The Tutor's Guide: Being a Complete System of Arithmetic; with Various Branches in the Mathematics ... To which is Added, an Appendix, Containing Different Forms of Acquittances, Bills of Exchange, &c. &c. ...G. Wilkie, 1815 - 320 pages |
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... Cipher , which of itself stands for nothing ; but being annexed to the right - hand of a Digit , alters its value ; thus , 40 signifies forty , and 400 stands for four hundred , & c . ( See the following Table . ) Integers , or whole ...
... Cipher , which of itself stands for nothing ; but being annexed to the right - hand of a Digit , alters its value ; thus , 40 signifies forty , and 400 stands for four hundred , & c . ( See the following Table . ) Integers , or whole ...
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... Ciphers at the right - hand of either , or both the Multiplier and the Multiplicand . RULE . Proceed as before , neglecting the Ciphers until the parti- cular Products are added together , and to that Sum place the Number of Ciphers ...
... Ciphers at the right - hand of either , or both the Multiplier and the Multiplicand . RULE . Proceed as before , neglecting the Ciphers until the parti- cular Products are added together , and to that Sum place the Number of Ciphers ...
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... Ciphers of the Multiplier to the right - hand of the Multiplicand , and the work is done . Case 5. When the Multiplier is such a Number that any two Figures in the Table , being multiplied together , will produce it . RULE . Multiply ...
... Ciphers of the Multiplier to the right - hand of the Multiplicand , and the work is done . Case 5. When the Multiplier is such a Number that any two Figures in the Table , being multiplied together , will produce it . RULE . Multiply ...
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... Ciphers on the right - hand . RULE . Strike them off , and so many of the last Figures in the Di- vidend : divide by those Figures of the Divisor that are left when the Ciphers are omitted . But when the Division is ended , those ...
... Ciphers on the right - hand . RULE . Strike them off , and so many of the last Figures in the Di- vidend : divide by those Figures of the Divisor that are left when the Ciphers are omitted . But when the Division is ended , those ...
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... Ciphers so omitted in the Divisor , and the Figures cut off in the Dividend , are both to be restored to their own places . ( 22 ) 2800 ) 11928248 ( EXAMPLES . ( 23 ) 172000 ) 247004674 ( Note - When the Dividend has the same Number of ...
... Ciphers so omitted in the Divisor , and the Figures cut off in the Dividend , are both to be restored to their own places . ( 22 ) 2800 ) 11928248 ( EXAMPLES . ( 23 ) 172000 ) 247004674 ( Note - When the Dividend has the same Number of ...
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a-year acres amount annuity annum arithmetical progression avoirdupois Bought breadth Bushels ciphers circumference common difference compound compound interest contained Copecs cost crown cube root decimal demand denominator diameter ditto Divide dividend divisor dwts equal EXAMPLES exchange Exercise at leisure Farthings feet figure Flemish frustum gain gallons give given number given quantity guilders guineas half half-yearly hhds hundred improper fraction inches Integer length London measure miles moidore months Multiplicand Multiply number of days number of terms ounces paid payable payment pence person piece Pints pounds pounds sterling present worth principal proceed proportion put to interest quarters QUESTIONS for Exercise quotient rate per cent ready money Reduce remainder rent repetend RULE shillings side sold solid square root sterling subtract Suppose Table tare THEOREM VULGAR FRACTIONS weight whole number wine yards yearly
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