The Elements of Written Arithmetic: Combining Analysis and Synthesis ; Adapted to the Best Mode of Instruction for BeginnersThompson, Brown & Company, 1876 |
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acres annex apples Ascending Avoirdupois barrels of flour bought bushels called ciphers column common fraction composite number compound number containing cords of wood cost cubic feet cubic inches decimal fraction Decimeter Descending dividend dividend and divisor divides the quotient divisor and dividend dollars Dry Measure equal equivalent fractions example Explain Ex Find the interest Find the least following RULE gain gallons give given number grains greatest common divisor hectoliters Hence higher denominations hundred improper fraction least common multiple less number lowest terms MEASURE meters miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand NOTE OPERATION ounces paid partial product prime factors prime number principle PROOF quarts Reduce Scale shillings significant figures sold solved square feet subtract subtrahend TABLE thousand tons Troy Weight true remainder units Weight whole number write written yards of cloth
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Page 93 - Thirty days hath September, April. June, and November; All the rest have thirty.one, Save February, which alone Hath twenty.eight; and one day more We add to it one year in four.
Page 63 - Cut off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers at the right of the...
Page 76 - TROY WEIGHT is used in weighing gold, silver, and precious stones. TABLE. 24 Grains (gr.) make 1 Pennyweight, dwt.
Page 99 - The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that...
Page 9 - ... that is, ten units make one ten, ten tens make one hundred, ten hundreds make one thousand, and so on.
Page 48 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 79 - TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, oz. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. 25 Pounds " 1 Quarter, qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, cwt. 20 Hundred Weight
Page 130 - If there are more decimal places in the divisor than in the dividend, the number may be made equal by annexing one or more ciphers to the dividend.
Page 57 - Divide the smallest number of figures in the left of the dividend that will contain the divisor and set the result as the first figure of the quotient at the right of the dividend. 3. Multiply the divisor by the quotient figure and set the product under that part of the dividend taken.
Page 73 - ENGLISH MONEY is the Currency of Great Britain. TABLE. 4 Farthings (far. or qr.) make 1 Penny, marked d. 12 Pence " 1 Shilling, " s. 20 Shillings " 1 Pound,