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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... miles , from Rahway to New - Brunswick 12 miles , from N. B. to Princeton 18 miles , from Princeton to Trenton 12 miles , from Trenton to Bristol 10 miles , 22 EXERCISES IN ADDITION .
... miles , from Rahway to New - Brunswick 12 miles , from N. B. to Princeton 18 miles , from Princeton to Trenton 12 miles , from Trenton to Bristol 10 miles , 22 EXERCISES IN ADDITION .
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... miles , from Trenton to Bristol 10 miles , from Bristol to Philadelphia 20 miles . What is the distance from New- York to Philadelphia ? Answer , 92 miles . 11. Lafayette was born in the year 1757. He died at the In what year did he die ...
... miles , from Trenton to Bristol 10 miles , from Bristol to Philadelphia 20 miles . What is the distance from New- York to Philadelphia ? Answer , 92 miles . 11. Lafayette was born in the year 1757. He died at the In what year did he die ...
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... miles ; New - York contains 46000. What is the difference ? Ans . 18000 . 12. The library of Dartmouth College contains 12,800 volumes ; Harvard University contains 34,600 volumes . How many does one contain more than the other ? Answer ...
... miles ; New - York contains 46000. What is the difference ? Ans . 18000 . 12. The library of Dartmouth College contains 12,800 volumes ; Harvard University contains 34,600 volumes . How many does one contain more than the other ? Answer ...
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... miles in one hour , how many miles can he travel in 8 hours ? how many in 10 ? 12 ? 7. If a bushel of wheat cost 2 dollars , how many dol- lars will 8 bushels cost ? how many will 9 EXAMPLES IN MULTIPLICATION . 31 Subtraction of Fractions,
... miles in one hour , how many miles can he travel in 8 hours ? how many in 10 ? 12 ? 7. If a bushel of wheat cost 2 dollars , how many dol- lars will 8 bushels cost ? how many will 9 EXAMPLES IN MULTIPLICATION . 31 Subtraction of Fractions,
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... miles in one hour , how many will she sail in 12 hours ? The scholar should commit to memory the following TABLE before proceeding any further . MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION TABLE . TWICE 3TIMES 4 TIMES 5 TIMES 6 TIMES 7 TIMES 1make2 ...
... miles in one hour , how many will she sail in 12 hours ? The scholar should commit to memory the following TABLE before proceeding any further . MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION TABLE . TWICE 3TIMES 4 TIMES 5 TIMES 6 TIMES 7 TIMES 1make2 ...
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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.
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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.