Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged: Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic, Adapted to the United States |
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... shares . Ans . A's share £ 143 0s . 5d C's share £ 28 128. 1d . B's share £ 57 4s . 2d . 14. A privateer having taken a prize worth $ 6850 , it is divided into one hundred shares ; of which the captain is to have 11 ; 2 lieutenants ...
... shares . Ans . A's share £ 143 0s . 5d C's share £ 28 128. 1d . B's share £ 57 4s . 2d . 14. A privateer having taken a prize worth $ 6850 , it is divided into one hundred shares ; of which the captain is to have 11 ; 2 lieutenants ...
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... shares can they be divided into , each share to contain 76 rods ? Ans 61 shares and 44 rods over . 10. SOLID MEASURE . In 14 tons of hewn timber REDUCTION .
... shares can they be divided into , each share to contain 76 rods ? Ans 61 shares and 44 rods over . 10. SOLID MEASURE . In 14 tons of hewn timber REDUCTION .
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... share of the gain , or sustain his share of the loss , in proportion to his share of the joint stock . Also by this Rale a bankrupt's estate may be di vided among his creditors , & c . SINGLE FELLOWSHIP , Is when the several shares of ...
... share of the gain , or sustain his share of the loss , in proportion to his share of the joint stock . Also by this Rale a bankrupt's estate may be di vided among his creditors , & c . SINGLE FELLOWSHIP , Is when the several shares of ...
Page 145
... share of the gain ? A put in 350 B 470 As 820 250 :: S350 470 106,7073 + A's share . 143,2926 + B's share . Proof 249,9999 + $ 250 2. Three merchants make a joint stock of 1200l . of which A put in 2401. B 360l . and C 6007 .; and by ...
... share of the gain ? A put in 350 B 470 As 820 250 :: S350 470 106,7073 + A's share . 143,2926 + B's share . Proof 249,9999 + $ 250 2. Three merchants make a joint stock of 1200l . of which A put in 2401. B 360l . and C 6007 .; and by ...
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... share . 3. Three persons are to share 6007. A is to have a cer- tain sum , B as much again as A , and C three times as much I demand each man's part ? as B. Ans . A £ 66 , B £ 1333 , and C £ 400 . 10. A and B traded together and gained ...
... share . 3. Three persons are to share 6007. A is to have a cer- tain sum , B as much again as A , and C three times as much I demand each man's part ? as B. Ans . A £ 66 , B £ 1333 , and C £ 400 . 10. A and B traded together and gained ...
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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...