The National Arithmetic on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods Together with the Cancelling System : Forming a Complete Mercantile Arithmetic |
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... feet , which were as familiar to the sight of a rude , uncivil- ized people as their fingers . It is an interesting ... long supposed , that for our modern Arithmetic the world was indebted to the Arabians . But this , as we have seen ...
... feet , which were as familiar to the sight of a rude , uncivil- ized people as their fingers . It is an interesting ... long supposed , that for our modern Arithmetic the world was indebted to the Arabians . But this , as we have seen ...
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... LONG MEASURE . 3 Barleycorns , or 12 Lines make 1 Inch , marked in . 12 Inches 66 3 Feet B 1 Foot , 66 ft . 66 1 Yard , 66 yd . 6 Feet 66 1 Fathom , 66 fth . 5 Yards , or 16 Feet 66 1 Rod , or Pole , 66 rd . 40 Rods 1 Furlong , 66 fur ...
... LONG MEASURE . 3 Barleycorns , or 12 Lines make 1 Inch , marked in . 12 Inches 66 3 Feet B 1 Foot , 66 ft . 66 1 Yard , 66 yd . 6 Feet 66 1 Fathom , 66 fth . 5 Yards , or 16 Feet 66 1 Rod , or Pole , 66 rd . 40 Rods 1 Furlong , 66 fur ...
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... feet long and 56 feet wide , allowing each shingle to be 4 inches wide and 18 inches long , and to lay one third to the weather ? Ans . 20160 . 14. There is a house 56 feet long , and each of the two sides of the roof is 25 feet wide ...
... feet long and 56 feet wide , allowing each shingle to be 4 inches wide and 18 inches long , and to lay one third to the weather ? Ans . 20160 . 14. There is a house 56 feet long , and each of the two sides of the roof is 25 feet wide ...
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... long would it take him to walk 1 degree , allowing 365 days to a year ? The following questions are to be performed ... feet does 1 contain ? 58. Divide 132 cords 2ft . by 17 . 59. Divide 89hhd . 52gal . 3qt . 1pt . by 39 . 60. Divide ...
... long would it take him to walk 1 degree , allowing 365 days to a year ? The following questions are to be performed ... feet does 1 contain ? 58. Divide 132 cords 2ft . by 17 . 59. Divide 89hhd . 52gal . 3qt . 1pt . by 39 . 60. Divide ...
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... feet long cast a shadow 6 feet , what is the height of that steeple whose shadow is 180 feet ? Ans . 120 feet . 57. If 8 men eat a barrel of flour in 20 days , how long would it last 12 men ? Ans . 13 days . 58. If 23 men build 272 rods ...
... feet long cast a shadow 6 feet , what is the height of that steeple whose shadow is 180 feet ? Ans . 120 feet . 57. If 8 men eat a barrel of flour in 20 days , how long would it last 12 men ? Ans . 13 days . 58. If 23 men build 272 rods ...
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Page 203 - Ratio is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind, the comparison being made by considering what multiple, part, or parts, one quantity is of the other.
Page 255 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 222 - Is when the several shares of stock are continued in trade an equal term of time. RULE. As the whole stock is to the whole gain or loss : so is each man's particular stock, to his particular share of the gain or loss.
Page 321 - It follows that the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is the same for all circles.
Page 94 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of...
Page 315 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 289 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 102 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own, for a new numerator : and all the denominators into each other continually for a common denominator; this written under the several new numerators will give the fractions required.
Page 273 - Alligation Medial, and Alligation Alternate. ALLIGATION MEDIAL, Is when the quantities and prices of several things are given, to find the mean price of the mixture composed of those materials.
Page 247 - Subtract the subtrahend from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend, with which proceed as before ; and so on, till the whole is finished.