A brief compendium of arithmetic1835 |
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... upper part together , and the sum of the two parts , if each line of the work be right , will be the same as the total . Examples . Add 647 , 9678 , 49678 , 87 , and 974 together . What is the sum of 3789 , 97167849 , 876 , and 28 ...
... upper part together , and the sum of the two parts , if each line of the work be right , will be the same as the total . Examples . Add 647 , 9678 , 49678 , 87 , and 974 together . What is the sum of 3789 , 97167849 , 876 , and 28 ...
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... upper line . From Subtract 706954068239 103621023214 Remainder 603333045025 Proof 706954068239 OBSERVE.When the under figure is less than the upper one , add ten to the latter , and from their sum sub- tract the under figure , carrying ...
... upper line . From Subtract 706954068239 103621023214 Remainder 603333045025 Proof 706954068239 OBSERVE.When the under figure is less than the upper one , add ten to the latter , and from their sum sub- tract the under figure , carrying ...
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... upper , if it is Farthings add 4 to the upper ; if Pence add 12 ; if Shillings add 20 ; subtract the lower from the sum , set down the remainder , and forget not to carry one to the next number to be subtracted ; or subtract the lower ...
... upper , if it is Farthings add 4 to the upper ; if Pence add 12 ; if Shillings add 20 ; subtract the lower from the sum , set down the remainder , and forget not to carry one to the next number to be subtracted ; or subtract the lower ...
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Benjamin Snowden. upper ; then set down the sum of the two , and carry one to the next left hand figure . 20 12 4 £ . S. d . £ . s . d . £ . s . d . £ . S. d . 42 7 2 7 12 8 5 94 127 14 8 75 21692 311 63 42 15 92 1 12 Remainder 40 14 63 ...
Benjamin Snowden. upper ; then set down the sum of the two , and carry one to the next left hand figure . 20 12 4 £ . S. d . £ . s . d . £ . s . d . £ . S. d . 42 7 2 7 12 8 5 94 127 14 8 75 21692 311 63 42 15 92 1 12 Remainder 40 14 63 ...
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... upper line = 454 times What cost- cwts . £ . s . d . £ . S. d . 7 - A . 1619 10 5 £ . 8. d . 3 114 191 at 8 9 74-4 . 837 578 at 0 14 94 - A . 423 1 7753 at 1 12 9 -4.1233 09 cwts . £ . s . d . 898 at 0 18 BILLS . Bought of William Bean ...
... upper line = 454 times What cost- cwts . £ . s . d . £ . S. d . 7 - A . 1619 10 5 £ . 8. d . 3 114 191 at 8 9 74-4 . 837 578 at 0 14 94 - A . 423 1 7753 at 1 12 9 -4.1233 09 cwts . £ . s . d . 898 at 0 18 BILLS . Bought of William Bean ...
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2qrs 3qrs 7lbs aliquot ALLIGATION Amount annuity annum APOTHECARIES WEIGHT ARITHMETIC AVOIRDUPOISE WEIGHT Banco BEER MEASURE Bought bushel casks cent ciphers CLOTH MEASURE common denominator compound fractions Compound Interest Copecs crowns decimals Divide dividend DIVISION divisor DRY MEASURE Ducat ells Examples exchange Facit farthings feet find the value gallons Geometrical Progression given number given sum greater grotes guineas hogsheads improper fraction inches integer last rule last term left hand less Marcs miles mille-reis mixed numbers months Mult Multiplicand Multiply Neat weight number of terms Oqrs pence penny piastre pound sterling Prob Problem Proof proper quantity quotient Reduce remainder rix-dollars rouble RULE 2.-When Rule of Three RULE.-Multiply share of gain shil shillings short methods square root subtract Tare Tret TROY WEIGHT Vulgar Fractions wheat whole numbers WINE MEASURE wwwm yards cost
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Page 81 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 61 - To reduce fractions to a common denominator. RULE. Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator.
Page 61 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 61 - RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Page 86 - Ans. £b 2s. 3. If 100 eggs were placed in a right line, exactly a yard asunder from one another, and the first a yard from a basket, what length of ground does that man go who gathers up these 100 eggs singly, returning with every egg to the basket to put it in I Ans.
Page 51 - RULE. Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due, then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the answer.
Page 86 - There is a cellar dug that is 12 feet every way, in length, breadth, and depth; how many solid feet of earth were taken out of it? Ans. 1728. 42. How many bricks 9 inches long and 4 inches wide, will pave a yard that is 20 feet square?
Page 84 - Hence, when we have given the first term, the ratio, and the number of terms, to find the last term, we have this RULE.
Page 81 - 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 30 - As the whole sum of the products is to the whole gain or loss, so is each man's particular product to his particular share of the loss or gain.* EXAMPLES.