A treatise on arithmetic. [With] Key, Volum 11880 |
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Side viii
... length of time . Of the examples and exercises , some are proposed in purely abstract terms , being intended merely to afford practice to the learner in the rules and modes of calcu- lation . In addition to these , there are given , in ...
... length of time . Of the examples and exercises , some are proposed in purely abstract terms , being intended merely to afford practice to the learner in the rules and modes of calcu- lation . In addition to these , there are given , in ...
Side ix
... length . Such is barter - an application of the rule of proportion , which is of scarcely any use as a part of mercantile arithmetic . Neither has the method of calculating annuities at simple interest been introduced ; as it is unjust ...
... length . Such is barter - an application of the rule of proportion , which is of scarcely any use as a part of mercantile arithmetic . Neither has the method of calculating annuities at simple interest been introduced ; as it is unjust ...
Side 4
... length , a particular quantity of the thing to be dealt with is in some way specified , and is called a UNIT of that thing ; and to that unit some name , or denomination , is usually given . Thus a pound sterling is a unit of money , an ...
... length , a particular quantity of the thing to be dealt with is in some way specified , and is called a UNIT of that thing ; and to that unit some name , or denomination , is usually given . Thus a pound sterling is a unit of money , an ...
Side 5
... length of the object to be 7 inches and 3 eighths of an inch , we have got the length specified numerically through means of a known unit of length , the inch . We may , however , regard the result in several different ways . One way is ...
... length of the object to be 7 inches and 3 eighths of an inch , we have got the length specified numerically through means of a known unit of length , the inch . We may , however , regard the result in several different ways . One way is ...
Side 6
... length as being 65 , or of the number of gallons required to fill a cistern as being 5 , and in speaking often of fractional numerical expressions as being numbers . In fact , with the existing language available to us , we cannot avoid ...
... length as being 65 , or of the number of gallons required to fill a cistern as being 5 , and in speaking often of fractional numerical expressions as being numbers . In fact , with the existing language available to us , we cannot avoid ...
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Side 54 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes = 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month...
Side 316 - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another.
Side 42 - An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator ; as, $, -f . A mixed number is a whole number and a fraction expressed together; as, 4f, 25-ht.
Side 135 - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number, Divide the numerator by the denominator. The quotient will be the whole number, and the remainder, if there be any...
Side 14 - This is no denial of the mathematical proposition that the whole is equal to the sum of all its parts...
Side 136 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator.
Side 319 - To find the area of a triangle. Multiply the base by the perpendicular height, and...
Side 312 - ... the ratio of the mass of a given volume of the substance to the mass of an equal volume of water, in which case it is equal to the specific gravity. In its application to gases, the term