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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... number of these questions increased . But what more particularly claims ... given to many of the questions in different currencies , so that the pupil ... Numbers , and at the same time , Hista Science.
... number of these questions increased . But what more particularly claims ... given to many of the questions in different currencies , so that the pupil ... Numbers , and at the same time , Hista Science.
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... certain given quantities which are known , to find out others which are unknown . This cannot be done but by changes ef- fected on the given numbers ; and as the only way in which numbers can be changed is either by increasing or ...
... certain given quantities which are known , to find out others which are unknown . This cannot be done but by changes ef- fected on the given numbers ; and as the only way in which numbers can be changed is either by increasing or ...
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... given for addition ; two of them contain units , tens , hundreds , thousands ... number ( 12 ) placing the 2 , or unit figure directly under the column , and ... numbers is evident from what has been taught in Notation . It is because 10 ...
... given for addition ; two of them contain units , tens , hundreds , thousands ... number ( 12 ) placing the 2 , or unit figure directly under the column , and ... numbers is evident from what has been taught in Notation . It is because 10 ...
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... numbers must there be given to perform that operation ? 3. How must the given numbers be placed ? 4. What are they called ? 5. When the figure in the lower number is greater than that of the up- per number from which it is to be taken ...
... numbers must there be given to perform that operation ? 3. How must the given numbers be placed ? 4. What are they called ? 5. When the figure in the lower number is greater than that of the up- per number from which it is to be taken ...
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... given of the same denomination , to find a third which shall contain either of the two given numbers as many times ... number ( 8 ) or number to be multiplied , is called the Multiplicand ; the less number ( 5 ) or number to multiply by ...
... given of the same denomination , to find a third which shall contain either of the two given numbers as many times ... number ( 8 ) or number to be multiplied , is called the Multiplicand ; the less number ( 5 ) or number to multiply by ...
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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.
Page 215 - He shall not waste the Goods of his said Master nor lend them unlawfully to any.
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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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