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... place two ciphers between the point and the numerator . The rule , therefore , stated fully is this : To reduce a decimal fraction to a whole number and more simple decimals , or to more simple decimals alone if it does not contain a ...
... place two ciphers between the point and the numerator . The rule , therefore , stated fully is this : To reduce a decimal fraction to a whole number and more simple decimals , or to more simple decimals alone if it does not contain a ...
Page 73
... decimal point serve the same purpose as the ciphers in ( 10 ) . They are not counted as any thing themselves , but ... places with four significant figures , 346 is a decimal of three places with three significant figures , & c . 137 ...
... decimal point serve the same purpose as the ciphers in ( 10 ) . They are not counted as any thing themselves , but ... places with four significant figures , 346 is a decimal of three places with three significant figures , & c . 137 ...
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... decimal point may fall under that of the greater , thus : 137.321 91 07324 46.24776 Subtract the lower from the upper line , and wherever there is a figure in one line and not in the other , proceed ... decimal places DECIMAL FRACTIONS . 75.
... decimal point may fall under that of the greater , thus : 137.321 91 07324 46.24776 Subtract the lower from the upper line , and wherever there is a figure in one line and not in the other , proceed ... decimal places DECIMAL FRACTIONS . 75.
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Augustus De Morgan. many figures in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplier and multiplicand together ? To see what must be done in this case , multiply 172 by 101 , or by The product of these two is 17372 1000000 172 ...
Augustus De Morgan. many figures in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplier and multiplicand together ? To see what must be done in this case , multiply 172 by 101 , or by The product of these two is 17372 1000000 172 ...
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... decimal fraction . It was there shewn that is the same fraction as 4375 7 . 16 3 . 10000 As another example ... places enough . 146. From what was shewn in ( 129 ) it appears that it is not every fraction which can be reduced to a decimal ...
... decimal fraction . It was there shewn that is the same fraction as 4375 7 . 16 3 . 10000 As another example ... places enough . 146. From what was shewn in ( 129 ) it appears that it is not every fraction which can be reduced to a decimal ...
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Page 17 - the following rule for the multiplication of algebraic quantities: Multiply each term of the multiplicand by each term of the multiplier; when the two terms
Page 42 - Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction; and to the product add the numerator of the fraction, the sum
Page 89 - That is, the sum of the first and second is to the second, as the sum of the third and fourth is to the fourth.
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Page 60 - by moving the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the
Page 147 - Had there been a gain, A would have gained 4 times as much as B, and C as much as A and B together. How much of the loss must each bear?
Page vii - When the principle has been thus discussed, let the rule be distinctly stated by the master or some of the more intelligent of the pupils, and let some very simple example be worked at length. The pupils may then be dismissed, to try the more complicated exercises with which the work will furnish them, or any others which may be proposed.
Page 27 - as many figures* from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers at the right of the divisor.
Page 3 - a number from the first, if you subtract the same number from the second. Conceive two baskets with pebbles in them, in the first of which are 100 pebbles more than in the second. If I put 50 more pebbles into each of them, there are still only
Page 7 - 1317 miles. How far is it from A to B, from B to c, and from c to D