 The terms of a ratio are the two numbers to be compared ; thus, in the above ratio, 20 and 4 are the terms. When both terms are considered together, they are called a couplet ; when considered separately, the first term is called the antecedent, and the...  A Textbook on Mining Engineering - Page 321900Full view - About this book
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1903 - 398 pages
...quotient. The two numbers (magnitudes) of which the ratio is to be found are called the terms of the ratio. The first term is called the antecedent and the second term the consequent. The ratio is the quotient of the antecedent divided by the consequent. The usual sign of ratio is the... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk Nichols - Arithmetic - 1903 - 328 pages
...of: 900 : 300 96 : 72 144 : 60 200 : 600 63 : 108 33 : 88 150 : 450 56 : 84 36 : 72 1. In every ratio the first term is called the antecedent, and the second term the consequent. 2. What is the ratio of 8:4? What is the ratio of 6:3? These two ratios being equal may be written... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Arithmetic - 1904 - 656 pages
...The second form is better adapted to arithmetical subjects and is one we shall ordinarily adopt. 54. The terms of a ratio are the two numbers to be compared;...couplet, and 20 is the antecedent and 4 the consequent. 55. A ratio may be direct or Inverse. The direct ratio of 20 to 4 is 20 : 4, while the inverse ratio... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Arithmetic - 1906 - 576 pages
...Instead of the colon, a straight vertical line is used ; thus, 20 | 4. 119. The terms of a ratio arc the two numbers to be compared; thus, in the above...couplet, and 20 is the antecedent, and 4, the consequent. 120. A ratio may be direct or Inverse. The direct ratio of 20 to 4 is 20 : 4, while the inverse ratio... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1907 - 364 pages
...quotient. The two numbers (magnitudes) of which the ratio is to be found are called the terms of the ratio. The first term is called the antecedent and the second term the consequent. The ratio is the quotient of the antecedent divided by the consequent. The usual sign of ratio is the... | |
 | Correspondence schools and courses - 1909 - 886 pages
...ratio like that given above. Instead of the colon, a straight vertical line is used; thus, 20 | 4. 4. The terms of a ratio are the two numbers to be compared;...couplet, and 20 is the antecedent, and 4 the consequent. 5. A ratio may be direct or Inverse. The direct ratio of 20 to 4 is 20 : 4, while the inverse ratio... | |
 | School of Railway Signaling (Utica, N.Y.) - Railroads - 1910 - 446 pages
...of the ratio. 387. When the terms of a ratio are considered together they are called a couplet. 388. The first term is called the antecedent, and the second term the consequent. 389. In the ratio 10 to 2, 10 and 2 form the couplet of which 10 is the antecedent and 2 the consequent.... | |
 | A. Herring-Shaw - 1910 - 288 pages
...would be done as follows: — 10 : 2, or -^-, each of which would be read as "the ratio of 10 to 2." The Terms of a ratio are the two numbers to be compared, as 10 and 2 ; and when both terms are considered together they are called a Couplet. The first term,... | |
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