Smith's Inductive Arithmetic and Federal Calculator on a New, Interesting and Instructive Plan ...D. Burgess & Company, 1855 |
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... pupil in our schools . " The illustrations , by cuts and notes , page 89-96 , are the groundwork of practical examples , not of abstract questions , but of such as are experienced in every - day life . Many of the tables are new , and ...
... pupil in our schools . " The illustrations , by cuts and notes , page 89-96 , are the groundwork of practical examples , not of abstract questions , but of such as are experienced in every - day life . Many of the tables are new , and ...
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... pupils can perform the exercise within the time , before they pass on to the next lesson . By noting the time , by the ... pupil will notice the bold - faced figures at the top of the table , which may properly be called coupling figures ...
... pupils can perform the exercise within the time , before they pass on to the next lesson . By noting the time , by the ... pupil will notice the bold - faced figures at the top of the table , which may properly be called coupling figures ...
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... pupils to originate their own method . ILLUSTRATION . A gentleman from Boston was lecturing before the Teachers Convention in the State of New York , during which he stated , " that in a class of boys whom he once had under his charge ...
... pupils to originate their own method . ILLUSTRATION . A gentleman from Boston was lecturing before the Teachers Convention in the State of New York , during which he stated , " that in a class of boys whom he once had under his charge ...
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... pupil name the value of one piece of Spanish coin , the next 2 pieces , and so on . cents ? cents ? cents ? cents ? cents ? 3 How many cents make one dollar ? 4. What aliquot part of a dollar is 75 5. What aliquot part of a dollar is 50 ...
... pupil name the value of one piece of Spanish coin , the next 2 pieces , and so on . cents ? cents ? cents ? cents ? cents ? 3 How many cents make one dollar ? 4. What aliquot part of a dollar is 75 5. What aliquot part of a dollar is 50 ...
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... pupil to dis- tinguish between larger and smaller numbers , by framing the questions in this manner . 1. What nation or people have the greatest number of dialects , and what is the number ? 2. What nation or people have the next ...
... pupil to dis- tinguish between larger and smaller numbers , by framing the questions in this manner . 1. What nation or people have the greatest number of dialects , and what is the number ? 2. What nation or people have the next ...
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12 cent 12 dollars 20 dollars 50 cents 61 cent pieces added aliquot amount answer apple average barrel of flour bird Boiled bought boys bushels called cents a day ciphers Cochin China coins cord corn cost coupling figures decimal denomination dimes divided dividend Division divisor dollar a bushel drams DRILL TABLE Dry Measure eagle eighths equal examples find the interest folded fraction gallons gave girls give half halves hogshead improper fraction inches interest and amt John lars leaves leaves leaves LESSON Measure MENTAL EXERCISES miles Minuend minutes mixed number months multiplicand multiply Name number of bones ounces pennyweights pints pounds public speaking pupil quarters quarts questions quotient remains repeat the table scholar shillings slate Smith's sold square rod subtract teacher thirds Troy Weight units week whole numbers William worth WRITTEN EXERCISES yards
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Page 115 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 121 - 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.
Page 67 - TABLE. 144 Square Inches (sq. in.) make 1 Square Foot sq. ft. 9 Square Feet " 1 Square Yard sq. yd. 30} Square Yards
Page 130 - RULE. — Write the less compound number under the greater, so that units of the same denomination shall stand in the same column. Subtract as in subtraction of simple numbers. If any number in the subtrahend is larger than that above it, add to the upper number as many units as make one of the next higher denomination before subtracting, and carry one to the next lower number before subtracting it.
Page 121 - An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator ; as, f , -J.