Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged, Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetick, Adapted to the United States |
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... Note . - 231 solid inches , make a gallon . 8. Long Measure . 3 barley corns ( b . c . ) make 1 inch , marked 12 inches , 3 feet , 51 yards , 40 rods , 8 furlongs , 3 miles , 69 statute miles , 1 foot , 1 yard , in . ft . yd . 1 rod ...
... Note . - 231 solid inches , make a gallon . 8. Long Measure . 3 barley corns ( b . c . ) make 1 inch , marked 12 inches , 3 feet , 51 yards , 40 rods , 8 furlongs , 3 miles , 69 statute miles , 1 foot , 1 yard , in . ft . yd . 1 rod ...
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... NOTE . Although a cipher standing alone signifies nothing ; yet when it is placed on the right hand of figures , it increases their value in a ten- fold proportion , by throwing them into higher places . Thus 2 with a cipher annexed to ...
... NOTE . Although a cipher standing alone signifies nothing ; yet when it is placed on the right hand of figures , it increases their value in a ten- fold proportion , by throwing them into higher places . Thus 2 with a cipher annexed to ...
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... NOTE . For convenience in reading large numbers , they may be divided into periods of three figures each , as fol- lows : 987 , Nine hundred and eighty - seven . 987 000 , Nine hundred and eighty - seven thousand . 987 000 000 , Nine ...
... NOTE . For convenience in reading large numbers , they may be divided into periods of three figures each , as fol- lows : 987 , Nine hundred and eighty - seven . 987 000 , Nine hundred and eighty - seven thousand . 987 000 000 , Nine ...
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... is called the multiplicand . The number you multiply by , is called the multiplier . The number found from the operation , is called the pro Auct T NOTE . Both multiplier and multiplicand are in general 28 SIMPLE MULTIPLICATION .
... is called the multiplicand . The number you multiply by , is called the multiplier . The number found from the operation , is called the pro Auct T NOTE . Both multiplier and multiplicand are in general 28 SIMPLE MULTIPLICATION .
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... NOTE . Both multiplier and multiplicand are in general called factors , or terms . CASE I. : When the multiplier is not more than twelve . RULE . Multiply each figure in the multiplicand by the multi- plier ; carry one for every ten ...
... NOTE . Both multiplier and multiplicand are in general called factors , or terms . CASE I. : When the multiplier is not more than twelve . RULE . Multiply each figure in the multiplicand by the multi- plier ; carry one for every ten ...
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100 dollars 2qrs 3grs 3qrs acres annuity annum answer Anthony Billings arithmetical series Bought bushels ciphers common difference compound interest containing decimal Deduct dimes divide the product dividend divisor dols equal EXAMPLES farthings federal money figure Find the value gain or loss gallon geometrical series given number given sum gross hundred improper fraction inches least common multiple left hand lowest terms measure merchants miles mills milreas mixed numbers months Multiply the given neat weight New-England currency New-Jersey New-York NOTE Nova-Scotia currency number of shillings number of terms paid payment pence pound pound sterling present worth principal quotient rate per cent ratio ready money remainder Required the interest right hand rods Rule of Three sell separatrix share shillings simple interest sold square root sterling subtract subtrahend tare third Thomas Grosvenor tret tuns VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine