Common School Arithmetic: Combining the Elements of the Science with Their Practical Applications to BusinessHarper & Brothers, 1876 - 348 páginas |
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abstract number acres amount annex barrels based the Rule bought bushels cents compound interest compound numbers computed concrete number contained cords cost cube cubic feet decimal ciphers decimal figures decimal point difference discount divided dividend and divisor Division dollars dry measure equal EXPLANATION.-Since farmer fractional units gallons given numbers greatest common divisor Hence higher denomination hundred hundredths improper fraction integers least common multiple Manual measure miles mills minuend months multiplicand multiply number of terms obtain orders of units ounces paid partial dividend payment pounds prime factors principal PROBLEMS quarts quires quotient ratio Read Reduce remainder result right-hand figure sandths SECOND SOLUTION sell simple interest sold square miles subtract subtrahend tens tenths thousand thousandths tons Troy weight weight wheat wide write yards yearly interests
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Página 162 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor of 36 and 54, since it is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder.
Página 335 - ANNUALLY, the annual interests that remain unpaid shall be subject to simple interest, from the time they become due to the time of final settlement...
Página 64 - Multiply the divisor by this quotient figure, subtract the product from the partial dividend used, and to the remainder bring down the next figure of the dividend.
Página 307 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend. 5. Double the whole root already found for a new divisor, and continue the operation as before, until all the periods are brought down. NOTE.
Página 315 - Rule. — Multiply the last term by the ratio, from the product subtract the first term, and divide the remainder by the ratio less one.
Página 321 - Pythagoras' theorem states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides.
Página 100 - ... full. How much did it contain ? 18. If 5 tons of coal are equal to 9 cords of wood for fuel, how much will a family burning 31.5 cords of wood in a year save, by changing from wood to coal, when wood is worth $4.25 per cord and coal $6.80 per ton ?
Página 65 - Then divide the remaining figures of the dividend by the remaining figures of the divisor.
Página 180 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value.
Página 60 - Cut off as many figures from the right hand of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor. The remaining figures of the dividend will be the quotient, and those cut off the remainder.