| William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1832 - 282 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... | |
| Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 182 pages
...less, write the least of the other two given numbers for the third term, and the greater for the first. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first, the quotient will be the answer. NOTE. — Before stating the question, the first and third terms must... | |
| Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 186 pages
...less, write the least of the other two given numbers for the third term, and the greater for the first. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first, the quotient will be the answer. tion. PROPORTION. QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE. 4. If 15 bushela of corn... | |
| Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1833 - 284 pages
...the least of the remaining numbers in the first place, but when it is less, place the greater there. Then multiply the second and third terms together and divide the product by the first term : the quo tif.nl will be the fourth term or answer sought, and •will be of the same denomination as the... | |
| Richard Frederick Clarke (the elder.) - 1833 - 158 pages
...terms, when necessary, into the same name, and the third into the lowest denomination mentioned. 4th. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first, and the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer, in the same denomination the third term was left... | |
| Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1833 - 268 pages
...the two remaining numbers for the second term, and the greater for the first ; and, in either case, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first for the answer, which will always be of the same denomination as ftie third term. Note 1. If the first... | |
| Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1834 - 300 pages
...than the fourth, make the less of the two remaining terms the first term, and the greater the second: then multiply the second and third terms together,...product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. 1. Ifl buy 871 yards of cotton cloth for 78 dollars 39 cents, what is the price... | |
| Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 344 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...product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. If there are different denominations in the first two terms, they must both... | |
| George Alfred - Arithmetic - 1834 - 336 pages
...require it. 6. When all the terms of the stating are reduced as above directed, (if necessary) — then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the^rst term — the quotient will be the fourth term or answer to the question, and of Kke name with... | |
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