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annexed calculation common denominator compound number cube root cubic decimal figures decimal fraction decimal point decimal system decomposed difference divisor equal example expressing the number figure expressing follows greater greatest common measure higher denomination hundred hundredths improper fractions last figure least common multiple less lower denomination lowest terms manner minuend mixed number multi multiplicand number expressed number is divisible number of decimal obtained partial dividend partial products period pound prime factors prime number principal unit proper fraction proposed numbers quotient figure ratio reduced relative values repetitions required to divide result second figure significant figures simple units square number square root subtract subtrahend tens third figure thousand thousandths tion troy troy weight unity vertical column vulgar fraction weight or measure Whence whole number written yard zeros
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 87 - Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 143 - Troy Weight. 24 grains (gr.) — 1 pennyweight (dwt). 20 pennyweights — 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces — 1 pound (Ib.).