Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged : Being a Plain and Practical System of Arithmetick Adapted to the United States |
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... separatrix , may be placed after the dollars to separate them from the inferior denominations ; then the first figure at the right of this separatrix is dimes , the second figure , cents , and the third mills . * ADDITION OF FEDERAL ...
... separatrix , may be placed after the dollars to separate them from the inferior denominations ; then the first figure at the right of this separatrix is dimes , the second figure , cents , and the third mills . * ADDITION OF FEDERAL ...
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... separatrix will be as many figures from the ight hand in the product as in the given price . EXAMPLES . 1. What will 35 yards of broad- { $ . d . c . m . cloth come to , at 3 , 4 9 6 per yard ? 35 17 4 8 0 104 8 8 Ans . $ 122 , 3 6 0 ...
... separatrix will be as many figures from the ight hand in the product as in the given price . EXAMPLES . 1. What will 35 yards of broad- { $ . d . c . m . cloth come to , at 3 , 4 9 6 per yard ? 35 17 4 8 0 104 8 8 Ans . $ 122 , 3 6 0 ...
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... separatrix a many figures from the right hand in the product , as it is in the mul stiplicand , or given sum . EXAMPLES . $ .cts . d . c . r . . Multiply 35 09 by 25 . 25 2. Multiply 49 0 0 5 by 97 . 97 17545 343035 7018 441045 Prod ...
... separatrix a many figures from the right hand in the product , as it is in the mul stiplicand , or given sum . EXAMPLES . $ .cts . d . c . r . . Multiply 35 09 by 25 . 25 2. Multiply 49 0 0 5 by 97 . 97 17545 343035 7018 441045 Prod ...
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... separatrix , they will show how many cents the given sum contains ; and when dollars , cents , and mills , are so joined together , they will show the whole number of mills in the given sum . - Hence , properly speaking , there is no ...
... separatrix , they will show how many cents the given sum contains ; and when dollars , cents , and mills , are so joined together , they will show the whole number of mills in the given sum . - Hence , properly speaking , there is no ...
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... separatrix . Decimals are counted from the left towards the right hand , and each figure takes its value by its distance from the unit's place ; if it be in the first place after units , ( or se- parating point ) it signifies tenths ...
... separatrix . Decimals are counted from the left towards the right hand , and each figure takes its value by its distance from the unit's place ; if it be in the first place after units , ( or se- parating point ) it signifies tenths ...
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acres annuity annum answer Anthony Billings arithmetical series Bought breadth bushels ciphers compound interest contain decimal demand diameter dimes ditto Divide dividend divisor dols duct equal EXAMPLES farthings federal money figures find the value gain gallon gals given number given sum gross guineas hundred improper fraction inches Joseph Hastings least common multiple left hand lowest terms measure merchant miles millions mills milreas months multiplicand Multiply neat weight New-England currency New-London New-York NOTE number of terms paid payment pence piece pound pound sterling present worth principal quotient rate per cent ratio ready money Reduce remainder Required the interest right hand rods Rule of Three separatrix shillings sold solid feet square root sterling subtract sugar TABLE tare Thomas Grosvenor thousand tret TROY WEIGHT tuns VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine yards cost
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Page 162 - 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 all the payments are absorbed; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Page 162 - But if any payments be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on the principal sum 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 190 - If the errors are alike, divide the difference of the products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer.
Page 154 - 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 185 - The first term, the last term (or the extremes) and the ratio given, to find the sum of the series RULE. Multiply the last term by the ratio, and from the product subtract the first term...
Page 4 - Obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Page 124 - When the debtor keeps the annuity in his own hands beyond the time of payment, it is said to be in arrears. The sum of all the annuities for the time they have been foreborne, together with the interest due on each, is called the amount.
Page 177 - Alligation Alternate. ALLIGATION MEDIAL, Is when the quantities and prices of several things are given, to find the' mean price of the mixture compounded of those things.
Page 159 - The amount, principal, and rate per cent, given, to find the time. RULE. Subtract the principal from the amount; divide the remainder by the product of the ratio and principal; and the quotient -will be the time. EXAMPLES. 1. In what time will 950 dols. 75 cts. amount to 1235 dollars, 97,5 cents, at 6 per cent, per annum ? From the amount 81235,975 Take the principal 950,75 950,75x06=57,0450)285,2250(5 years, Ans.
Page 91 - Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the first term; and the quotient will be the answer to the question, in the same denomination you left the second term in, which may be brought into any other denomination required.