 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Arithmetic - 1830 - 306 pages
...answer. 6. But if this blank place fall under the 1st or 2d term, then multiply the 3d and 4th terms for a divisor, and the other three for a dividend, and the quotient will be the answer. 13. If two men can do 12 rods of ditching in 6 days, what will 8 men do in 24 days ? 123' 2:6: 12 ::... | |
 | Thomas Conkling (W.) - Arithmetic - 1831 - 302 pages
...dividend; the quotient brought will be the sixth term or answer. 2. If the blank fall under the first or second term, (the proportion is inverse.) Then multiply the third and fourth terms for a divisor, and the other three for a dividend; the quotient will be the answer. * In the supposition,... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - Arithmetic - 1832 - 228 pages
...in the same denomination of the term directly above the blank. But if the blank fall under the first or second term, the proportion is inverse ; then multiply....a dividend, and the quotient will be the answer. EXAMPLES. 1. If $100, in 12mo., gain 86, what will $200 gain in 8mo. 1 ins. $8. EXPLANATIONS. In this... | |
 | George Alfred - Arithmetic - 1834 - 336 pages
...6. If the blank should fall under the first or second term, the proportion is inverse — therefore multiply the third and fourth terms together for a...the other three for a dividend ; and the quotient, in either case, will be the answer required. NOTE 1. In the 1st example, the blank place will occur... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - Arithmetic - 1835 - 246 pages
...in the same denomination of the term directly above the blank. But if the blank fall under the first or second term, the proportion is inverse ; then multiply...fourth terms together for a divisor, and the other \hree for a dividend, and the quotient will be the answer. EXAMPLES. 1. If $100, in l-2mu., gain $6,... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1835 - 260 pages
...under the first or second term, the proportion is inverse ; then multiply the third an4 fourth term;) together for a divisor, and the other three for a dividend, and the quotient will be the answer. r EXAMPLES. / 1. If 7 men can build 30 rods of wall in 3 days; ' many rods can 20 men build in 14 days?... | |
 | James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1835 - 264 pages
...term sought, fall under the third term, the proportion is direct. Then multiply the first and second terms together for a divisor, and the other three for a dividend. But if the blank fall under the first or second term, the proportion is inverse. Then multiply the... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - Arithmetic - 1836 - 228 pages
...directly above the blank. But if the blank fall under the first or second term, the pro•i portion is inverse ; then multiply the third and fourth terms together for a divisor, and (he otlier. three for ft dividend, and the quotient will be the EXAMPLES. 1 . If $100, in 12mo., gain... | |
 | Mathematics - 1836 - 488 pages
...direct, multiply the first two terms for a divisor, and the other three for a diviJeud ; when inverse, multiply the third and fourth terms together for a divisor, and the other two for a dividend. INVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION. Involution is the multiplying any number into itself,... | |
 | Peirpont Edward Bates Botham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 252 pages
...dividend ; the quotient will be the answer. 5. But if the blank place fall under the first or second term, multiply the third and fourth terms together for a divisor, and the other three for a dividend ; the quotient will be the answer. Ex. If 2 men can do 12 rods of ditching in 6 days, how much will... | |
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... but if the blank fall under the first or second term, the proportion is inverse ; then multiply the third and fourth terms together for a divisor, and the other three for a dividend, and the quotient will be the answer. EXAMPLES. 
