Adams's New Arithmetic: Arithmetic, in which the Principles of Operating by Numbers are Analytically Explained and Synthetically Applied : for the Use of Schools and Academies in the United StatesJ. & J. W. Prentiss, 1840 - 264 páginas |
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... evident that the whole number of trees will be equal to the amount of five 27's added together . In adding , we find that 7 taken five times amounts to 35. We write down the five units , and reserve the 3 tens ; the amount of 2 taken ...
... evident that the whole number of trees will be equal to the amount of five 27's added together . In adding , we find that 7 taken five times amounts to 35. We write down the five units , and reserve the 3 tens ; the amount of 2 taken ...
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... evident how many times 4 is con- tained in so large a number as 856. This difficulty will be readily overcome , if we decompose this number , thus : 856800 + 40 + 16 . Beginning with the hundreds , we readily perceive that 4 is ...
... evident how many times 4 is con- tained in so large a number as 856. This difficulty will be readily overcome , if we decompose this number , thus : 856800 + 40 + 16 . Beginning with the hundreds , we readily perceive that 4 is ...
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... evident that the computation cannot be readily carried on in the mind , as in the foregoing examples . Wherefore , it is more convenient to write down the computation at length in the following manner : OPERATION . A Divisor . Dividend ...
... evident that the computation cannot be readily carried on in the mind , as in the foregoing examples . Wherefore , it is more convenient to write down the computation at length in the following manner : OPERATION . A Divisor . Dividend ...
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... evident , also , that if 2 figures had been cut off from the right , all the remaining figures would have been so ma- ny hundreds ; if 3 figures , so many thousands , & c . Hence we derive this general RULE for dividing by 10 , 100 ...
... evident , also , that if 2 figures had been cut off from the right , all the remaining figures would have been so ma- ny hundreds ; if 3 figures , so many thousands , & c . Hence we derive this general RULE for dividing by 10 , 100 ...
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... evident , that , if our divisor had been 400 , we should have cut off 2 figures , and have divided in the same manner ; if 4000 , 3 figures , & c . Hence this gene- ral RULE : When there are ciphers at the right hand of the di- visor ...
... evident , that , if our divisor had been 400 , we should have cut off 2 figures , and have divided in the same manner ; if 4000 , 3 figures , & c . Hence this gene- ral RULE : When there are ciphers at the right hand of the di- visor ...
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12 dollars acres amount annexed annuity answer apples Arithmetic arithmetical series avoirdupois bought bushels ciphers compound interest compound numbers contained cows cube root cubic currency decimal fractions denominator diameter divided dividend division divisor dollars equal EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE factors farthings federal money foot foregoing examples gain gallons given number greatest common divisor Hence hogshead horse hundred hundredths improper fraction inches least common multiple left hand length less number measure miles millions mills minuend minutes mixed number months multiplicand multiply Note number of terms OPERATION oranges paid pence pints pounds present worth proportion pupil quantity quarts quotient quotient figure ratio receive Reduce remainder right hand figure rule shillings side simple numbers sold solid feet square root subtraction tens are called thousand thousandths vulgar fractions weight whole number write yards of cloth
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Página 236 - A and B have the same income ; A saves ^ of his ; but B, by spending $ 30 per annum more than A, at the end • of 8 years finds himself $ 40 in debt ; what is their income, and what does each spend per annum ? • Ans.
Página 71 - The first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, are used to...
Página 102 - Multiply together the numerators for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
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Página 17 - Multiplication, in which the number to be repeated is called the multiplicand, and the number which shows how many times the multiplicand is to be repeated is called the multiplier. The multiplicand and multiplier, when spoken of collectively, are called the factors, (producers,) and the answer is called the product.
Página 95 - Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain.
Página 209 - 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.
Página 236 - A man was hired 50 days on these conditions. — that, for every day he worked, he should receive $ '75, and, for every day he was idle, he should forfeit $ '25 ; at the expiration of the time, he received $ 27'50 ; how many days did he work...
Página 226 - ... years, and work as before, and so for any other part of a year. ** QUESTIONS. 1. What is a geometrical progression, or series ? 2. What is the ratio ? 3. When the first term, the ratio, and the number of terms, are given, how do you find the last term 1 4.
Página 248 - EF or his certain attorney, his executors, administrators or assigns, to which payment, well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents ; Sealed with my seal.