The National Arithmetic on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods Forming a Complete Course of Higher ArithmeticRobert S. Davis & Company, 1858 - 444 páginas |
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12 per cent acres amount annexed annuity Arithmetic Avoirdupois barrels bill bought bushels carats cask ciphers circumference column common denominator common fraction composite number compound interest compound numbers contain continued fraction cost cube root cubic feet diameter difference discount dividend division dollars duodecimal equal exactly divide EXAMPLES expressed decimally feet long figure gain gallons given number grains greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred improper fraction inches last term least common multiple length longitude measure miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number denoting number of days number of terms obtain paid payable payment pounds premium present worth prime factors prime number principal quantity quotient rate per cent ratio received Reduce remainder repetend Required the number rods RULE SECOND OPERATION shillings side simple numbers sold square root subtract subtrahend tens third thousand tons weight whole number wine write yards
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Página 160 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Página 36 - The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which we divide.
Página 36 - When the dividend does not contain the divisor an exact number of times, the excess is called a remainder, and may be regarded as a fourth term in the division.
Página 268 - But if any payments be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on the principal sum due on the obligation, for one year, add- it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid, from the time it was paid up to the end of the year; add it to the sum paid, and deduct that sum from the principal and interest, added as above...
Página 165 - Multiplying the numerator or dividing the denominator of a fraction by any number, multiplies the fraction by that number. (2) Dividing the numerator or multiplying the denominator of a fraction by any number divides the fraction by that number.
Página 200 - When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers.
Página 10 - Arabic notation, so called from its having been made known through the Arabs, employs in expressing numbers ten characters or figures, viz. : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, cipher. The first nine are...
Página 372 - 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.
Página 94 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Página 347 - Sixty days after sight of this, my first Bill of Exchange, (second and third of the same date and tenor unpaid,) pay to Langdon Shannon, or order, one hundred pounds sterling, value received, with or without further advice.