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Macmillan, 1922 - Machine-shop practice - 321 pages
 

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Page 7 - Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, add the numerator to the product and place the denominator under the result.
Page 7 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 100 - Pythagorean theorem states that the sum of the squares of the sides of a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse.
Page 12 - Multiply the numerators together for the numerator of the product, and the denominators together for the denominator of the product.
Page 6 - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number, Divide the numerator by the denominator. The quotient will be the whole number, and the remainder, if any, will be the numerator of the fractional part, of which the denominator is the same as the denominator of the improper fraction.
Page 9 - The least common denominator of two or more fractions is the least common multiple of their denominators.
Page 29 - ... operation. In Division cast the nines out of the divisor, dividend, quotient, and remainder; then to the product of the excesses in the divisor and quotient, add the excess in the remainder, and cast the nines out of the sum, and if the excess equal that in the dividend the work is right. Excess in Divisor 0 Excess in Quotient 8 27)465 — Product of...
Page 10 - Subtraction of Fractions is the process of finding the difference between two fractions.
Page 22 - For the denominator, write 1 with as many ciphers annexed as there are decimal places in the numerator.
Page 70 - The Square Root of a number is one of its two equal factors.

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