Arithmetic Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction: Being a Sequel to Intellectual Arithmetic |
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... principles of the science are unfolded , and its practical uses explained with great perspicuity and simplicity . 1 think your reasonings and illustrations are peculiarly happy and original . This , together with your " First Lessons ...
... principles of the science are unfolded , and its practical uses explained with great perspicuity and simplicity . 1 think your reasonings and illustrations are peculiarly happy and original . This , together with your " First Lessons ...
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... principles . The articles are numbered in the two , so as to correspond with each other . The two parts are to be ... principle is well understood , the rules which are printed in Italics should be committed to memory . At each ...
... principles . The articles are numbered in the two , so as to correspond with each other . The two parts are to be ... principle is well understood , the rules which are printed in Italics should be committed to memory . At each ...
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... principles which it involves . for him to perform it before his mind is prepared for it . been told , he is satisfied , and will not be willing to principle , and he will be no better prepared for another case of the same kind , than he ...
... principles which it involves . for him to perform it before his mind is prepared for it . been told , he is satisfied , and will not be willing to principle , and he will be no better prepared for another case of the same kind , than he ...
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... principles , it is necessary to have the variety of examples under each principle as great as possible . The usual method of arrangement , according to subjects , has been on this account entirely rejected , and the arrange- ment has ...
... principles , it is necessary to have the variety of examples under each principle as great as possible . The usual method of arrangement , according to subjects , has been on this account entirely rejected , and the arrange- ment has ...
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... principles sufficiently to compre- hend the nature of the rule of three , can do much better without it than with it , for when it is used , it obscures , rather than illustrates , the subject to which it is applied . The principle of ...
... principles sufficiently to compre- hend the nature of the rule of three , can do much better without it than with it , for when it is used , it obscures , rather than illustrates , the subject to which it is applied . The principle of ...
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acres added annexing answer Arithmetic B. A. GOULD barrels of cider barrels of flour Boston brandy bushels of corn called cents per lb cloth cost common denominator common divisor common fraction contained decimal places dividend division dollars a barrel dolls edition English equal expressed farthings figures gain gallon gals give them apiece Grammar greatest common divisor Greek hogshead hundred hundredths improper fraction inches wide interest JOHN FARRAR lars Latin least common least common multiple lowest terms manner merchant bought merchant sold miles mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply Natural Philosophy nine Note Operation Ovid pence performed pounds principles quarts question quotient reduced remainder rods rule schools shillings subtracted sugar tens tenths third thousand thousandths tion treatise units whole number worth write written yard cost yards of cloth zeros
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Page 200 - In the multiplication of decimal fractions, multiply as in whole numbers, and from the product point off so many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier counted together, and, if there are not so many figures in the product, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers.
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Page 82 - A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord; and a cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile.
Page 23 - ... miles a day ; how far apart will they be at the end of 6 days ? Ans.
Page 21 - If 8 men can do a piece of work in 7 days, how many days will it take one man to do it ? 9.
Page 227 - A gentleman left an estate of $13000 to his four sons, in such a manner, that the third was to have once and one half as much as the fourth, the second was to have as much as the third and fourth, and the first was to have as much as the other three. What was the share of each ? J38.
Page 26 - TABLE. 2 pints pt. make 1 quart, marked qt. 8 quarts - 1 peck, - pk. 4 pecks - 1 bushel, - bu.
Page 53 - The forward wheels of a waggon are 14^ feet in circumference, and the hind wheels 15 feet 9 inches, how many more times will the forward wheels turn round than the hind wheels, in running from Boston to New-York, it being 248 miles ?