Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged: Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic, Adapted to the United States |
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... clothes : besides 359 dols . and 50 cents he lost in gambling . How much will he have left after paying his landlord's bill which amounts to 85 dols and 11 cents ? Ans . $ 20 , 58 cts . SIMPLE MULTIPLICATION TEACHETH to increase or ...
... clothes : besides 359 dols . and 50 cents he lost in gambling . How much will he have left after paying his landlord's bill which amounts to 85 dols and 11 cents ? Ans . $ 20 , 58 cts . SIMPLE MULTIPLICATION TEACHETH to increase or ...
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... cloth come to , at $ . d . c . m . 3,496 3 5 per yard 17 4 8 0 ? 104 8 8 Ans . $ 122 , 3 6 0122 dol [ lars , 36 cents . 2. What cost 35 lb. cheese at 8 cents per lb. ? 08 Ans . $ 2 , 80-2 dollars 80 cents . 3. What is the value of 29 ...
... cloth come to , at $ . d . c . m . 3,496 3 5 per yard 17 4 8 0 ? 104 8 8 Ans . $ 122 , 3 6 0122 dol [ lars , 36 cents . 2. What cost 35 lb. cheese at 8 cents per lb. ? 08 Ans . $ 2 , 80-2 dollars 80 cents . 3. What is the value of 29 ...
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... cloth which contained 52yds . 2 na . a taylor was orde ed to take three suits , each 6yds . 2qrs . how much remains of the piece ? Ans . 32yds . 2qrs . 2na . 11. The war between England and America commenced April 19 , 1775 , and a ...
... cloth which contained 52yds . 2 na . a taylor was orde ed to take three suits , each 6yds . 2qrs . how much remains of the piece ? Ans . 32yds . 2qrs . 2na . 11. The war between England and America commenced April 19 , 1775 , and a ...
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... cloth come to at 17s . Gd . per yd . ? £ . s . d . Multiply by 0 17 9 price of 1 yard . Produces 4 8 Multiply by 5 9 price of 5 yards 9 Produces 39 18 9 price of 45 yards . 1 15 6 price of 2 yards . Answer , £ 41 14 3 price of 47 yards ...
... cloth come to at 17s . Gd . per yd . ? £ . s . d . Multiply by 0 17 9 price of 1 yard . Produces 4 8 Multiply by 5 9 price of 5 yards 9 Produces 39 18 9 price of 45 yards . 1 15 6 price of 2 yards . Answer , £ 41 14 3 price of 47 yards ...
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... cloth , how many yards ? Ans . 21cwt . 1gr . 26lb . 9 casks , each containing 41 Ans . 376gals . 3gts . 1pt . each measuring 273 yards , Ans . 971yds . 1qr . 5. In 9 fields , each containing 14 acres , 1 rood , and 25 poles , how many ...
... cloth , how many yards ? Ans . 21cwt . 1gr . 26lb . 9 casks , each containing 41 Ans . 376gals . 3gts . 1pt . each measuring 273 yards , Ans . 971yds . 1qr . 5. In 9 fields , each containing 14 acres , 1 rood , and 25 poles , how many ...
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Page 184 - 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.
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Page 237 - In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day of in the year of our Lord Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said testator, BA as and for his last will and testament...
Page 196 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number of terms.
Page 40 - RULE.* 1. Place the numbers so that those of the same denomination may stand directly under each other. 2. Add the first column or denomination together, as in whole numbers; then divide the sum by as many of the same denomination as make one of the next greater...
Page 180 - Find the greatest square number in the first or left hand period, place the root of it at the right hand of the given number, (after the manner of a quotient in division,) for the first figure of the root, and the square number under the period, and subtract it therefrom, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend.
Page 150 - ... it may be proved by as many statings in the Single Rule of Three as the nature of the question may require.
Page 45 - Place those numbers under each other, which are of the same denomination, the less being below the greater ; begin with the least denomination, and if it exceed the figure over it, borrow as many units as make one of the next greater ; subtract it therefrom ; and to the difference add the upper figure, remembering always, to add one to the next superior denomination, for that which you borrowed.* PKOOF.
Page 25 - Subtract the subtrahend from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend, with which proceed as before ; and so on, till the whole is finished.
Page 232 - July next, foreign gold and silver coins shall pass current as money within the United States, and be a legal tender for the payment of all debts and demands...