A Theoretical and Practical Arithmetic: Designed for Common Schools and AcademiesJenks, Hickling, & Swan, 1853 |
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... Higher Powers ...... 211 Arithmetical Progression .... 212 Geometrical Progression ... 216 Annuities ...... 220 Tables of Annuities .... 221 , 222 Exchange of Currencies ... Exchange .... Value of Foreign Coins .... Tables of Exchange ...
... Higher Powers ...... 211 Arithmetical Progression .... 212 Geometrical Progression ... 216 Annuities ...... 220 Tables of Annuities .... 221 , 222 Exchange of Currencies ... Exchange .... Value of Foreign Coins .... Tables of Exchange ...
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... higher to a lower denomination , - RULE . Multiply the highest denomination by that number which denotes how many units of the next lower denomination make ONE unit of the higher , and to the product add the next lower denomination ...
... higher to a lower denomination , - RULE . Multiply the highest denomination by that number which denotes how many units of the next lower denomination make ONE unit of the higher , and to the product add the next lower denomination ...
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... higher to a lower by multiplication , from a lower to a higher by division . The for- mer has been called reduction descending , the latter , reduction ascending . OBS . 2. The addition and subtraction of denominate numbers is the same ...
... higher to a lower by multiplication , from a lower to a higher by division . The for- mer has been called reduction descending , the latter , reduction ascending . OBS . 2. The addition and subtraction of denominate numbers is the same ...
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... higher denomination are contained in their sum . Write the remainder under the column or columns of the lowest denomination , ana add the quotient to the column of the next higher de- nomination . Proceed thus to the end . PROOF . The ...
... higher denomination are contained in their sum . Write the remainder under the column or columns of the lowest denomination , ana add the quotient to the column of the next higher de- nomination . Proceed thus to the end . PROOF . The ...
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... higher to a lower denomination , - RULE . Multiply the highest denomination by that number which denotes how many units of the next lower denomination make ONE unit of the higher , and to the product add the next lower denomination ...
... higher to a lower denomination , - RULE . Multiply the highest denomination by that number which denotes how many units of the next lower denomination make ONE unit of the higher , and to the product add the next lower denomination ...
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9 months acres added amount annexed bers called cancelled cents per bushel cents per pound ciphers column of hundreds common denominator common fraction complex fractions composite number compound interest decimal fractions decimal places decimal point denom denominate numbers difference Divide dividend divisor dollars Duodecimals EXAMPLES farthings FEDERAL MONEY following numbers gain or loss gallon given numbers greatest common measure higher denomination hundred thousandths hundredths improper fraction inator inches least common multiple loss per cent lower line lowest denomination merchant bought merchant sold miles millions mills minuend mixed number multiplicand Multiply paid payment pence Practical Questions present worth prime cost principal quotient ratio received Recite the rule remainder rods rule depends rule for finding rule for reducing sandths shillings simple fraction subtraction tenths thousand Troy Weight whole numbers Write the numbers written
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Page 14 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...
Page 116 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 81 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 108 - If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due, and then the surplus is to be applied towards discharging the principal; and interest is to be Computed on the balance, as aforesaid.
Page 133 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 95 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 175 - Addition is the process of finding the sum of two or more numbers.
Page 50 - Divide in succession the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains. The last divisor will be the greatest common measure.
Page 56 - To reduce an improper fraction to its equivalent whole or mixed number. RULE. Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quo<tient will be the whole or mixed number required.
Page 125 - Multiply the given number into itself, till it is taken as a factor, as many times as there are units in the index of the power to which the number is to be raised.