The science and art of arithmetic, by A. Sonnenschein and H.A. Nesbitt.d Pt.1 |
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a-day a-week a-year answer articles cost bought carry casting out nines chairs ciphers column common measure common multiple contained Contracted form decimal scale difference digits Divide dividend divisor dozen things duodecimal scale equal exact number EXERCISE XI farthings figure Find L. C. M. Find the cost Find the length Find the value Full form gallons give given numbers half-sovereign half-sovs hundred inches L. C. M. required Learn by heart LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE least number leaves marbles measures of 48 miles minuend multiplicand Multiply nonary number is divisible number of nines octonary scale ounces pence persons pounds prime factors prime numbers Prussian thalers quantity quotient radix remainder senary scale septenary sheep shews shillings Simplify Subtraction subtrahend sum of money symbol ten-pound notes ten-thousands tens thousand tons undecimal units Wording write yards yield دو وو
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Page 163 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet — 1 square yard (sq.
Page 130 - A number is divisible by 3 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3• A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.
Page 44 - The number to be repeated, or multiplied, is called the multiplicand. The number by which we multiply, is called the multiplier, and shows how many times the multiplicand is to be repeated or taken.
Page 164 - CAPACITY. marked 4 gills = 1 pint pt. 2 pints =: 1 quart qt. 4 quarts = 1 gallon gal. 2 gallons = 1 peck pk. 4 pecks — 1 bushel bitsk.
Page 108 - Cut off from the right of the dividend as many figures as there are ciphers at the right of the divisor ; divide what remains by the divisor without the.
Page 115 - To divide by 10, 100, &c., we simply cut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor.
Page 157 - Any number divided by 3 or 9 will leave the same remainder as the sum of its digits divided by 3 or 9. The difference between any number and the sum of its digits is a multiple of 9. The difference between a number and the digits of the same number arranged in another order is always divisible by 9. MISCELLANEOUS RULES. To find two numbers when their sum and difference are given.
Page 164 - Troy Weight. 24 grains (gr.) - 1 pennyweight (dwt.) 20 pennyweights — 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces — 1 pound (1b.).
Page 163 - ... feet 1 rod or pole, p. 40 poles, or 220 yards 1 furlong, fur. 8 furlongs, or 1760 yards 1 mile, M. 3 miles .1 league, L.
Page 126 - The opening of these ditches costs 10 cents a running meter; the tiles are 30™ long and cost $ 15 a thousand. He pays 2 cents a meter for laying the tiles, and 4 cents a meter for filling the ditches. What is the cost of draining the field? CHAPTER X. MULTIPLES AND MEASURES OF NUMBERS. 216. If one number can be divided by another number, without remainder, the divisor is called a factor, or measure, of the dividend, and the dividend a multiple of the -divisor. Thus, 35 can be divided by 5 without...