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... Three , 224 Square Root , 226 Extraction Cube Root , 230 of the Roots of all powers ; 233 Miscellaneous Questions , Forms of bills , notes , receipts , & c . 235 249 G CHARACTERS USED IN THIS TREATISE . = Equal to + viii CONTENTS .
... Three , 224 Square Root , 226 Extraction Cube Root , 230 of the Roots of all powers ; 233 Miscellaneous Questions , Forms of bills , notes , receipts , & c . 235 249 G CHARACTERS USED IN THIS TREATISE . = Equal to + viii CONTENTS .
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... Equal to + { X { or , 3 ) 9 ( 3 Plus . or more . Minus , or Less . Into , With , Or By . By ✰ Pro- portion . The sign of equality , as 208. £ . 1. i . e . twenty shillings are equal to one pound , & c . The sign of Addition , and ...
... Equal to + { X { or , 3 ) 9 ( 3 Plus . or more . Minus , or Less . Into , With , Or By . By ✰ Pro- portion . The sign of equality , as 208. £ . 1. i . e . twenty shillings are equal to one pound , & c . The sign of Addition , and ...
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... equal to the first in either method , if the work be right . EXAMPLES . 1 2 3 236 42368 -493784 9364817 464 57815 167328 3721582 873 24637 526437 6485.136 533 42184 385721 4213751 128 75362 649358 8495279 2234 1998 2234 In the first ...
... equal to the first in either method , if the work be right . EXAMPLES . 1 2 3 236 42368 -493784 9364817 464 57815 167328 3721582 873 24637 526437 6485.136 533 42184 385721 4213751 128 75362 649358 8495279 2234 1998 2234 In the first ...
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... equal to the greater number , if the work be right . 1 3 EXAMPLES . 2 From 96371 78364 2 59 36 Take 31758 37436 1325 1 Remainder . 6 4 6 13 Proof . 96371 In the first example I begin with the unit figure Simple Subtraction . 15 ...
... equal to the greater number , if the work be right . 1 3 EXAMPLES . 2 From 96371 78364 2 59 36 Take 31758 37436 1325 1 Remainder . 6 4 6 13 Proof . 96371 In the first example I begin with the unit figure Simple Subtraction . 15 ...
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... equal to the greater given number . 7 4 53647 27364 5 86497 37938 6 64816 39673 1 0 0 0 0 Q 99999 Questions for Exercise . 1st . A man was 65 years old , A. D. 1806 ; in what year was he born ? Ans . A. D. 1741 . 2d . From A's house to ...
... equal to the greater given number . 7 4 53647 27364 5 86497 37938 6 64816 39673 1 0 0 0 0 Q 99999 Questions for Exercise . 1st . A man was 65 years old , A. D. 1806 ; in what year was he born ? Ans . A. D. 1741 . 2d . From A's house to ...
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2qrs 3qrs 75 cents amount annex annum barrels bought brokerage bushels bushels of wheat cents and mills cents per lb chaldron change the currency ciphers Compound contained cost dolls cube root cubic currency of South decimals denominator discount divide the product dividend divisor dollars dols Dry Measure DUODECIMALS equal EXAMPLES farthings federal money feet long gallons given number given price given quantity given sum hogsheads of sugar hogsheads of tobacco improper fraction inches interest Measure mixed number months multiplicand NOTE number of hundreds ounces paid pence perches pounds present worth principal proceed proper quantity prove quotient rate per cent Reduce remainder resolvend right hand figures RULE shillings sold South Carolina square root statute miles sterling subtract subtrahend thousand trade in company Troy Weight Vulgar Fractions whole numbers whole tare whole value wine yards of cloth
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Page 210 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
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Page 233 - Find the first figure in the root, by the table of powers, which subtract from the given number. 3. Bring down the first figure in the next point to the remainder, and call it the dividend. 4. Involve the root into the next inferior power to that which is given ; multiply it by the given power, and call it the divisor. 5. Find...
Page 209 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators but its own for a new numerator. 2. Multiply all the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 212 - To г-educe the fraction of one denomination, to the fraction of another, but greater, retaining the same value. RULE 1.
Page 216 - To reduce any given quantity to the fraction of any greater denomination of the same kind. RULE. Reduce the given quantity to...
Page 212 - Reduce the giveji fraction to such a compound one, as will express the value of the given fraction^ by comparing it with all the denominations: between it and that denomination you would reduce it to ; lastly, reduce this compound fraction to -a single one, by Case V.
Page 21 - Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator ; or divide the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and multiply the quotient by the numerator.
Page 213 - To reduce fractions from one denomination to another* of the same value, having the numerator of the required fraction given ; . RULE. As the numerator of the given fraction Is to the denominator; So is the numerator of the intended fraction To its denominator. i * Note. As the t...
Page 44 - ... as before. 3. Proceed in the same manner through all the denominations to the highest ; and the quotient last found, together with the several remainders...