The Modern Preceptor Or a General Course of Education: Containing Introductory Treatises on Language, Arithmetic, Bookkeeping, Algebra, Geometry, Geography, Astronomy, Chronology, Navigation, Drawing, Painting, &c., Agriculture, Geology, Moral Philosophy : for the Use of Schools, Volume 1Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1810 - 580 pages |
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Page 163
... forty - eight ounces , and the other eighty ounces , we consider the ounce to be the standard or unit . By numbers we express how many units , or parts of an Y 2 unit , unit , are contained in any given quantity . If ON ARITHMETIC.
... forty - eight ounces , and the other eighty ounces , we consider the ounce to be the standard or unit . By numbers we express how many units , or parts of an Y 2 unit , unit , are contained in any given quantity . If ON ARITHMETIC.
Page 164
... unit , as three quarters of a pound , the number is called a fraction ; and when the quantity consists of entire units and parts of an unit , the number expressing it is said to be fractional , as nineteen and nine - tenths . Arithmetic ...
... unit , as three quarters of a pound , the number is called a fraction ; and when the quantity consists of entire units and parts of an unit , the number expressing it is said to be fractional , as nineteen and nine - tenths . Arithmetic ...
Page 165
... unit was divided into 60 equal parts ; each of these into 60 others ; each of these last again into 60 other parts , and so on : and from these divisions this kind of Arithmetic was called Sexagesimal , or by Sixties . The excellent ...
... unit was divided into 60 equal parts ; each of these into 60 others ; each of these last again into 60 other parts , and so on : and from these divisions this kind of Arithmetic was called Sexagesimal , or by Sixties . The excellent ...
Page 167
... units the former figures are employed , but placed in a different position , to the left hand of their original place . Thus to represent twenty - four , containing two Tens and four units , we write 24 : for Sixty , or six tens ...
... units the former figures are employed , but placed in a different position , to the left hand of their original place . Thus to represent twenty - four , containing two Tens and four units , we write 24 : for Sixty , or six tens ...
Page 168
... units , and the figure 1 in that column , represents the number One . The second line consists of 1 Unit and two Tens , or twenty- one ; the third line of 3 hundreds , 2 tens , and 1 unit , or three hundred and twenty - one ; and in the ...
... units , and the figure 1 in that column , represents the number One . The second line consists of 1 Unit and two Tens , or twenty- one ; the third line of 3 hundreds , 2 tens , and 1 unit , or three hundred and twenty - one ; and in the ...
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