The Youth's Assistant in Theoretic and Practical Arithmetic: Designed for the Use of Schools in the United States |
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... proportion are fully developed and the method of applying them to the solution of questions clearly shown . The written arithmetic of fractions being , to young pupils , some- what difficult to be understood , is deferred till they are ...
... proportion are fully developed and the method of applying them to the solution of questions clearly shown . The written arithmetic of fractions being , to young pupils , some- what difficult to be understood , is deferred till they are ...
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... PROPORTION Single Rule of Three Double Rule of Three Fellowship Alligation Assessment of Taxes SECT . VII . - FRACTIONS Definitions +64 74 Pendulums Mechanical Powers 78 SECT . IV . - MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS 81 SECT . V. - PRACTICAL ...
... PROPORTION Single Rule of Three Double Rule of Three Fellowship Alligation Assessment of Taxes SECT . VII . - FRACTIONS Definitions +64 74 Pendulums Mechanical Powers 78 SECT . IV . - MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS 81 SECT . V. - PRACTICAL ...
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... 46 hundredths , 8.46 feet . DEFINITIONS . 114. Numbers which diminish in value , from the place of units towards the right hand , in a ten fold proportion , ( as described in the preceding article , ) are called Decimals SECTION III .
... 46 hundredths , 8.46 feet . DEFINITIONS . 114. Numbers which diminish in value , from the place of units towards the right hand , in a ten fold proportion , ( as described in the preceding article , ) are called Decimals SECTION III .
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... proportion , as exhibited in table 1 , page 38. The dollar is considered the unit money , and all the lower deno- minations are regarded as decimal parts of a dollar . Thus the dime is 1 tenth , or 0.1 of a dollar , the cent 1 hundredth ...
... proportion , as exhibited in table 1 , page 38. The dollar is considered the unit money , and all the lower deno- minations are regarded as decimal parts of a dollar . Thus the dime is 1 tenth , or 0.1 of a dollar , the cent 1 hundredth ...
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... proportion to wine measure that avoirdupois does to troy weight . The dry measure was also made larger than the wine measure , and was at length established at about a mean between wine and beer measure . By wine measure are measured ...
... proportion to wine measure that avoirdupois does to troy weight . The dry measure was also made larger than the wine measure , and was at length established at about a mean between wine and beer measure . By wine measure are measured ...
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3qrs acc't acres Addition amount ANALYSIS answer Arithmetic bush bushels called cash in full ciphers circumference column common denominator common difference common multiple compound interest contains cost cube root cubic decimal denoted diameter divide dividend division dollars dolls DRY MEASURE equal evidently expressed factors Federal Money feet long foot gain gallon given number greatest common divisor Hence hundred hundredths inches last term least common multiple left hand leger lemons length measure merator method miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand multiply number of terms payment pence pound present worth principal proportion quantity quarts QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE quotient ratio Reduce remainder right hand rods RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply shillings side Simon Pond simple square root subtract subtrahend supposed tens tenths tion Troy weight units velocity vulgar fraction weight whole number write
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Page 2 - 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 82 - 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 62 - RULE. Divide the given amount by the amount of $1 for the given time and rate, and the quotient will be the principal required.
Page 73 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 18 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. The number which shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend is called the quotient.
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Page 167 - I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises ; that they are free of all incumbrances ; that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said...
Page 118 - RULE. 1. Multiply the number of terms, less 1, by the common difference, and to the product add the first term, the sum is the last term.
Page 42 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; and each degree into 60 minutes, each minute into 60 seconds, and so on.
Page 115 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.