These being added to 156 , the number in 6 rows , we have 676 for the number of trees ... given iven number by 87. Simple Multiplication is the method of finding the number by repeating it a proposed ...
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... A number ( as 15 ) which is produced by the multiplication 3 of two , or more , other numbers , is called a composite number . The factors which produce a composite number ( as 5 and 3 ) Ans . $ 255 are called the component parts . - 1. To ...
... A number ( as 15 ) which is produced by the multiplication 3 of two , or more , other numbers , is called a composite number . The factors which produce a composite number ( as 5 and 3 ) Ans . $ 255 are called the component parts . - 1. To ...
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Page 82 - 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 89 - The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, 24, and 30.
Page 118 - PROBLEM II. The first term, the last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1 , and the quotient will be the common diffcrenct.
Page 111 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. III. Double the root already found for a divisor ; seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 94 - It will be seen that we multiply the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor for the denominator of the quotient, and the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor for the numerator of the quotient.
Page 120 - Add together the most convenient indices to make an index less by 1 than the number expressing the place of the term sought. 3. Multiply the terms of the geometrical series together belonging to those indices, and make the product a dividend. 4. Raise...
Page 115 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 31 - 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 2 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...
Page 93 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.