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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... called digits , from the Latin word digitus , which means a finger . In the early stages of society peo- ple counted by their fingers ; they were also formerly all called ciphers - hence the art of Arithmetic was called ciphering ...
... called digits , from the Latin word digitus , which means a finger . In the early stages of society peo- ple counted by their fingers ; they were also formerly all called ciphers - hence the art of Arithmetic was called ciphering ...
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... called the unit's place ; the second , the place of tens , expressing always as many tens as the figure contains ... called ? 18 . What are the 2d , 3d , and 4th , places called ? 19. What is the value of the ci- pher , when standing ...
... called the unit's place ; the second , the place of tens , expressing always as many tens as the figure contains ... called ? 18 . What are the 2d , 3d , and 4th , places called ? 19. What is the value of the ci- pher , when standing ...
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... called Simple Addition , because the numbers are all of one denomination ; that is , all dollars , or all cents . When the num- bers are pounds , shillings , pence , & c . the denominations are differ- ent . If one man owe me 25 dollars ...
... called Simple Addition , because the numbers are all of one denomination ; that is , all dollars , or all cents . When the num- bers are pounds , shillings , pence , & c . the denominations are differ- ent . If one man owe me 25 dollars ...
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... called the Subtrahend , because it is the number to be subtracted ; 2 , the difference , is called the Remainder , because it is the number left after subtraction . The process of finding the difference be- tween two numbers , is called ...
... called the Subtrahend , because it is the number to be subtracted ; 2 , the difference , is called the Remainder , because it is the number left after subtraction . The process of finding the difference be- tween two numbers , is called ...
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... called borrowing ten is really making a new division of the min- uend . This may be illustrated in the following ... called Simple ? 4. How many numbers are required to perform the operation ? 5. Which is the minuend ? 6. Why called ...
... called borrowing ten is really making a new division of the min- uend . This may be illustrated in the following ... called Simple ? 4. How many numbers are required to perform the operation ? 5. Which is the minuend ? 6. Why called ...
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12 hours long 12 rods acres amount Answer barrel barter bought bushels called cancelling ciphers circumference cloth cost column common difference compound interest contained cords cube root currency decimal fraction denominator diameter discount divided dividend Division divisor dollars dominical letter equal EXAMPLES factors farthings federal money feet foot frac gain gallons given number guineas horse hundred hundredths improper fraction inches least common multiple length less merator miles mixed number months multiplicand multiply New-England NOTE number of terms Operation paid pence perpendicular pound present worth PROB produced term Proportion quantity QUESTIONS quotient ratio receive Reduce remainder right hand rods shillings side sold solid square root subtract tens tenths thousandths tion Troy Weight unit's place units vulgar fraction weight whole number write yard cost yards of cloth
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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.