The young student's pocket companion, or Arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry, and mensuration. With an appendix |
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... hundreds , gallons , hogf- heads , tuns , & c . from one to a thousand , at any price from a farthing to ten pounds , confequently by this table anfwers may be found to feveral milions of different questions . It only now remains to ...
... hundreds , gallons , hogf- heads , tuns , & c . from one to a thousand , at any price from a farthing to ten pounds , confequently by this table anfwers may be found to feveral milions of different questions . It only now remains to ...
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... Hundred Thoufand , 8000000 Eight Milion . This mark + is the fign of Addition , and is called Plus or More , as 4 + ... Hundreds , Thousands , & c . as in the fubjoined Table . Units 9 Tens Hundreds Thousands Tens of Thousands Hundreds ...
... Hundred Thoufand , 8000000 Eight Milion . This mark + is the fign of Addition , and is called Plus or More , as 4 + ... Hundreds , Thousands , & c . as in the fubjoined Table . Units 9 Tens Hundreds Thousands Tens of Thousands Hundreds ...
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... Hundred and Fifty Five men , are expressed 555 men , & c . 2d A whole number or Integeral . 3d A broken or Fractional number . 4th Prime numbers are fuch as are only divifible by unity , as 5. 7. 11. and numbers are faid to be prime ...
... Hundred and Fifty Five men , are expressed 555 men , & c . 2d A whole number or Integeral . 3d A broken or Fractional number . 4th Prime numbers are fuch as are only divifible by unity , as 5. 7. 11. and numbers are faid to be prime ...
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... Hundreds under Hundreds , & c . Then collect all the Units in the first column into one fum , and put the Units figure of the fum , under the Units place carrying the Tens to the next line , which collect alfo into one fum as if they ...
... Hundreds under Hundreds , & c . Then collect all the Units in the first column into one fum , and put the Units figure of the fum , under the Units place carrying the Tens to the next line , which collect alfo into one fum as if they ...
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... hundred and 11 pounds , and then he found he had bequeathed one third of his eftate , required the amount of his eftate and how much A's portion exceeded that of B's ? Anf . Amt . £ 78333. A's was 1889 more than B's 4th Required the Sum ...
... hundred and 11 pounds , and then he found he had bequeathed one third of his eftate , required the amount of his eftate and how much A's portion exceeded that of B's ? Anf . Amt . £ 78333. A's was 1889 more than B's 4th Required the Sum ...
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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...