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Horatio Nelson Robinson. RULE . — Divide the given number by any prime factor ; divide the quotient in the same manner , and so continue the division until the quotient is a prime number . The several divisors and the last quotient will ...
Horatio Nelson Robinson. RULE . — Divide the given number by any prime factor ; divide the quotient in the same manner , and so continue the division until the quotient is a prime number . The several divisors and the last quotient will ...
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... rule : - RULE . -I . Write the numbers composing the dividend above a horizontal line , and the numbers composing the divisor below it . II . Cancel all the factors common to both dividend 76 FACTORS .
... rule : - RULE . -I . Write the numbers composing the dividend above a horizontal line , and the numbers composing the divisor below it . II . Cancel all the factors common to both dividend 76 FACTORS .
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... rule : RULE . I. Write the numbers in a line , with a vertical line at the left , and divide by any factor common to all the numbers . II . Divide the quotients in like manner , and continue the division till a set of quotients is ...
... rule : RULE . I. Write the numbers in a line , with a vertical line at the left , and divide by any factor common to all the numbers . II . Divide the quotients in like manner , and continue the division till a set of quotients is ...
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... RULE I. — Divide the greater number by the less . If there is a remainder , divide the preceding divisor by it , and so continue until there is no remainder . The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor . II . If more than two ...
... RULE I. — Divide the greater number by the less . If there is a remainder , divide the preceding divisor by it , and so continue until there is no remainder . The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor . II . If more than two ...
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... RULE . SOLUTION . - We find the greatest common divisor of 48 and 60 ( 103 ) which is 12 , and divide both terms of the fraction by it , thus performing the reduction at a single division . Cancel or reject all factors common to both ...
... RULE . SOLUTION . - We find the greatest common divisor of 48 and 60 ( 103 ) which is 12 , and divide both terms of the fraction by it , thus performing the reduction at a single division . Cancel or reject all factors common to both ...
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Page 178 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 171 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30j square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 184 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 306 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 178 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 183 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 396 - A Cylinder is a body bounded by a uniformly curved surface, its ends being equal and parallel circles.
Page 298 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 134 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 75 - Divide the product of the remaining factors of the dividend by the product of the remaining factors of the divisor, and the result will be the quotient.