A Course of Mathematics: For the Use of Academies as Well as Private Tuition : in Two Volumes, Volume 1W.E. Dean, 1831 - Mathematics |
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... quotient on the right , each separated by a curve line ; as , to divide 12 by 4 , the quotient is 3 , Dividend 12 Divisor 4 ) ( 3 Quotient ; showing that the number 4 is 3 times contained in 12 , or may be . 3 times subtracted out of it ...
... quotient on the right , each separated by a curve line ; as , to divide 12 by 4 , the quotient is 3 , Dividend 12 Divisor 4 ) ( 3 Quotient ; showing that the number 4 is 3 times contained in 12 , or may be . 3 times subtracted out of it ...
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... quotient for every figure so brought down more than one . TO PROVE DIVISION . * MULTIPLY the quotient by the divisor ; to this product add the remainder , if there be any ; then the sum will be . equal to the dividend , when the work is ...
... quotient for every figure so brought down more than one . TO PROVE DIVISION . * MULTIPLY the quotient by the divisor ; to this product add the remainder , if there be any ; then the sum will be . equal to the dividend , when the work is ...
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... quotient figures as before , and , without setting down the product , subtract each figure of it from the dividend , as it is produced ; always remembering to carry as many to the next figure as were borrowed before . EXAMPLES . 1 ...
... quotient figures as before , and , without setting down the product , subtract each figure of it from the dividend , as it is produced ; always remembering to carry as many to the next figure as were borrowed before . EXAMPLES . 1 ...
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... quotient . Divide the quotient by as many of this denomination as make 1 of the next higher ; setting down the new quotient , and remainder , as before . Proceed in the same manner through all the denomina- tions to the highest ; and the ...
... quotient . Divide the quotient by as many of this denomination as make 1 of the next higher ; setting down the new quotient , and remainder , as before . Proceed in the same manner through all the denomina- tions to the highest ; and the ...
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... quotient in its proper place . - If there be any remainder after this division , reduce it to the next lower denomination , which add to the number , if any , belonging to that denomination , and divide the sum by the divisor . - Set ...
... quotient in its proper place . - If there be any remainder after this division , reduce it to the next lower denomination , which add to the number , if any , belonging to that denomination , and divide the sum by the divisor . - Set ...
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Page 4 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...
Page 311 - THE angle formed by a tangent to a circle, and a chord drawn from the point of contact, is equal to the angle in the alternate segment.
Page 248 - It is required to divide the number 24 into two such parts, that their product may be equal to 35 times their difference. Ans. 10 and 14.
Page 378 - The Circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called Degrees ; and each degree into 60 Minutes, each minute into 60 Seconds, and so on. Hence a semicircle contains 180 degrees, and a quadrant 90 degrees. 58. The Measure of an angle is an arc of any circle contained between the two lines which form that angle, the angular point being the centre ; and it is estimated by the number of degrees contained in that arc.
Page 292 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 39 - Multiply the number in the lowest denomination by the multiplier, and find how many units of the next higher denomination are contained in the product, setting down what remains.
Page 281 - If equals be taken from equals the remainders are equal. 4. If equals be added to unequals the wholes are unequal. 5. If equals be taken from unequals the remainders are unequal. 6. Things which are double of the same are equal to one another.
Page 11 - Subtract the subtrahend from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend, with which proceed as before ; and so on, till the whole is finished.
Page 318 - Three quantities are said to be proportional, when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the second to the third.
Page 122 - Is when the several shares of stock are continued in trade an equal term of time. RULE. As the whole stock is to the whole gain or loss : so is each man's particular stock, to his particular share of the gain or loss.