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make 1 penny - weight , marked 20 penny - weights , 1 ounce , 12 ounces , 1 pound , 3. Avoirdupois Weight . pot . OZ . Ib . oz . 16 drams ( dr . ) make 1 ounce , 16 ounces , 1 pound , lb. 28 pounds , 1 quarter of a hundred weight , gr .
make 1 penny - weight , marked 20 penny - weights , 1 ounce , 12 ounces , 1 pound , 3. Avoirdupois Weight . pot . OZ . Ib . oz . 16 drams ( dr . ) make 1 ounce , 16 ounces , 1 pound , lb. 28 pounds , 1 quarter of a hundred weight , gr .
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In making out bills of parcels , and in finding the value of goods ; when the price of one yard , pound , & c . is given ( in Federal Money ) to find the value of the whole quantity . RULE . Multiply the given price andquantity together ...
In making out bills of parcels , and in finding the value of goods ; when the price of one yard , pound , & c . is given ( in Federal Money ) to find the value of the whole quantity . RULE . Multiply the given price andquantity together ...
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The value of 100 lbs . of any article will be just as many dollars as the article is cents a pound . For 100 lb. at 1 cent per lb. = 100 cents = 1 dollar . 100 lb. of beef at 4 cents a lb. comes to 400 cents 4 dollars , & c .
The value of 100 lbs . of any article will be just as many dollars as the article is cents a pound . For 100 lb. at 1 cent per lb. = 100 cents = 1 dollar . 100 lb. of beef at 4 cents a lb. comes to 400 cents 4 dollars , & c .
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COMPOUND ADDITION , Is the adding of several numbers together , having airferent denominations , but of the same generic kind , as pounds , shillings and pence , & c . Tons , hundreds , quarters , & c . RULE . * 1.
COMPOUND ADDITION , Is the adding of several numbers together , having airferent denominations , but of the same generic kind , as pounds , shillings and pence , & c . Tons , hundreds , quarters , & c . RULE . * 1.
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Ans ! £ 60 ) Os : 5d . 14. Find the amount of the following sums , viz .. Forty pounds , nine shillings , £ d . Sixty - four pounds and nine pence , Ninety - five pounds , nineteen shillings , Seventeen shillings and 4 d . Ans . £ .
Ans ! £ 60 ) Os : 5d . 14. Find the amount of the following sums , viz .. Forty pounds , nine shillings , £ d . Sixty - four pounds and nine pence , Ninety - five pounds , nineteen shillings , Seventeen shillings and 4 d . Ans . £ .
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| Title | Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged, Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic, Adapted to the United States |
| Author | Nathan Daboll |
| Publisher | G. Tracy, 1841 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 231 pages |
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