 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1842 - 320 pages
...the means is 21,600, which, being divided by one of the extremes, gives a quotient of 720. That is, multiply the second and third terms together, and...; the quotient will be the fourth term or answer. A. $720. 14. If 20 pounds of butter cost 85twhat will 80 pounds cost? 20 pounds : 80 pounds : : 5 dollars.... | |
 | Janet Taylor - Nautical astronomy - 1842 - 592 pages
...the first and third terms may be of the same kind, and the second the same as the number required. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term, then the quoticnt will be the answer in the same С denomination as the second term, observing... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1843 - 320 pages
...the means is 21,600, which, being divided by one of the extremes, gives a quotient of 720. That is, multiply the second and third terms together, and...first; the quotient will be the fourth term or answer. A. $720. 14. If 20 pounds of butter cost 65, what will 80 pounds cost ? 20 pounds : 80 pounds :: 5... | |
 | W. H. Crank - Arithmetic - 1843 - 338 pages
...the third to the lowest term named in it ; then having cancelled (if the question will admit of it) multiply the second and third terms together and divide the product by the first ; the quotient will be of the same denomination as that in which the third term was left. Ex.— If 7 yds. of cloth cost 9*.... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1843 - 254 pages
...term, place the least of the two remaining numbers for the second term, and the greater for the first term ; then multiply the second and. third terms together, and divide the product by the first term, and the quotient will bo the answer in the same name of the third term. RULE 'OE THREE INVERSE.... | |
 | Alfred Crowquill - Arithmetic - 1843 - 156 pages
...into one name, and the second into the lowest term mentioned. Multiply the second and third numbers together, and divide the product by the first; the quotient will be the answer to the question in the same denomination you left the second number in. SINGLE RULE OF THREE.... | |
 | Charles WATERHOUSE - Arithmetic - 1844 - 228 pages
...term, write the less of the two remaining numbers for the second term, and the other for the first Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term, and the quotient will be the answer. If the first and second terras be compound numbers, reduce... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1844 - 222 pages
...than the third, make the less of the two remaining terms the second term, and the greater the first. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. If there are different denominations in the... | |
 | William Watson (of Beverley.) - 1845 - 188 pages
...Bring the first and third into one name, and the second into the lowest name mentioned in it. 3. — Multiply the second and third terms together and divide...the product by the first, the quotient will be the answer to the question in the same name the second term was brought into. The method of proof is by... | |
 | William Lane (of Worthing.) - 1845 - 138 pages
...proportion, if necessary, to the same name, and reduce the third term to the lowest denomination it contains. Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term, and the quotient will be the answer to the question, in the same denomination that the third... | |
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Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. 
