The National Arithmetic on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods, Together with the Cancelling System : Forming a Complete Mercantile Arithmetic |
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... numeration , and significant- ly expresses his inability to proceed by holding up his expanded fingers or pointing to the hair of his head . See Lacroix NUMERATION TABLE . The following is the French method of 14 [ SECT . I NUMERATION .
... numeration , and significant- ly expresses his inability to proceed by holding up his expanded fingers or pointing to the hair of his head . See Lacroix NUMERATION TABLE . The following is the French method of 14 [ SECT . I NUMERATION .
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... proceed , till every column of figures is added , writing down on the left the sum total of the left- hand column , and the result will be the sum of the whole as required . PROOF . Begin at the top and add all the columns downwards ...
... proceed , till every column of figures is added , writing down on the left the sum total of the left- hand column , and the result will be the sum of the whole as required . PROOF . Begin at the top and add all the columns downwards ...
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... proceed to the hundreds . As we have borrowed 1 from the 9 hundreds , the 9 is too large by 1. We must therefore take the 6 ( hundreds ) from 8 hundreds and there will re- main 2 ( hundreds ) . We therefore write down the 2 in the place ...
... proceed to the hundreds . As we have borrowed 1 from the 9 hundreds , the 9 is too large by 1. We must therefore take the 6 ( hundreds ) from 8 hundreds and there will re- main 2 ( hundreds ) . We therefore write down the 2 in the place ...
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... Proceed in the same manner with the multiplier , and write the final excess under that of the multiplicand . Multiply these excesses together and place the excess of nines in their product under the other excesses . Then proceed to find ...
... Proceed in the same manner with the multiplier , and write the final excess under that of the multiplicand . Multiply these excesses together and place the excess of nines in their product under the other excesses . Then proceed to find ...
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... proceed to inquire how many times the divisor is contained in the next figure * of the dividend , and set down the ... proceed to a third figure in the dividend , before we can effect a proper division . quotient figure underneath , as ...
... proceed to inquire how many times the divisor is contained in the next figure * of the dividend , and set down the ... proceed to a third figure in the dividend , before we can effect a proper division . quotient figure underneath , as ...
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acres amount annexed annuity answer Arithmetic Avoirdupois beam bill Boston Bought breadth broadcloth bushels cent ciphers circle circumference common denominator common difference compound interest contain cost cube root decimal diameter Divide dividend divisor dominical letter Ducat duodecillions equal EXAMPLES exchange farthings feet long feet wide figure foot gain gallons given number hogshead hundred improper fraction inches wide indorsements least common multiple length merchant miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number of terms OPERATION ounces paid payment pence pound sterling pounds present worth principal proportion quantity question quotient ratio received Reduce remainder repetend rix dollars rods RULE SECTION shillings side simple fraction sold square root subtract subtrahend sugar third thousand thousandths tons tredecillions triangle TROY WEIGHT U. S. money United States money vulgar fraction weight wheel whole number wine
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Page 176 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; 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 172 - Compute the interest on the principal sum, from the time when the interest commenced to the first time when a payment was made, which exceeds either alone or in conjunction with the preceding payment...
Page 203 - Ratio is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind, the comparison being made by considering what multiple, part, or parts, one quantity is of the other.
Page 260 - Raise the ratio to a power whose index is equal to the number of terms, from which subtract 1 ; divide the remainder by the ratio, less 1, and the quotient, multiplied by the first term, will be the answer.
Page 315 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 296 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 327 - ... above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and...
Page 92 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator; under this sum write the denominator.
Page 198 - B. $380, to be paid as follows: $100 in 6 months, $120 in 7 months, and $160 in 10 months. What is the equated time for the payment of the whole ? Ans.
Page 241 - Double the figures already found in the root for a new divisor, (or, bring down your last divisor for a new one, doubling the right hand figure of it,) and from these find the next figure in the root, as last directed, and continue the operation in the same manner, till you have brought down all the periods.