The Scholar's Arithmetic; Or, Federal Accountant ...: The Whole in a Form and Method Altogether New, for the Ease of the Master and the Greater Progress of the Scholar |
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... equal to thir- 6 ty , what the figure really signifies . Hundreds 2 in the third place shew the meaning of fig- 5 ures in this place to be Hundreds , and 8 4 shews that eight hundreds are meant . In 27 0 2 1 3 6 7 5 the same manner the ...
... equal to thir- 6 ty , what the figure really signifies . Hundreds 2 in the third place shew the meaning of fig- 5 ures in this place to be Hundreds , and 8 4 shews that eight hundreds are meant . In 27 0 2 1 3 6 7 5 the same manner the ...
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... equal to 1 dollar . Saint George's Cross , the sign of addition ; as 2 + 46 , that is , 2 added to 4 are equal to 6 . The sign of subtraction ; as 6—2—4 ; that is , 2 taken from 6 leaves 4 , Saint Andrew's Cross , the sign of ...
... equal to 1 dollar . Saint George's Cross , the sign of addition ; as 2 + 46 , that is , 2 added to 4 are equal to 6 . The sign of subtraction ; as 6—2—4 ; that is , 2 taken from 6 leaves 4 , Saint Andrew's Cross , the sign of ...
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... equal to the first ; -or , what is often practised , " cut " off the upper line of figures and find the amount of the rest ; then if the " amount and upper line when added , be equal to the sum total , the work " is supposed to be right ...
... equal to the first ; -or , what is often practised , " cut " off the upper line of figures and find the amount of the rest ; then if the " amount and upper line when added , be equal to the sum total , the work " is supposed to be right ...
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... equal in value to 1 in a superior column . As if a man should • be holding in his right hand half pistareens , and in his left , dollars . If you should take 10 half pistareens from his right hand , and put one dollar into his left hand ...
... equal in value to 1 in a superior column . As if a man should • be holding in his right hand half pistareens , and in his left , dollars . If you should take 10 half pistareens from his right hand , and put one dollar into his left hand ...
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... equal to the minuend , suppose the work to be right . NOTE . The reason of borrowing ten , will appear if we consider , that , when two numbers are equally increased by adding the same to both , their difference will be equal . Thus the ...
... equal to the minuend , suppose the work to be right . NOTE . The reason of borrowing ten , will appear if we consider , that , when two numbers are equally increased by adding the same to both , their difference will be equal . Thus the ...
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3qrs acres added addition annexed answer bushels cents and mills cloth cost column compound interest contained cube root currency cyphers Decimal Fractions diameter divide dividend divisor Dolls DRY MEASURE equal EXAMPLES Federal Money feet gain gallons given number given quantity given sum guineas hundred improper fraction inches integer interest Inverse left hand length lowest terms measure miles mills per yard minuend mixed number moidores months multiplicand multiply N. E. cur New-England New-York OPERATION ounces payment pence and farthings penny pounds proceed PROOF proportion question reckoned Reduce remainder right hand figure Rule of Three scholar Scholar's Arithmetic separatrix share shew side signifies Single Rule sought square root subtract subtrahend superficial contents SUPPLEMENT Suppose third term triple quotient triple square TROY WEIGHT units Vulgar Fractions weight whole numbers yards cost yards of cloth
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Page 158 - ... subtract it therefrom, 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 219 - 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.
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Page 218 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator for~a numerator, which place over the denominator.
Page 167 - RULE. 1 . Separate the given number into periods of three figures each, by putting a point over the unit figure and every third figure bejond the place of units.
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