Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant, Improved and Enlarged: Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic: Adapted to the United States |
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... whole work would be te- dious ; I shall therefore notice only a few particulars , and refer the reader to the contents . Although the Federal Coin is purely decimal , it is so nearly allied to whole numbers , and so absolutely neces ...
... whole work would be te- dious ; I shall therefore notice only a few particulars , and refer the reader to the contents . Although the Federal Coin is purely decimal , it is so nearly allied to whole numbers , and so absolutely neces ...
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... Whole Numbers 34 Contractions in 37 Compound 57 Discount 135 Duodecimals 228 Equation of Payments 138 Evolution , or Extraction of Roots 179 Exchange 151 Federal Money 21 Subtraction of 27 Fellowship 144 Compound 146 Insurance Fractions ...
... Whole Numbers 34 Contractions in 37 Compound 57 Discount 135 Duodecimals 228 Equation of Payments 138 Evolution , or Extraction of Roots 179 Exchange 151 Federal Money 21 Subtraction of 27 Fellowship 144 Compound 146 Insurance Fractions ...
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... numbers , they may be divided into periods of three figures each , as ... natural order with cyphers . which are omitted in the question . EXAMPLES .. Write ... whole or sum total ; as 4 dollars and six dollars in one sum is 10 dollars ...
... numbers , they may be divided into periods of three figures each , as ... natural order with cyphers . which are omitted in the question . EXAMPLES .. Write ... whole or sum total ; as 4 dollars and six dollars in one sum is 10 dollars ...
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... number of dollars are in six bags , containing each 37542 dollars ? Ans . 225252 . 2. If one quarter of a ship's cargo be worth eleven thousand and ninety - nine dollars , how many dollars is the whole cargo worth ? Ans . 44396 dols . 3 ...
... number of dollars are in six bags , containing each 37542 dollars ? Ans . 225252 . 2. If one quarter of a ship's cargo be worth eleven thousand and ninety - nine dollars , how many dollars is the whole cargo worth ? Ans . 44396 dols . 3 ...
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... numbers according to their value ; that is , dollars under dollars , dimes under dimes , cents under cents , & c . and proceed exactly as in whole numbers ; then place the separatrix in the sum total , directly under the separating ...
... numbers according to their value ; that is , dollars under dollars , dimes under dimes , cents under cents , & c . and proceed exactly as in whole numbers ; then place the separatrix in the sum total , directly under the separating ...
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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...