 | George Willson - Arithmetic - 1838 - 194 pages
...mentioned in it.* * It is often better to reduce the lower denominations to tha daeimil «f the highest 3. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first, and the quotient will be the answer, in that denomination which the third term was bft in. In arranging... | |
 | Joseph Stockton - Arithmetic - 1839 - 218 pages
...the first, but if less place the greater for the first term, and the remaining one for the second. Multiply the second and third terms together, and...the product by the first ; the quotient will be the answer required. EXAMPLES. 1. If 30 horses plow 12 acres, how many will 40 horses plow in the same... | |
 | Jason M. Mahan - Arithmetic - 1839 - 312 pages
...denomination, reduce both to the lowest in either, and the third to its lowest denomination mentioned. Multiply the second and third terms together, and...the product by the first : the quotient will be the answer to the question, in the same denomination you left the third term in. Proof. — Invert the... | |
 | Joseph Stockton - Arithmetic - 1839 - 216 pages
...the middle term (if compound) to its lowest, and proceed according to the following -*» RULE. \ « Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first; the quotient wilfbe the fourth term, or answer, in the same name with the PROOF. Invert the question, making the... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1839 - 220 pages
...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 be the answer in the same name of the third term. EXAMPLES. 1. If 6 yards... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1839 - 300 pages
...the fourth, make the less of the two remaining terms the Jirst term, and the greater the second: 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. 1. If I buy 871 yards of cotton cloth for 78... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1841 - 200 pages
...denomination; and reduce the middle number, or term, into the lowest denomination mentioned; then (') multiply the second and third terms together, and...product by the first; the quotient will be (") the answer, or fourth term sought; and always will be (1') of the same denomination as the middle term... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 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...divide the product by the first ; the quotient will te the fourth term or answer. A. $720. 14. If 20 pounds of butter cost 85, what will 80 pounds cost... | |
 | John Husband (math. master, Berwick.) - 1841 - 126 pages
...first; but if the answer ought to be less, make the less the second, and the greater the first term. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first, the quotient is the fourth term in the same name as the third. If any of the terms are compound reduce the first... | |
 | William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1841 - 268 pages
...Prepare the given terms, as in Multiplication, and state the question the same as in whole numbers ; then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first : Or, invert the first term, and multiply the three together, as in Multiplication ; the last product... | |
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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. 
