Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged. Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetick. Adapted to the United States |
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... stands in , viz . any igure in the place of units , represents only its simple value , or so many ones ; but in the second place , or place of tens , it becomes so many tens , or ten times its simple value ; and in the third place , or ...
... stands in , viz . any igure in the place of units , represents only its simple value , or so many ones ; but in the second place , or place of tens , it becomes so many tens , or ten times its simple value ; and in the third place , or ...
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... mainder is 2 dollars . RULE . - Place the least number under the greatest , so that units may stand under units , tens under tens , & c . and draw e under them . 2. Begin at the right hand , and take each. SIMPLE SUBTRACTION . 93.
... mainder is 2 dollars . RULE . - Place the least number under the greatest , so that units may stand under units , tens under tens , & c . and draw e under them . 2. Begin at the right hand , and take each. SIMPLE SUBTRACTION . 93.
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... stand him in ? Ans . 178 pipes unsold , and they stand him in $ 1797 . SUBTRACTION OF FEDERAL MONEY . RULE . Place the numbers according to their value ; that is , dollars ander dollars , dimes under dimes , cents under cents , & c ...
... stand him in ? Ans . 178 pipes unsold , and they stand him in $ 1797 . SUBTRACTION OF FEDERAL MONEY . RULE . Place the numbers according to their value ; that is , dollars ander dollars , dimes under dimes , cents under cents , & c ...
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... stand in the work ; and this sum , when the work is right , will be equal to the dividend . A third method of proof by excess of nines is as follows , viz . 1. Cast the nines out of tre divisor , and place the excess on the left hand ...
... stand in the work ; and this sum , when the work is right , will be equal to the dividend . A third method of proof by excess of nines is as follows , viz . 1. Cast the nines out of tre divisor , and place the excess on the left hand ...
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... stand directly under each other . 2. Add the first column or denomination together , as in whole num . bers ; then divide the sum by as many of the same denomination a make one of the next greater ; setting down the remainder under the ...
... stand directly under each other . 2. Add the first column or denomination together , as in whole num . bers ; then divide the sum by as many of the same denomination a make one of the next greater ; setting down the remainder under the ...
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acres amount annuity annum answer Anthony Billings Arithmetic Barrell Bought breadth bushels ciphers compound interest contain demand diameter dimes ditto Divide dividend divisor dols equal EXAMPLES federal money figures Find the value gain gallon gals given number given sum gross hundred improper fraction Joseph Hastings left hand lowest terms measure merchant miles millions mills milreas months multiplicand Multiply neat weight New-England currency New-York number of shillings number of terms paid payment pence piece pound pound sterling present worth principal quotient rate per cent ratio ready money Reduce remainder Required the interest right hand rods Rule of Three RULE.-Multiply the given separatrix sold solid feet square root sterling subtract sugar TABLE tare TARE AND TRET Thomas Grosvenor thousand tret TROY WEIGHT tuns VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine yards cost