Prize essay. The Teacher's Manual: being an exposition of an efficient and economical system of education, suited to the wants of a free peopleThomas H. Webb & Company, 1843 - 263 páginas |
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... figures as best he may . And even in those schools where it is taught , the subject is passed over , too rapidly ... figures at a time , he should be accustomed to take from two to five figures at once ; for , unless he can do this with ...
... figures as best he may . And even in those schools where it is taught , the subject is passed over , too rapidly ... figures at a time , he should be accustomed to take from two to five figures at once ; for , unless he can do this with ...
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... figures used in the old - fashioned way , ought also to be adopted . The subject of decimal fractions is treated of , separ- ately from that of whole numbers , in all our treatises on arithmetic , and in an advanced section of the book ...
... figures used in the old - fashioned way , ought also to be adopted . The subject of decimal fractions is treated of , separ- ately from that of whole numbers , in all our treatises on arithmetic , and in an advanced section of the book ...
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... figure in the number would be decreased or increased , tenfold , a hundredfold , a thou- sandfold , & c . Finally , the reason should be given , for calling the figures , to the right of the units , fractions , and decimal fractions ...
... figure in the number would be decreased or increased , tenfold , a hundredfold , a thou- sandfold , & c . Finally , the reason should be given , for calling the figures , to the right of the units , fractions , and decimal fractions ...
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... figures of the same denomina- tion are placed over each other , because it is most conve- nient , as those differing in denomination cannot be added together . For instance , if it be proposed to add 234 , 156 , and 798 together , we ...
... figures of the same denomina- tion are placed over each other , because it is most conve- nient , as those differing in denomination cannot be added together . For instance , if it be proposed to add 234 , 156 , and 798 together , we ...
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... figure from the right hand . Again : suppose that the multiplier , instead of 842 , should have been 8.42 ; then we shall have multiplied by a number 100 times too large ; consequently , our product , being also 100 times too large ...
... figure from the right hand . Again : suppose that the multiplier , instead of 842 , should have been 8.42 ; then we shall have multiplied by a number 100 times too large ; consequently , our product , being also 100 times too large ...
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