 | John Groesbeck - Arithmetic - 1868 - 358 pages
...denomination, and if the third term is a compound number, reduce it to the lowest term mentioned in it. 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. EXAMPLES. 1. If 25 barrels of flour cost $165,... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 360 pages
...number for the second term, and the greater for the first 3. Multiply the third term by the second, and divide the product by the first ; the quotient will be the answer in the denomination of the third term. NOTES. — 1. If the first and second terms contain different... | |
 | rev. Frederick Calder - 1869 - 258 pages
...and if the third term consist of several denominations, reduce it to the lowest name mentioned. Then multiply the second and third terms together, and...the product by the first : the quotient will be the answer or fourth term, expressed in the same denomination as that in which the third term was left.... | |
 | John Groesbeck - Business mathematics - 1871 - 370 pages
...denomination, and if the third term is a compound number, reduce it to the lowest term mentioned in it. 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. EXAMPLES. 1. If 25 barrels of flour cost $165,... | |
 | Francis Young (F.R.G.S.) - 1872 - 204 pages
...terms to the same name, and the third, if necessary, to the lowest denomination mentioned in it. 5th. Multiply the second and third terms together and divide...the product by the first; the quotient will be the answer in the same name that the third term was reduced to. Ex. 1. — If two tons of coals cost 44!,... | |
 | John Groesbeck - 1872 - 374 pages
...denomination, and if the third term is a compound number, reduce it to the lowest term mentioned in it. 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. EXAMPLES. 1. If 25 barrels of flour cost $165,... | |
 | John Homer French - Arithmetic - 1872 - 348 pages
...the third term ; and for the second, when it is to be greater. IH. For the fourth or unknown term, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first'term. NOTES. — 1. When the terms of the first ratio are of different denominations, they must... | |
 | Barnard Smith - Arithmetic - 1873 - 366 pages
...second terms together for a final second term, and retain the former third term. In this final stating 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 denomination to which the third term was reduced." Ex. 1. If a tradesman... | |
 | H T. Sortwell - 1873 - 176 pages
...first place. Step III. If necessary, reduce the first and second terms to the same denomination. Step IV. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. It Example (1). If a man can walk 112 miles in 7 days, how far will he walk in 48 days 1 , .. Here,... | |
 | Thomas W. Piper - 1874 - 352 pages
...reduce them to one denomination before proceeding any further. II. RULE FOR SOLVING THE PROPORTION.— Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. Ex. 1. If 6 men earn 42s., how much will 36 men earn ? Here the answer must evidently be in wages,... | |
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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. 
