Elements of Arithmetic: For Schools and Academies. In which Decimal and Integral Arithmetic are Combined, and Taught Inductively, on the System of Pestalozzi. Part second |
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Page 18 - Remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier.
Page 177 - To find the solidity of a cylinder. RULE. — Multiply the area of the base by the altitude, and the product will be the solidity.
Page 208 - Divide the number 36 into 3 such parts, that ^ of the first, ^ of the second, and ^ of the third, shall be equal to each other.
Page 30 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 27 - RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Page 203 - ... 24 acres in 18 weeks; the grass being at first equal on every acre, and growing uniformly ? THE END.
Page 106 - Any number of different things being given, to find how many changes can be made out of them, by taking any given number of quantities at a time. RULE.
Page 131 - One of the extremes, the ratio, and the number of terms, being given, to find the other extreme.
Page 107 - ... equal to the number of things to be taken at a time : the product of all the terms will be the answer required.
Page 130 - RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and add 1 to the quotient.