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... Rule of Three Practice Tare and Trett Compound Proportion 107 ' • 110 123 · 126 130 Conjoined Barter do . 134 Loss and Gain } in Notes Single Fellowship Double do . Alligation Mediał 137 ibid , 141 144 Alternate Involution Evolution 145 ...
... Rule of Three Practice Tare and Trett Compound Proportion 107 ' • 110 123 · 126 130 Conjoined Barter do . 134 Loss and Gain } in Notes Single Fellowship Double do . Alligation Mediał 137 ibid , 141 144 Alternate Involution Evolution 145 ...
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... RULE . To the simple value of each figure join the name of its place ... three ; 3 and 1 are 4 four ; 4 and 1 are 5 five ; 5 and 1 are 6 six ; 6 and ... three million ; and the whole number is read thus , three million , four hundred and ...
... RULE . To the simple value of each figure join the name of its place ... three ; 3 and 1 are 4 four ; 4 and 1 are 5 five ; 5 and 1 are 6 six ; 6 and ... three million ; and the whole number is read thus , three million , four hundred and ...
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... RULE . Write the figures in the same order as their values are ex- pressed ... three figures ; the name of the first period being units ; that of the ... 3 = III 4 - IIII or IV 5 = V 6 = VI 7 = VII 8 = VIII 9 = IX A less character before ...
... RULE . Write the figures in the same order as their values are ex- pressed ... three figures ; the name of the first period being units ; that of the ... 3 = III 4 - IIII or IV 5 = V 6 = VI 7 = VII 8 = VIII 9 = IX A less character before ...
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... 3. Set the remainder under the line , and carry as many ... three ; but the preference is usually given to the number 9 , on account of its being more convenient in practice . Now from the demonstration here given , the reason of the rule ...
... 3. Set the remainder under the line , and carry as many ... three ; but the preference is usually given to the number 9 , on account of its being more convenient in practice . Now from the demonstration here given , the reason of the rule ...
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... RULE . Let M and V be the num- ber of 9s in the factors to be multiplied , and a and b what re- mains ; then M + a and N + 6 will be the numbers themselves , and their product is Mx N + Mxb + Ñxa + axb ; but the first three of these ...
... RULE . Let M and V be the num- ber of 9s in the factors to be multiplied , and a and b what re- mains ; then M + a and N + 6 will be the numbers themselves , and their product is Mx N + Mxb + Ñxa + axb ; but the first three of these ...
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2qrs 3qrs amount of 11 annuity annum answer required arithmetical Arithmetical Progression bushel called carats cent common difference compound fraction compound interest contained cube root cyphers debt decimal DEMONSTRATION discount Divide dividend division divisor equal equated equivalent evident EXAMPLES farthings fourth gallon Geometrical Progression geometrical series given number gold greater greatest common measure gross improper fraction inches integer last term least common multiple less number manner method of proof miles mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number of combinations number of places number of terms number of things payment pence pound present worth principal proportion quantities question quotient ratio Reduce remainder repetend Rule of Three shillings Signifies simple interest square root subtract supposition taken tare tion trett TROY WEIGHT vulgar fraction weight whole number yards year's interest
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Page 66 - Operations with Fractions A) To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator.
Page 159 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 199 - RULE.* — Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the true time required.
Page 141 - As the sum of the several products, Is to the whole gain or loss ; So is each man's particular product, To his particular share of the gain or loss.
Page 92 - Let the farthings in the given pence and farthings possess the second and third places ; observing to increase the second place or place of hundredths, by 5" if the shillings be odd; and the third place by 1 when the farthings exceed 12, and by 2 when they exceed 36.
Page 225 - ... is to the difference between the true and second supposed number ; when that is not the case, the exact answer to the question cannot be found by this rule.
Page 133 - A wall to be built to the height of 27 feet, was raised to the height of 9 feet by 12 men in 6 days : how many men must be employed to finish the wall in 4 days at the same ruts.- of working 1 31.
Page 170 - To the remainder bring down the first figure in the next period, and call it the dividend. 4. Involve the root to the next inferior power to that which is given, and multiply it by the number denoting the given power, for u divisor.
Page 170 - Bring doion the first figure of the next period to the remainder for a new dividend, to which find a new divisor, as before; and in like manner proceed till the whole is finished.
Page 112 - Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the first term; and the quotient will be the answer to the question, in the same denomination you left the second term in, which may be brought into any other denomination required.