Elements of arithmetic for the use of schools

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Longman, 1854 - 215 páginas
 

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Página 143 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30j square yards = 1 square rod (sq.
Página 47 - Multiply the last remainder by the preceding divisor, or last but one, and to the product add the preceding remainder ; multiply this sum by the next preceding divisor, and to the product add the next preceding remainder ; and so on, till you have gone backward through all the divisors and remainders to the first.
Página 107 - If the number of figures in the quotient is less than the excess of decimal places in the dividend over those of the divisor, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers to the quotient.
Página 195 - To express that the ratio of A to B is equal to the ratio of C to D, we write the quantities thus : A : B : : C : D; and read, A is to B as C to D.
Página 87 - Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator.
Página 44 - III. Multiply the divisor by this quotient figure, subtract the product from the partial dividend, and to the remainder annex the next figure of the dividend.
Página 197 - D, the ratio compounded of the ratio of A to B, and of the ratio of B to C, and of the ratio of C to D ; or, the ratio of A to D is said to be compounded of the ratios of A to B, B to C, and C to D. And if...
Página 203 - 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.
Página 70 - Multiply the integral part of the mixed number by the denominator of the fractional part ; to the product add the numerator of the fractional part ; the sum will be the numerator of the improper fraction ; under which place the denominator of the fractional part.
Página 143 - Troy Weight. 24 grains (gr.) — 1 pennyweight (dwt). 20 pennyweights — 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces — 1 pound (Ib.).

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