Arithmetic on the Productive System: Accompanied by a Key and Cubical Blocks |
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12 cents 50 cents acres amount angles annexing apiece barrels of flour bought breadth bushels called cent pieces ciphers circumference composite number compound interest compound numbers contain cube root cubic decimal diameter discount Divide dividend Division dollars equal example factors farthings Federal money feet long Find the sum fraction frustrum gain gallons given number greater greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred hundredths improper fraction inches indorsed least common multiple length merchant miles million mills minuend mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply ounces payment pence pounds present worth proportion purchase quantity quarts quotient rate per cent ratio received Reduce remainder Repeat the Table rule for finding sells shillings sides sold solid feet square rods square root subtract subtrahend Suppose third term thousand TROY WEIGHT units vulgar fraction weight whole number yards of cloth
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Page 244 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
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Page 118 - Mnltiple of two or more numbers is the least number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus 30 is the least common multiple of 10 and 15.
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Page 123 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
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Page 45 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another number. The PRODUCT is the result of the multiplication.
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