Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged: Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic, Adapted to the United States |
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... given sev- eral new and concise rules ; some of which are particularly designed for the use of the compting - house . The Appendix contains a variety of rules fo . casting In- terest , Rebate , & c . together with a number of the most ...
... given sev- eral new and concise rules ; some of which are particularly designed for the use of the compting - house . The Appendix contains a variety of rules fo . casting In- terest , Rebate , & c . together with a number of the most ...
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... numbers consisting of many figures , are given to be read , it will be found convenient to divide them into as many periods as we can , of six figures each , reckoning from the right hand towards the left , cal ling the first the period ...
... numbers consisting of many figures , are given to be read , it will be found convenient to divide them into as many periods as we can , of six figures each , reckoning from the right hand towards the left , cal ling the first the period ...
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... numbers given , as often as there are units in the less , or multiplying number ; hence it performs the work of many editions in the most compendious manner . The number to be multiplied is called the multiplicand . The number you ...
... numbers given , as often as there are units in the less , or multiplying number ; hence it performs the work of many editions in the most compendious manner . The number to be multiplied is called the multiplicand . The number you ...
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... number is contained in another ; and also what re- mains ; and is a concise way of performing several subtrac- tions . Four principal parts are to be noticed in Division : 1. The Dividend , or number given to be divided . 2. The Divisor ...
... number is contained in another ; and also what re- mains ; and is a concise way of performing several subtrac- tions . Four principal parts are to be noticed in Division : 1. The Dividend , or number given to be divided . 2. The Divisor ...
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... number , that any two fi gures in the Table , being multiplied together will pro- duce it , divide the given dividend by one of those figures ; the quotient thence arising by the other ; and the last quot ent will be the answer . NOTE ...
... number , that any two fi gures in the Table , being multiplied together will pro- duce it , divide the given dividend by one of those figures ; the quotient thence arising by the other ; and the last quot ent will be the answer . NOTE ...
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100 dollars 2qrs 3grs 3qrs acres annuity annum answer Anthony Billings Arithmetic Bought bushels compound interest containing cyphers 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 millions mills milreas mixed numbers months multiplicand Multiply the given neat weight New-England currency New-Jersey New-York NOTE number of terms paid payment pence pound pound sterling present worth principal quotient rate per cent ratio ready money Reduce remainder Required the interest right hand rods Rule of Three separatrix shillings sold square root sterling subtract subtrahend sugar tare third Thomas Grosvenor thousand trett TROY WEIGHT units VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine
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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.
Page 2 - In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned ;
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...