A Treatise of Arithmetic: Designed for the Use of the Elementary Schools; Followed by the Principles for Measuring the Surface, and the Solidity of the BodiesLovell & Gibson, 1843 - 129 oldal |
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acres annex arithmetical progression avoirdupois bought bushels carats casks ciphers circumference common difference contains cube decimal diameter discount Divide dividend divisor drams Dry Measure equal farthings feet find the value fraction frustum gain or loss gallons given number gonal greater guineas per cent hundred improper fraction integers interest least common multiple length loaf weighs lower name miles mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE NUMBER consists number of articles number of terms oats obtain the superficies ounces paid pounds quantity quotient Reduce remainder Required the area rhombus right-hand figure roods root RULE second place shillings side slant height sold solid content square pyramid subtract sugar superficial content tare tons trapezium triangle troy Troy Weight tuns weight wheat whole number write yards cost yards of cloth
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10. oldal - 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.
5. oldal - A COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more numbers is any number that contains each of them an exact number of times, and the least number that will do...
27. oldal - To divide by 10, 100, 1000, &c. Cut off- as many figures from the right hand of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor.
94. oldal - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number, — RULE : Divide the numerator by the denominator ; the quotient will be the whole or mixed number.
27. oldal - III. Multiply the divisor by this quotient figure, subtract the product from the partial dividend, and to the remainder annex the next figure of the dividend.
94. oldal - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
10. oldal - THE CIRCLE. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute. 60 Minutes = 1 Degree. 30 Degrees = 1 Sign. 90 Degrees = 1 Quadrant. 360 Degrees, or 12 Signs = 1 Circumference. Formerly the subdivisions were carried on by sixties ; thus, the second was divided into 60 thirds, the third into 60 fourths, &c.
112. oldal - Subtract the square of this figure from the left-hand period, and to the remainder annex the next period for a dividend.
101. oldal - Wherefore, to reduce shillings, pence and farthings to the decimal...
94. oldal - The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, and 24.