Written ArithmeticBrewer & Tileston, 1876 |
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... given to the examples , so far as is necessary to assure the pupil that he understands the principles ; but every important priv.- ciple is likewise tested by examples having no answers in the book . The answers not contained in the ...
... given to the examples , so far as is necessary to assure the pupil that he understands the principles ; but every important priv.- ciple is likewise tested by examples having no answers in the book . The answers not contained in the ...
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... given Partial Payments , Annual Interest , · 187 194 Per Cent . , . To find what Per Cent . one Number ...... . 174 Compound Interest ,. Problems in Interest , Present Worth and Discount , 195 . 199 ⚫ 202 is of another , Profit and ...
... given Partial Payments , Annual Interest , · 187 194 Per Cent . , . To find what Per Cent . one Number ...... . 174 Compound Interest ,. Problems in Interest , Present Worth and Discount , 195 . 199 ⚫ 202 is of another , Profit and ...
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... given numbers of the same kind . The number thus obtained is called the sum , or amount . An upright cross , + , read plus , is the sign of addition , and , placed between two numbers , signifies that the one is to be added to the other ...
... given numbers of the same kind . The number thus obtained is called the sum , or amount . An upright cross , + , read plus , is the sign of addition , and , placed between two numbers , signifies that the one is to be added to the other ...
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... given , and 20 officers and 955 men from other States . Required the whole number of enlisted men in her regiments ; of commissioned officers ; of both . 39. Massachusetts arished army shoes , 16649 + 4480 + 713932282022 + 2336 + 2220 + ...
... given , and 20 officers and 955 men from other States . Required the whole number of enlisted men in her regiments ; of commissioned officers ; of both . 39. Massachusetts arished army shoes , 16649 + 4480 + 713932282022 + 2336 + 2220 + ...
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... given , how can you find the hend and difference are given , how can you find the minuend ? and define the terms used . Take 3684 from 7000068 , and When the minuend and differ- subtrahend ? When the subtra- 9. What is MULTIPLICATION ...
... given , how can you find the hend and difference are given , how can you find the minuend ? and define the terms used . Take 3684 from 7000068 , and When the minuend and differ- subtrahend ? When the subtra- 9. What is MULTIPLICATION ...
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Page 117 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 268 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. III. Double the root already found for a divisor ; seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 68 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 289 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called a circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 306 - The sum of all the terms. Any three of which being given, the other two may be found.
Page 114 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as AEFGBD.
Page 278 - 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.
Page 306 - ... found. This gives rise to twenty distinct cases, a few of the more important of which will be here presented. NOTE I. — For the remaining cases, also for full discussions of Geometrical Progression and Annuities, the student is referred to works on Algebra.
Page 10 - L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand.
Page 248 - The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes and 4 and 6 are the means.