 | Thomas Holliday - 1838 - 404 páginas
...3.—By arithmetical computation. Having stated the question according to the proper rule or case, multiply the second and third terms together and divide the product by the first, and the quotient will be the fourth term required for the natural number. But in working by logarithms,... | |
 | Thomas Kerigan - 1838 - 804 páginas
...— Then, Multiply the second and third terms together ; divide the product by the first term, and the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the second number; — observing, however, to point off the decimal places ; the value of which is to be... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - 1839 - 300 páginas
...than the fourth, make the less of the two remaining terms the Jirst term, and the greater the second: then multiply the second and third terms together,...product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth. term, or answer. 1. If I buy 871 yards of cotton cloth for 78 dollars 39 cents, what is the... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1839 - 220 páginas
...place the least of the two remaining numbers for the second term, and the greater for the first term ; then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term, and the quotient will be the answer in the same name of the third term. EXAMPLES. 1. If 6 yards cost... | |
 | Joseph Stockton - 1839 - 218 páginas
...the first, but if less place the greater for the first term, and the remaining one for the second. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first ; the quotient will be the answer required. EXAMPLES. 1. If 30 horses plow 12 acres, how many will... | |
 | Jason M. Mahan - 1839 - 312 páginas
...denomination, reduce both to the lowest in either, and the third to its lowest denomination mentioned. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first : the quotient will be the answer to the question, in the same denomination you left the third term... | |
 | William Ruger - 1841 - 268 páginas
...Prepare the given terms, as in Multiplication, and state the question the same as in whole numbers ; then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first : Or, invert the first term, and multiply the three together, as in Multiplication ; the last product... | |
 | 1841 - 200 páginas
...the same denomination; and reduce the middle number, or term, into the lowest denomination mentioned; then (') multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first; the quotient will be (") the answer, or fourth term sought; and always will be (1') of the same denomination... | |
 | John M'Nevin - 1841 - 300 páginas
...the third, (or antecedent) to the fourth, (or its consequent.) Q. How is the operation performed? A. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. Q,. What is the first antecedent called? A. An antecedent of the first relation. Q. What is the second... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1841 - 324 páginas
...the means is 21,600, which, being divided by one of the extremes, gives a quotient of 720. That is, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first ; the quotient will te the fourth term or answer. A. $720. 14. If 20 pounds of butter cost 85, what... | |
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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. 
