Written ArithmeticBrewer & Tileston, 1876 |
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... third order , and is represented by 1 in the third or hundreds ' place , ( 100. ) ; two hundreds are represented by 2 in the hundreds ' place , ( 200. ) ; three hundreds by 3 in the hundreds ' place , ( 300. ) ; etc. A collection of ten ...
... third order , and is represented by 1 in the third or hundreds ' place , ( 100. ) ; two hundreds are represented by 2 in the hundreds ' place , ( 200. ) ; three hundreds by 3 in the hundreds ' place , ( 300. ) ; etc. A collection of ten ...
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... third ? How many units make one ten ? How many tens make one hundred ? How many hundreds make one thousand ? How many units make one hundred ? How many units make one thousand ? How many tens make one thousand ? What are units of the ...
... third ? How many units make one ten ? How many tens make one hundred ? How many hundreds make one thousand ? How many units make one hundred ? How many units make one thousand ? How many tens make one thousand ? What are units of the ...
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... third place , two hundreds . 23. Since , by this method of writing numbers , the value represented by a significant figure increases as that figure is re- moved towards the left , and decreases as it is removed towards the right , by a ...
... third place , two hundreds . 23. Since , by this method of writing numbers , the value represented by a significant figure increases as that figure is re- moved towards the left , and decreases as it is removed towards the right , by a ...
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... third place of the fourth period ? In the first place of the fifth period ? In the third place of the sixth period ? In the second place of the seventh period ? In the third place of the third period ? In the first place of the seventh ...
... third place of the fourth period ? In the first place of the fifth period ? In the third place of the sixth period ? In the second place of the seventh period ? In the third place of the third period ? In the first place of the seventh ...
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... third . In the other examples , in their order . Read from the Table ( Art . 21 ) , the number represented by the first six figures from the decimal point ; the first eight ; the first ten ; nine ; twelve ; fifteen ; seventeen ; twenty ...
... third . In the other examples , in their order . Read from the Table ( Art . 21 ) , the number represented by the first six figures from the decimal point ; the first eight ; the first ten ; nine ; twelve ; fifteen ; seventeen ; twenty ...
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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.