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... expressed in language concise and logically accurate , and in the form which the pupil should be required to use at recitation . A solution may be too concise to be readily understood , and it may also be too prolix , the idea being ...
... expressed in language concise and logically accurate , and in the form which the pupil should be required to use at recitation . A solution may be too concise to be readily understood , and it may also be too prolix , the idea being ...
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... expressed by characters . It is the oral expression of numbers . 16. Since it would require too many words to give each number a separate name , numbers are named according to the following simple principle : Principle . We name a few ...
... expressed by characters . It is the oral expression of numbers . 16. Since it would require too many words to give each number a separate name , numbers are named according to the following simple principle : Principle . We name a few ...
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... expressed according to the following principle : Principle . We employ characters to represent the first nine numbers , and then use these characters to number the groups , the group numbered being indicated by the position of the ...
... expressed according to the following principle : Principle . We employ characters to represent the first nine numbers , and then use these characters to number the groups , the group numbered being indicated by the position of the ...
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... expressed ; hence they are appropriately called the alpha bet of arithmetic . 28. Combination . - These figures are combined accord- ing to the following principle : 1. A figure standing alone , or in the first place at the right of ...
... expressed ; hence they are appropriately called the alpha bet of arithmetic . 28. Combination . - These figures are combined accord- ing to the following principle : 1. A figure standing alone , or in the first place at the right of ...
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... expression . Thus , 25 is a numerical expression which denotes the same as the common word twenty - five . 32. The ... expressed by figures . From the preceding explana- tions we have the following rule for numeration : Rule.-I. Begin ...
... expression . Thus , 25 is a numerical expression which denotes the same as the common word twenty - five . 32. The ... expressed by figures . From the preceding explana- tions we have the following rule for numeration : Rule.-I. Begin ...
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acres amount Arithmetic Avoirdupois bank barrels bill bought bushels called cents CHRISTOPHER SOWER ciphers common divisor common fraction common multiple composite number compound interest contains cost cows cube root cubic decimal denominator diameter discount Divide dividend divisible dollars draft EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE exchange feet find the rate Find the sum flour frustum gain gallons greatest common divisor hence hundred hundredths inches insured least common multiple longitude measure MENTAL EXERCISES meters method miles minuend minus months Multiply number equals number of terms omitted unless otherwise OPERATION paid par value payable payment Philadelphia pound premium principal quantity quotient ratio receive Reduce reichsmarks remainder rods Rule Rule.-I shares shillings sold SOLUTION SOLUTION.-If square subtract subtrahend SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMPLES tens thousandths units unless otherwise directed weight worth write yard
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Page 161 - 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 156 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 379 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 283 - Sixty days after sight of this FIRST of Exchange (Second and Third unpaid...
Page 314 - Divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts, and the quotient will be the average term of credit, estimated from the date selected.
Page 163 - Numbers. 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen = 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 units = 1 score. Paper. 24 sheets = 1 quire. 20 quires = 1 ream. 2 reams = 1 bundle. 5 bundles = 1 bale.
Page 155 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 281 - Congress assembled, that the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value ; and the values of the standard coins in circulation of the various nations of the .world shall be estimated annually by the Director of the Mint, and be proclaimed on the first day of January by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 293 - In any proportion, the product of the means equals the product of the extremes.
Page 142 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.