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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... right hand , and proceed towards the left . EXAMPLE . If you wish to write the sum or number 537 , begin by setting down the seven , or right hand figure , thus 7 , next set down the three , at the left hand of the seven , thus 37 , and ...
... right hand , and proceed towards the left . EXAMPLE . If you wish to write the sum or number 537 , begin by setting down the seven , or right hand figure , thus 7 , next set down the three , at the left hand of the seven , thus 37 , and ...
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... right hand of another figure it increases the value of that figure in the same ten- fold proportion , as if it had been preceded by any other figure . Thus 3 , standing slone , signifies three ; place a cypher before ( 30 ) and it no ...
... right hand of another figure it increases the value of that figure in the same ten- fold proportion , as if it had been preceded by any other figure . Thus 3 , standing slone , signifies three ; place a cypher before ( 30 ) and it no ...
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... right hand are called the unit period , the next six the million period , after which the trillion , quadrillion , quintillion periods , & c . follow in their order . Thus by the use of ten figures may be reckoned every thing which can ...
... right hand are called the unit period , the next six the million period , after which the trillion , quadrillion , quintillion periods , & c . follow in their order . Thus by the use of ten figures may be reckoned every thing which can ...
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... left hand column . PROOF . Reckon the figures from the top downwards , and if the work be right , this amount will be equal to the first ; -or , what is often practised , " cut " off the upper line of figures and find the amount of the ...
... left hand column . PROOF . Reckon the figures from the top downwards , and if the work be right , this amount will be equal to the first ; -or , what is often practised , " cut " off the upper line of figures and find the amount of the ...
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... left hand , or to that of Tens of thousands , and the work is done . Ir may now be required to know if the work be right . To exhibit the method of proof let the upper line of figures be cut off as seen in the ex- ample . Then adding ...
... left hand , or to that of Tens of thousands , and the work is done . Ir may now be required to know if the work be right . To exhibit the method of proof let the upper line of figures be cut off as seen in the ex- ample . Then adding ...
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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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