Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged. Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetick. Adapted to the United States |
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... third place , or place of hundreds , it becomes a hundred times its simple value , and so on , as in the following Note . - Although a cipher standing alone signifies nothing ; yet when it is placed on the right hard of figures , it ...
... third place , or place of hundreds , it becomes a hundred times its simple value , and so on , as in the following Note . - Although a cipher standing alone signifies nothing ; yet when it is placed on the right hard of figures , it ...
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... third mills . * ADDITION OF FEDERAL MONEY . RULE . - 1 . Place the numbers according to their value ; that is , dollars under dollars , dimes under dimes , cents under cents , & c . and proceed exactly as in whole numbers ; then place ...
... third mills . * ADDITION OF FEDERAL MONEY . RULE . - 1 . Place the numbers according to their value ; that is , dollars under dollars , dimes under dimes , cents under cents , & c . and proceed exactly as in whole numbers ; then place ...
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... 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 . 2. Do the same with the quotient , and place it on the right hand . S. Multiply these two ...
... 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 . 2. Do the same with the quotient , and place it on the right hand . S. Multiply these two ...
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... third 197. 14s . 6d . and the fourth as much as all the other three , lacking 19s . 6d . I demand the whole sure received ? Ans . £ 165 5s . 4d . penny . lb. oz . put . From 6 11 14 Take 2 3 16 Rem . 2. TROY WEIGHT . oz . put . gr . 4 ...
... third 197. 14s . 6d . and the fourth as much as all the other three , lacking 19s . 6d . I demand the whole sure received ? Ans . £ 165 5s . 4d . penny . lb. oz . put . From 6 11 14 Take 2 3 16 Rem . 2. TROY WEIGHT . oz . put . gr . 4 ...
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... third of it ; how much remains unsold ? Ans . 11 cwt . 3 qrs . 22 lb. 15. From a piece of cloth containing 64 yards 2 na . a taflor was ordered to make 9 soldiers ' coats , which took one third of the whole piece : how many yards did ...
... third of it ; how much remains unsold ? Ans . 11 cwt . 3 qrs . 22 lb. 15. From a piece of cloth containing 64 yards 2 na . a taflor was ordered to make 9 soldiers ' coats , which took one third of the whole piece : how many yards did ...
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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