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... S Direct , Three , { Inverse 104 116 Rule of Proportion , 118 Interest { Simple , 124 Compound , 139 Barter , 141 Loss and Gain , 144 Fellowship { Compound , 146 150 Page Tare and Tret , 152 Commission , 161 Ensurance Contents .
... S Direct , Three , { Inverse 104 116 Rule of Proportion , 118 Interest { Simple , 124 Compound , 139 Barter , 141 Loss and Gain , 144 Fellowship { Compound , 146 150 Page Tare and Tret , 152 Commission , 161 Ensurance Contents .
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... loss ? Ans . 6d . gained . 67. If 30 yards of cloth cost £ 15 , how much will a Dutch Ell come to , if 3 yards are equal to 4 Ells ? Ans . 7s . 6d . 68. A fountain has 4 cocks , viz . A , B , C , and D , and under the fountain stands a ...
... loss ? Ans . 6d . gained . 67. If 30 yards of cloth cost £ 15 , how much will a Dutch Ell come to , if 3 yards are equal to 4 Ells ? Ans . 7s . 6d . 68. A fountain has 4 cocks , viz . A , B , C , and D , and under the fountain stands a ...
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... loss per cent , when 5 hogsheads are sold for £ 45 10 ? Ans . lost 1433 per cent . 81. If one pound tem and 40 groats Will buy a load of hay , How many pounds with 19 crowns For 20 loads will pay ? Ans . £ 28 11 8 . NOTE . After finding ...
... loss per cent , when 5 hogsheads are sold for £ 45 10 ? Ans . lost 1433 per cent . 81. If one pound tem and 40 groats Will buy a load of hay , How many pounds with 19 crowns For 20 loads will pay ? Ans . £ 28 11 8 . NOTE . After finding ...
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... loss , 21000 . Had none been lost they might have had 14 oz . per day . 94. If one degree of a great circle of the earth be 694 English statute miles , how many statute miles is the circumference of the earth , it being 360 degrees ...
... loss , 21000 . Had none been lost they might have had 14 oz . per day . 94. If one degree of a great circle of the earth be 694 English statute miles , how many statute miles is the circumference of the earth , it being 360 degrees ...
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... loss or gain to either party ; questions in this rule are solved by finding what quantity of one kind of goods , at a given price , is equal in value to a given quantity of another kind , the price of the latter also being given . N ...
... loss or gain to either party ; questions in this rule are solved by finding what quantity of one kind of goods , at a given price , is equal in value to a given quantity of another kind , the price of the latter also being given . N ...
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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...