Practical Arithmetic: Uniting the Inductive with the Synthetic Mode of Instruction : for Schools and Academies |
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amount annexed answer required Avoirdupois bbls bill bushels called cancel cents a pound ciphers common denominator common divisor common fraction composite number compound interest compound numbers contained Cube root cubic currency decimal denotes difference discount dividend division dolls equal expressed factors farthings Federal money feet figure fourth gain gallons gals given fractions given number given per cent greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred hundredths improper fractions inches insured least common multiple merchant bought miles millionths mills mixed number mixture months multiplicand Multiply number of days number of terms Operation paid payment pence pound Sterling premium present worth principal proceed proportion quantity quarts quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder rods rule sell shillings side simple fraction sold square root subtract tens tenths thousandths units weight whole number
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Page 318 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 289 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 51 - It shows that the numbers between which it is placed are to be multiplied together ; thus, the expression 7 x 5 = 35 is read, 7 multiplied by 5 is equal to 35.
Page 313 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 100 - The number below the line is called the denominator, and shows into how many parts the number or thing is divided. The number above the line is called the numerator, and shows how many parts are expressed by the fraction.
Page 91 - 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.
Page 310 - 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 134 - 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 101 - A proper fraction is a fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator ; as, •£, -f , •$-. An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or...
Page 226 - To find the rate per cent, when the principal, interest, and time are given.