Adams's New Arithmetic: Arithmetic, in which the Principles of Operating by Numbers are Analytically Explained and Synthetically Applied |
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... inches are there in 253 feet , every foot being 12 inches ? OPERATION . 253 12 Ans . 3036 The product of 12 , with each of the significant figures or digits , having been comm . ted to memory from the multiplication table , it is just ...
... inches are there in 253 feet , every foot being 12 inches ? OPERATION . 253 12 Ans . 3036 The product of 12 , with each of the significant figures or digits , having been comm . ted to memory from the multiplication table , it is just ...
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... inches ? 15. If 364812 inches are 30101 feet , how many 22 . 39 SUPPLEMENT TO DIVISION .
... inches ? 15. If 364812 inches are 30101 feet , how many 22 . 39 SUPPLEMENT TO DIVISION .
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... inches are 30101 feet , how many inches make one foot ? 16. If you would divide 48750 dollars among 50 men , how many dollars would you give to each one ? 17. If you distribute 48750 dollars among a number of inen in such a manner as to ...
... inches are 30101 feet , how many inches make one foot ? 16. If you would divide 48750 dollars among 50 men , how many dollars would you give to each one ? 17. If you distribute 48750 dollars among a number of inen in such a manner as to ...
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... inches long and 12 inches broad ? Ans . 144 . 24. How many square feet in a board 14 feet long and 2 feet wide ? 25. A certain township is six miles square ; how many square miles does it contain ? Ans . 36 . 26. A man bought a farm ...
... inches long and 12 inches broad ? Ans . 144 . 24. How many square feet in a board 14 feet long and 2 feet wide ? 25. A certain township is six miles square ; how many square miles does it contain ? Ans . 36 . 26. A man bought a farm ...
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... inch is one in 12 inches ? in 12243648 inches ? of 80 ? 4 of 40 ? 4 of 60 ? of 124 ? of 246876 ? 5 of 80 ? of 100 ? twelfth part ( 1 ) of a foot ; how many feet in 24 inches ? in 36 inches ? 42. If 4 pounds of tea cost 128 cents , what ...
... inch is one in 12 inches ? in 12243648 inches ? of 80 ? 4 of 40 ? 4 of 60 ? of 124 ? of 246876 ? 5 of 80 ? of 100 ? twelfth part ( 1 ) of a foot ; how many feet in 24 inches ? in 36 inches ? 42. If 4 pounds of tea cost 128 cents , what ...
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Page 90 - Divide the denominator by the whole number, when it can be done without a remainder ; otherwise, multiply the numerator by it, and under the product write the denominator, which may then be reduced to a whole or mixed number.
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Page 95 - Prom' the very process of dividing each of the parts, that is, of increasing the denominators by multiplying them, it follows, that each denominator must be & factor of the common denominator ; now, multiplying all the denominators together will evidently produce such a number. Hence, To reduce fractions of different denominators to equivalent fractions having...
Page 139 - RULE.* — Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the true time required.
Page 112 - 03, the same as before. IT 73. The foregoing examples and remarks are sufficient to establish the following RULE. In the division of decimal fractions, divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off...
Page 124 - The rate of interest upon the loan or forbearance of any money, goods or things in action...
Page 83 - Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain.
Page 142 - This may be done, provided the terms be so placed, that the product of the extremes shall be equal to that of the means. 4. If 3 men perform a certain piece of work in 10 days, how long will it take 6 men to do the same ? The number of days in which 6 men will do the work being the term sought, the.
Page 166 - Hence, when the extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference, — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 63 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, February twenty-eight alone ; All the rest have thirty-one.