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acres altitude amount ANALYSIS ANALYSIS.-We annex apiece apples barrels of flour bill bushels called ciphers column common denominator common difference common fraction composite number compound interest contained cord cube root cubic currency denotes diameter discount Divide dividend division dollars equal exact divisor Examples expressed fractional unit gain gallons given number greatest common divisor Hence hogshead horses hundred improper fraction inches interest least common multiple longitude miles millions mills minuend mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply number of terms number of things OPERATION paid payment present value prime factors quotient ratio Reduce remainder rods Rule.-Multiply scale selling shillings simple numbers sold square root subtract Table Reversed tens third thousand thousandths Troy weight whole number worth Write yards of cloth
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Page 168 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal...
Page 125 - To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.
Page 283 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 167 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 109 - At f^ of a dollar a yard, how many yards of cloth can be bought for 9 dollars ? 6.
Page 59 - When any one of the remainders is greater than the divisor, the quotient figure is too small and must be increased. 4.
Page 94 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 160 - TABLE. 2 pints, pt. make 1 quart, marked qt. 8 quarts ... 1 peck, ... pk. 4 pecks ... 1 bushel, - - bu. 36 bushels 1 chaldron, - - ch.
Page 126 - 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 304 - A circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. The bounding line is called the circumference of the circle.