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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Page iv
... cost 12 dollars , what will be the cost of one acre ? The student reasons thus : If 3 acres cost $ 12 , one acre will cost one third of $ 12 = 312-84 . But the 3 is not 3 units ; it is fourths of a unit . Therefore , the quotient will ...
... cost 12 dollars , what will be the cost of one acre ? The student reasons thus : If 3 acres cost $ 12 , one acre will cost one third of $ 12 = 312-84 . But the 3 is not 3 units ; it is fourths of a unit . Therefore , the quotient will ...
Page vi
... cost £ . , what will be the cost of 9 of a hogshead ? Operation . If one hogshead cost 35 £ then 69 hogsheads will cost 69 times 35 . 119 2 38 35 2 7069 will cost 19 times times as much . divided by 70 . Or , if cost 35 £ , one hogshead ...
... cost £ . , what will be the cost of 9 of a hogshead ? Operation . If one hogshead cost 35 £ then 69 hogsheads will cost 69 times 35 . 119 2 38 35 2 7069 will cost 19 times times as much . divided by 70 . Or , if cost 35 £ , one hogshead ...
Page viii
... cost of a £ , what will be the cost of of a hogshead ? First Statement . 169 135 Having written the numerators , as above di- rected , place each denominator on the other side of the line , opposite its numerator — thus : 2 7069 119 2 ...
... cost of a £ , what will be the cost of of a hogshead ? First Statement . 169 135 Having written the numerators , as above di- rected , place each denominator on the other side of the line , opposite its numerator — thus : 2 7069 119 2 ...
Page ix
... cost 3 farthings , how many pounds will 40 yards cost ? It will be seen that the yards are here reduc- ed to nails , and multiplied by 3 farthings , the cost of 1 nail . We then reduce the farthings to pounds , by dividing by 4 , 12 and ...
... cost 3 farthings , how many pounds will 40 yards cost ? It will be seen that the yards are here reduc- ed to nails , and multiplied by 3 farthings , the cost of 1 nail . We then reduce the farthings to pounds , by dividing by 4 , 12 and ...
Page 18
... cost 10 cents , an orange 5 , a lemon 3 , and a dozen of quills 14 cents , what is the cost of the whole ? 6. A man bought of a drover 3 sheep and a cow ; for one of the sheep he paid 4 dollars , for the other two he paid 3 dollars ...
... cost 10 cents , an orange 5 , a lemon 3 , and a dozen of quills 14 cents , what is the cost of the whole ? 6. A man bought of a drover 3 sheep and a cow ; for one of the sheep he paid 4 dollars , for the other two he paid 3 dollars ...
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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.