The young student's pocket companion, or Arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry, and mensuration. With an appendix |
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Page vii
... annuities , or pen- fions , now commencing or in reverfion , all stand indebt- ed to the aid of Arithmetic , by it are calculated all interefts , fimple and compound , at what ever rate per cent affigned : likewife all commiffions ...
... annuities , or pen- fions , now commencing or in reverfion , all stand indebt- ed to the aid of Arithmetic , by it are calculated all interefts , fimple and compound , at what ever rate per cent affigned : likewife all commiffions ...
Page xi
... Annuities , penfions in arrears , their prefent worths , immediately commenced , and in reverfion ; the ufe of the fquare and cube roots in variety of articles ; the application of Logarithms to Trigonometry , Longimetry , Altimetry ...
... Annuities , penfions in arrears , their prefent worths , immediately commenced , and in reverfion ; the ufe of the fquare and cube roots in variety of articles ; the application of Logarithms to Trigonometry , Longimetry , Altimetry ...
Page xvi
... Annuities , Penfions , Sc . in arrears , Prefent worth of Annuities Annuities , Penfions & c . purchased is Reversion . Equation of payments Difcount by decimals Extraction of the Square root The ufe of the Square root Extraction of the ...
... Annuities , Penfions , Sc . in arrears , Prefent worth of Annuities Annuities , Penfions & c . purchased is Reversion . Equation of payments Difcount by decimals Extraction of the Square root The ufe of the Square root Extraction of the ...
Page 96
... 15s . amount to 10621. 158 . Id . , at 41. per cent per annum fimple interest ? 1062.796875-768-75-8.5 = 8 years an Sol . 768.75 X.045 an £ Annuities Annuities , Penfions , & c . in Arrears . 96 INTEREST by DECIMALS .
... 15s . amount to 10621. 158 . Id . , at 41. per cent per annum fimple interest ? 1062.796875-768-75-8.5 = 8 years an Sol . 768.75 X.045 an £ Annuities Annuities , Penfions , & c . in Arrears . 96 INTEREST by DECIMALS .
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John Draper (of Whitehaven.) Annuities , Penfions , & c . in Arrears . A Arrears , when they are due quarterly , half yearly -or yearly , and are unpaid for any number of payments . Cafe ft . If the Annuity , rate , and time be given ...
John Draper (of Whitehaven.) Annuities , Penfions , & c . in Arrears . A Arrears , when they are due quarterly , half yearly -or yearly , and are unpaid for any number of payments . Cafe ft . If the Annuity , rate , and time be given ...
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Page 120 - To the remainder bring down the first figure in the next period, and call it the dividend. 4. Involve the root to the next inferior power to that which is given, and multiply, it by the number denoting the given power, for a divisor. 5., Find how many times the divisor may be had in the dividend, and the quotient will be another figure of the root.
Page 115 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 74 - To reduce fractions to a common denominator RULE. Multiply each numerator into all the denominators, except its own, for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator. ' EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce 7 and -= to a common denominator.
Page 120 - ... quotient figure by common division, and annex it to the root ; then involve the whole root into the given power, and call that the subtrahend. 6. Subtract that number from as many points of the given power as...
Page 15 - TIMI. 60 Seconds .«••.......... — i Minute. 60 Minutes =i Hour. 24 Hours ^ . . =i Day. 7 Days = i Week.
Page 76 - To reduce a fraction of one denomination to the fraction of another, but less, retaining the sanье value. RULE. Multiply the numerator by the parts contained in the several denominations between it, and that you would reduce it to, for a new numerator, and place it over the given denominator.
Page 12 - APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 20 grains i scruple 3 scruples I dram 8 drams i ounce 12 ounces I pound...
Page 120 - ... from the given number. 3. Bring down the firft 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 diviibr.
Page 12 - Apothecaries' pound and ounce, and the pound and ounce Troy, are the same, only differently divided and subdivided.
Page 187 - The surface of a sphere Is equal to four times the area of one...