| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1842 - 320 pages
...the means is 21,600, which, being divided by one of the extremes, gives a quotient of 720. That is, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first ; the quotient will be the fourth term or answer. A. $720. 14. If 20 pounds of butter cost 85twhat... | |
| Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1843 - 254 pages
...name or kind with the answer. tion, and reduce the middle term to the lowest name mentioned in it. 3. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination you left the middle term in ; which may... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1843 - 320 pages
...the means is 21,600, which, being divided by one of the extremes, gives a quotient of 720. That is, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first; the quotient will be the fourth term or answer. A. $720. 14. If 20 pounds of butter cost 65, what will... | |
| W. H. Crank - Arithmetic - 1843 - 338 pages
...the third to the lowest term named in it ; then having cancelled (if the question will admit of it) multiply the second and third terms together and divide the product by the first ; the quotient will be of the same denomination as that in which the third term was left. Ex.— If... | |
| Charles WATERHOUSE - Arithmetic - 1844 - 228 pages
...term, write the less of the two remaining numbers for the second term, and the other for the first Multiply the second and third terms together, and...the first term, and the quotient will be the answer. If the first and second terras be compound numbers, reduce those terms to the lowest denomination contained... | |
| Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1844 - 222 pages
...than the third, make the less of the two remaining terms the second term, and the greater the first. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. If there are different denominations in the first... | |
| William Lane (of Worthing.) - 1845 - 138 pages
...proportion, if necessary, to the same name, and reduce the third term to the lowest denomination it contains. Then multiply the second and third terms together,...the first term, and the quotient will be the answer to the question, in the same denomination that the third term was reduced to ; which must be brought... | |
| Arithmetic - 1845 - 210 pages
...are; and ii the third term consist of several denominations, reduce it to its lowest denomination; then, Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term : the quotient will be the answer. Note. — The product of the second and third terms is of the same... | |
| Arithmetic - 1845 - 196 pages
...VULGAR FRACTIONS. RULE. Prepare the given terms, if necessary, and state (hem as in whole numbers ; multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first Or, Invert the dividing term, and multiply the three terms together, as in Multiplication. EXAMPLES.... | |
| William Watson (of Beverley.) - 1845 - 188 pages
...Bring the first and third into one name, and the second into the lowest name mentioned in it. 3. — Multiply the second and third terms together and divide the product by the first, the quotient will be the answer to the question in the same name the second term was brought into.... | |
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