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... Hence , figures are representatives of numbers , or expres- sions of quantity . ART . 14. The first nine of the above characters , are called significant figures , as each one represents a definite number when standing alone , while the ...
... Hence , figures are representatives of numbers , or expres- sions of quantity . ART . 14. The first nine of the above characters , are called significant figures , as each one represents a definite number when standing alone , while the ...
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... hence , by some it has been called a Locater . NUMERATION . SIMPLE AND LOCAL VALUES OF FIGURES . ART . 17. A figure standing alone , or occupying the first place on the right of a row of figures , expressing a whole number , is ...
... hence , by some it has been called a Locater . NUMERATION . SIMPLE AND LOCAL VALUES OF FIGURES . ART . 17. A figure standing alone , or occupying the first place on the right of a row of figures , expressing a whole number , is ...
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... Hence , ten units make one ten , and ten tens make one hundred . We therefore infer universally , that ART . 22. Figures increase in value from right to left in a ten - fold ratio ; that is , each removal of a figure one place towards ...
... Hence , ten units make one ten , and ten tens make one hundred . We therefore infer universally , that ART . 22. Figures increase in value from right to left in a ten - fold ratio ; that is , each removal of a figure one place towards ...
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... hence the work is right . REMARK . - To Comprehend this method of proof , as well as that given for the proof of Subtraction , Multiplication and Division , it is necessary to under- stand the properties of the number 9 explained on ...
... hence the work is right . REMARK . - To Comprehend this method of proof , as well as that given for the proof of Subtraction , Multiplication and Division , it is necessary to under- stand the properties of the number 9 explained on ...
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... Hence the difference of these two numbers is 2657 . REMARK . - The 2nd , 3rd and 4th forms of the minuend serve merely to ex- plain the method of subtracting more clearly , and should , therefore , in practice , be performed in the mind ...
... Hence the difference of these two numbers is 2657 . REMARK . - The 2nd , 3rd and 4th forms of the minuend serve merely to ex- plain the method of subtracting more clearly , and should , therefore , in practice , be performed in the mind ...
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Page 255 - 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.
Page 199 - 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...
Page 57 - TABLE. 16 drams, dr. make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces - - 1 pound, - Ib. 25 pounds - - 1 quarter, - qr. 4 quarters - - 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight 1 ton, - - T.
Page 134 - 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 62 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day...
Page 6 - Romans, employs in expressing numbers seven capital letters, viz. : I for one ; V for five ; X for ten ; L for fifty ; C for one hundred ; D for five hundred ; M for one thousand.
Page 232 - ... subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder annex the next period for the next dividend.
Page 86 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor of 36 and 54, since it is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder.
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Page 100 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.