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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... suppose 1 , the re- mainder , to be placed before the next figure of the dividend , 4 , and the number will be 14. Then inquire how many times 4 , the divisor , is contained in 14. It is found to be 3 times and 2 remaining . Write the 3 ...
... suppose 1 , the re- mainder , to be placed before the next figure of the dividend , 4 , and the number will be 14. Then inquire how many times 4 , the divisor , is contained in 14. It is found to be 3 times and 2 remaining . Write the 3 ...
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... suppose any of our gold or silver coin to be di- vided into 1000 equal parts , 900 of those parts are pure gold or silver , and 100 parts are alloy . - By this act the eagle weighs 258gr . Troy , standard . Containing , And 232.2gr ...
... suppose any of our gold or silver coin to be di- vided into 1000 equal parts , 900 of those parts are pure gold or silver , and 100 parts are alloy . - By this act the eagle weighs 258gr . Troy , standard . Containing , And 232.2gr ...
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... suppose the hours to be the same in each case ; the question will then be , -If a man travel 117 miles in 30 days , how far will he travel in 20 days ? This will lead to the following proportion . 30 days : 20 : 117 miles : 117 X 20 ...
... suppose the hours to be the same in each case ; the question will then be , -If a man travel 117 miles in 30 days , how far will he travel in 20 days ? This will lead to the following proportion . 30 days : 20 : 117 miles : 117 X 20 ...
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... suppose that we have 576 tiles , each of which is one foot square , and we wish to know the side of a square room whose floor they will pave or 400 44 ) 176 176 cover . * By adding 6 to 30 and multiplying the sum ( 36 ) into itself , we ...
... suppose that we have 576 tiles , each of which is one foot square , and we wish to know the side of a square room whose floor they will pave or 400 44 ) 176 176 cover . * By adding 6 to 30 and multiplying the sum ( 36 ) into itself , we ...
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... suppose we have 46,656 cubic blocks of granite , which measure one foot on each side . With these we wish to erect a cubical monument . It is required to ascertain how many blocks , or feet , will be the length of one side of the ...
... suppose we have 46,656 cubic blocks of granite , which measure one foot on each side . With these we wish to erect a cubical monument . It is required to ascertain how many blocks , or feet , will be the length of one side of the ...
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Page 94 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of...
Page 245 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 240 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 178 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total. If there be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above; and in like manner from one payment to another, til! all the payments are absorbed ; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Page 178 - But if any payments be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on the principal sum due on the obligation, for one year, add it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid, from the time it was paid, up to the end of the...
Page 126 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator; under this sum write the denominator.
Page 250 - Raise the ratio to a power whose index is equal to the number of terms, from which subtract 1 ; divide the remainder by the ratio, less 1, and the quotient, multiplied by the first term, will be the answer.
Page 297 - 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 286 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 35 - Cut off the ciphers from the divisor, and the same number of figures from the right of the dividend. Then divide the remaining figures of the dividend by the remaining figures of the divisor.