A New System of Arithmetic, on the Cancelling Plan: Embracing the Rules of the Three, Single and Double, Direct and Inverse; Barter; Loss and Gain; Reduction; Multiplication and Division of Fractions; Exchange of Currencies; Interest; and All Proportional Questions in One Rule Applicable to the Whole. The Process Greatly Simplified and Abridged |
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... operation with the remaining . Thus , taking the above example , the quotient obtained is the same as 212 before . The student is again required to strike out still another factor from each , and perform the operation with the re ...
... operation with the remaining . Thus , taking the above example , the quotient obtained is the same as 212 before . The student is again required to strike out still another factor from each , and perform the operation with the re ...
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... operation , that the only differ- ence between the reduction of of a guinea to pounds , 5 20 28 4 and the reduction of 4 guineas , is , that in the former 54 Ans . case we have one more divisor , viz . , 7 , the denominator of the frac ...
... operation , that the only differ- ence between the reduction of of a guinea to pounds , 5 20 28 4 and the reduction of 4 guineas , is , that in the former 54 Ans . case we have one more divisor , viz . , 7 , the denominator of the frac ...
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... Operation . 514 7 28 20 4 744 , Answer . of a £ is of what fraction of 7 guineas ? Operation . 60 | 7 16 14 28 20 7 If Answer , 14/1 Illustration . is , then the wholewill be of 7 . To multiply by 20 and divide by 28 re- duces it to ...
... Operation . 514 7 28 20 4 744 , Answer . of a £ is of what fraction of 7 guineas ? Operation . 60 | 7 16 14 28 20 7 If Answer , 14/1 Illustration . is , then the wholewill be of 7 . To multiply by 20 and divide by 28 re- duces it to ...
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... Operation . The pupil illustrates the process thus : The ratio of 6 men to 3 men , is 2. The ratio of 16 days to 8 days , is 2. The compound ratio is 4 ; which shews that 6 men , in 16 days , can build 4 times as much wall as 3 men in 8 ...
... Operation . The pupil illustrates the process thus : The ratio of 6 men to 3 men , is 2. The ratio of 16 days to 8 days , is 2. The compound ratio is 4 ; which shews that 6 men , in 16 days , can build 4 times as much wall as 3 men in 8 ...
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... Operation . 36 2 816 2 3 912 4 12 4 64 , Answer . Operation . £ 1402 44 124 203 The mode of stating questions , here adopted , is of great advan- tage when there is a reduction to be made of the terms of the Pro- portion . Example . If ...
... Operation . 36 2 816 2 3 912 4 12 4 64 , Answer . Operation . £ 1402 44 124 203 The mode of stating questions , here adopted , is of great advan- tage when there is a reduction to be made of the terms of the Pro- portion . Example . If ...
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Page 103 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 41 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 221 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 208 - Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the equated time, nearly.
Page 97 - TABLE. 10 Mills =1 Cent. 10 Cents =1 Dime. 10 Dimes =1 Dollar. 10 Dollars =1 Eagle.
Page 307 - America, to be paid to the said or his certain attorney, executors, administrators, or assigns: to which payment well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly by these presents.
Page 270 - ... above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and...
Page 85 - Divide by any number that will divide two or more of the given numbers without a remainder, and set the quotients, together with the undivided numbers, in a line beneath.
Page 251 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 223 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.