 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1818 - 246 pages
...and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct. 2. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient...will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into. EXAMPLES. 1. If 12 men can build a wall in 20 days, how many men can... | |
 | George G. Carey - Arithmetic - 1818 - 602 pages
...into each other ; then divide the product of the consequents by the product of the antecedents, and the quotient will be the answer, in the same denomination as the last consequent. It may be of use to remark, that, if the antecedents and consequents are properly... | |
 | Daniel Staniford - Arithmetic - 1818 - 332 pages
...MOJVEY. CASE I. GENERAL RULE. Place the numbers and divide them as in whole number*, or deeimals, and the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the lowest in the dividend, which may be reduced to its proper denomination. PROOF. By Multiplication.... | |
 | Beriah Stevens - Arithmetic - 1822 - 436 pages
...the terms as directed in the rule of three direct, then multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination of the. middle term. NB Contraction and cancelling have the same force here as in the rule of three... | |
 | Nicolas Pike - Arithmetic - 1822 - 536 pages
...principles of Compound Multiplication ;uvl C«m]Toim<4 Division, in th» same manner as the direct rule. — by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into. If there be fractions in your question, they must be stated as before... | |
 | Nicolas Pike - Arithmetic - 1822 - 562 pages
...principles of Compound Multiplication and Compound Division, in the same manner in tha direct rule.— by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination ai the middle term was reduced into. If there be fractions in your question, they must be stated as... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Arithmetic - 1822 - 354 pages
...second. RULE. State the question as in the direct rule. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third, the quotient will be the answer, and of the same denomination as you left the second number. Note 1. Direct and inverse proportion are,... | |
 | Stephen Pike - Arithmetic - 1824 - 212 pages
...4 2)24 12 Answer. RULE FOR IN VERSE 'PROPORTION. Multiply the first and second terms together. an.l divide the product by the third; the quotient will be the answer in t'lf same denomination as the second, or that to which the second was reduced. EXAMPLE. If 4 men can... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1826 - 176 pages
...— State the question -as in the rule of three direct. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third, the quotient will be the answer. EXAMPLE.— How many yards of sarcenet 3qs. wide, will line 9 yards of cloth 8qrs. wide? 8 : 9 : :... | |
 | Nicolas Pike, Dudley Leavitt - Arithmetic - 1826 - 214 pages
...reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct ; then multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third, the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. EXAMPLES. 1. If 6 men can do a piece of work in 18 days, in what time can 12... | |
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Direct. 2. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into. 
