Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant, Improved and Enlarged: Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic: Adapted to the United States |
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... find the value of goods therein , immediately after simple multiplication ; which may be of great advantage to many , who perhaps will not have an opportunity of learning fractions . In the arrangement of fractions , I have taken an ...
... find the value of goods therein , immediately after simple multiplication ; which may be of great advantage to many , who perhaps will not have an opportunity of learning fractions . In the arrangement of fractions , I have taken an ...
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... value- of goods ; when the price of one yard , pound , & c . is given ( in Federal Money ) to find the value of the whole quan- tity . RULE . Multiply the given price and quantity together , as in whole numbers , and the separatrix will ...
... value- of goods ; when the price of one yard , pound , & c . is given ( in Federal Money ) to find the value of the whole quan- tity . RULE . Multiply the given price and quantity together , as in whole numbers , and the separatrix will ...
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... value of 29 pairs of men's shoes , at 1 dollar 51 cents per pair ? Ans ... Find the amount of the following BILL OF PARCELS . Mr. James Paywell , 28 lb ... value of 100 SIMPLE MULTIPLICATION . 33.
... value of 29 pairs of men's shoes , at 1 dollar 51 cents per pair ? Ans ... Find the amount of the following BILL OF PARCELS . Mr. James Paywell , 28 lb ... value of 100 SIMPLE MULTIPLICATION . 33.
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... value of 100 lbs . of any article will be just as many dollars as the ... find how many times one whole number is contained in another ; and also what ... find the greatest figure that the divisor can be multiplied by , so as to produce a ...
... value of 100 lbs . of any article will be just as many dollars as the ... find how many times one whole number is contained in another ; and also what ... find the greatest figure that the divisor can be multiplied by , so as to produce a ...
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... 6 29 yds . of cambric , at 0 13 7 per yd . 19 13 11 111 yds . broadcloth , at 1 2 6 per yd . 124 17 6 94 beaver hats , at 1 9 4 a piece . 137 17 4 4. To find the value of a hundred weight , 54 COMPOUND MULTIPLICATION .
... 6 29 yds . of cambric , at 0 13 7 per yd . 19 13 11 111 yds . broadcloth , at 1 2 6 per yd . 124 17 6 94 beaver hats , at 1 9 4 a piece . 137 17 4 4. To find the value of a hundred weight , 54 COMPOUND MULTIPLICATION .
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100 dollars 2qrs 3grs 3qrs acres annex annuity annum answer arithmetical series barter Bought bushels common denominator compound interest contain cyphers Deduct demand dimes divide the product dividend divisor dols equal EXAMPLES federal money Find the value gain or loss gallon geometrical series given number given quantity given sum gross guineas hundred improper fraction inches integer least common least common multiple left hand lowest terms merchants miles mills milreas mixed numbers months Multiply the given neat weight New-England currency New-Jersey NOTE Nova-Scotia currency number of shillings number of terms paid payment pence pence and farthings pound sterling present worth principal quotient rate per cent ratio ready money Reduce remainder Required the interest right hand rods Rule of Three sell separatrix simple interest sold solid feet square root subtract subtrahend sugar tare VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine
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Page 2 - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the 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 172 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total. If there be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due, to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above ; and in like manner from one payment to another till ail the payments are absorbed; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Page 188 - IS the method of finding what quantity of e'ach of the ingredients, whose rates are given, will compose a mixture of a given rate; so that it is the reverse of alligation medial, and may be proved by it.
Page 21 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 237 - I nominate, constitute, and appoint sole executrix of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other and former wills by me at any time heretofore made.
Page 172 - But if any payment be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on t!<e principal sura due on the obligation for one year, add it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid, from the time it was paid, up to the end of the year ; add it to the sum paid, and deduct that sum from the principal and interest added as above...
Page 218 - To measure a parallelogram, or long square. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area, or superficial content.
Page 181 - Subtract the cube thus found, from the said period, and to the remainder bring down the next period, and call this the dividend.
Page 156 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator; and they will form the fraction required.
Page 199 - EXAMPLES. 1. A schoolmaster being asked how many scholars he had, said, If I had as many more as I now have, half as many, one-third...