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... . I therefore give the work a decided preference to any other on the subject , with which I am acquainted . JOHN GUMMERE , Principal and Teacher of Burlington Boarding School . PREFACE . THE design of the following work , is Libr .
... . I therefore give the work a decided preference to any other on the subject , with which I am acquainted . JOHN GUMMERE , Principal and Teacher of Burlington Boarding School . PREFACE . THE design of the following work , is Libr .
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... principal rules for its operations ; viz . numera- tion , addition , subtraction , multiplication , and division . NUMERATION Numeration teaches to write or express numbers by figures , and to read numbers thus written or expressed . In ...
... principal rules for its operations ; viz . numera- tion , addition , subtraction , multiplication , and division . NUMERATION Numeration teaches to write or express numbers by figures , and to read numbers thus written or expressed . In ...
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... principal , time , rate per cent . and amount . The principal is the money for which interest is to be received . The rate per cent . per annum , is the interest of 100 pounds or dollars for one year . The time is the number of years or ...
... principal , time , rate per cent . and amount . The principal is the money for which interest is to be received . The rate per cent . per annum , is the interest of 100 pounds or dollars for one year . The time is the number of years or ...
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... principal by the pounds or dollars of the rate per cent .; to the product add 4 , 4 , or 4 , & c . of said principal , and divide the result by 100 , as in the foregoing case . EXAMPLES . 1. What is the interest of 432L . 10s . for one ...
... principal by the pounds or dollars of the rate per cent .; to the product add 4 , 4 , or 4 , & c . of said principal , and divide the result by 100 , as in the foregoing case . EXAMPLES . 1. What is the interest of 432L . 10s . for one ...
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... principal ; what sum will dis- charge the debt ? Ans . $ 1557.44 . 5 dollars per cent . per annum ? per cent . per annum ? CASE 4 . To find the interest when the given time is months , weeks , or days , less or more than a year . RULE ...
... principal ; what sum will dis- charge the debt ? Ans . $ 1557.44 . 5 dollars per cent . per annum ? per cent . per annum ? CASE 4 . To find the interest when the given time is months , weeks , or days , less or more than a year . RULE ...
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15 yards 2qrs 3qrs acres aliquot amount annuity annum answer Bought Bring bushels casks cent to cents cents per lb ciphers common difference compound interest contained cube root decimal divide dividend divisor dollars per cent dols drams DRY MEASURE English ells EXAMPLES Facit farthings Federal Money fourths furlongs gain gallons given number given sum hogsheads hundred weight improper fraction inches merchant miles millions mixed number months Multiply nails neat weight Note number of terms Oqrs ounces paid pecks pence Pennsylvania currency penny pennyweights pieces pint pounds present worth principal PROOF quarters quarts quotient rate per cent Reduce remainder Result roods Rule of Three shillings sold square root sterling Subtract sum or quantity TABLE tare thousand TROY WEIGHT tuns VULGAR FRACTIONS whole number yards cost yards of cloth yards of linen yards of muslin
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Page 173 - When the two extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less one; the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 170 - ... cents for every day he was idle ; at settlement he received 5 dollars. How many days did he work. and how many days was he idle ? Ans.
Page 190 - Feet multiplied by feet, give feet. Feet multiplied by inches, give inches. Feet multiplied by seconds, give seconds. Inches multiplied by inches, give seconds. Inches multiplied by seconds, give thirds. Seconds multiplied "by seconds, give fourths.
Page 99 - RULE.* Multiply the principal by the 'rate per cent, and divide the product by 100: the quotient will be the interest for 1 year.
Page 37 - TIME. 60 seconds (sec.} make - 1 minute min. 60 minutes « - - - 1 hour H. 24 hours - - . • - 1 day D.
Page 132 - RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Page 131 - Operations with Fractions A) To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator.
Page 169 - Suppose two numbers, and work with each agreeably to the tenor of the question, noting the errors of the results : multiply the errors of each operation into the supposed number of the other ; then, If the errors be alike, i.
Page 129 - The number above the line is called the numerator, and that below the line the denominator. The denominator...
Page 155 - INVOLUTION, OR THE RAISING OF POWERS. A power is the product arising from multiplying any given number into itself continually a certain number of times ; thus, 2x2= 4 the second power or square of 2.