Illustrated Table-book, Or, Juvenile Arithmetic

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Clark & Maynard, 1879 - Arithmetic
 

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Page 127 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 82 - When the multiplier is 10, 100, 1000, or 1 with any number of ciphers annexed, annex as many ciphers to the multiplicand as there are ciphers in the multiplier, and the multiplicand, so increased, will be the product required.
Page 94 - Division is finding how many times one number is contained in another. 2. What is the number to be divided called?
Page 47 - L, fifty; C, one hundred; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand.
Page 99 - PROOF. Multiply the divisor and quotient together, and to the product add the remainder, if any; if the result be equal to the dividend, the work is correct.
Page 47 - ... four hundred five hundred six hundred seven hundred eight hundred...
Page 124 - A Cord of wood is a pile 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 4 ft. high ; for 8 x 4 x 4 = 128.
Page 102 - If the product of the divisor multiplied by the quotient figure is greater than the partial dividend, the quotient figure is too large, and must be diminished.
Page 102 - Find how many times the divisor is contained in as many figures of the dividend, as are necessary, and write the number in the quotient. Multiply the divisor by the quotient figure, and set the product under that part of the dividend used.

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