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... whole numbers , as 26 , 39 , & c . Fractions are broken numbers or parts of an integer , as is one fourth , 3 is three eighths , & c . Mixed numbers consists of integers and fractions , as 27 is twenty - seven and three fourths . OF ...
... whole numbers , as 26 , 39 , & c . Fractions are broken numbers or parts of an integer , as is one fourth , 3 is three eighths , & c . Mixed numbers consists of integers and fractions , as 27 is twenty - seven and three fourths . OF ...
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... whole . Begin with the lower figure of the units and add up- wards ; if the result be contained in one figure , set it down under its column , but if in more than one figure , set the right hand figure only under its column , and add ...
... whole . Begin with the lower figure of the units and add up- wards ; if the result be contained in one figure , set it down under its column , but if in more than one figure , set the right hand figure only under its column , and add ...
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... whole downwards ; the last sum will be 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 ...
... whole downwards ; the last sum will be 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 ...
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... A merchant sold an invoice of goods , for which he received in money $ 798 , and a note for the re- mainder , which was $ 2750 ; how much was the whole value ? Ans . $ 3548 . 5th . A man being asked his age , said 14 Simple Addition .
... A merchant sold an invoice of goods , for which he received in money $ 798 , and a note for the re- mainder , which was $ 2750 ; how much was the whole value ? Ans . $ 3548 . 5th . A man being asked his age , said 14 Simple Addition .
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... whole ? Ans . 220 . 9th . A man at his death left an estate , which , after paying debts and charges to the amount of $ 2643 , there remained to divide among seven children , $ 5648 each ; how much was the whole estate ? Ans . $ 42179 ...
... whole ? Ans . 220 . 9th . A man at his death left an estate , which , after paying debts and charges to the amount of $ 2643 , there remained to divide among seven children , $ 5648 each ; how much was the whole estate ? Ans . $ 42179 ...
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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...