Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged, Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic, Adapted to the United States |
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... Decimal Arithmetic , and has applied it in a plain and elegant manner in the solution of various questions , and especially to those relative to the Federal Computa- tion of money . I think it will be a very useful book to Schoolmasters ...
... Decimal Arithmetic , and has applied it in a plain and elegant manner in the solution of various questions , and especially to those relative to the Federal Computa- tion of money . I think it will be a very useful book to Schoolmasters ...
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... decimal , it is se nearly allied to whole numbers , and so absolutely neces sary to be understood by every one , that I have intro- duced it immediately after addition of whole numbers , and also shown how to find the value of goods ...
... decimal , it is se nearly allied to whole numbers , and so absolutely neces sary to be understood by every one , that I have intro- duced it immediately after addition of whole numbers , and also shown how to find the value of goods ...
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... decimal fractions may be learned much easier than vulgar , and are more simple , useful , and neces- and soonest ... decimals , which will be necessary in the reduction of cur- rencies , computing interest and many other branches ...
... decimal fractions may be learned much easier than vulgar , and are more simple , useful , and neces- and soonest ... decimals , which will be necessary in the reduction of cur- rencies , computing interest and many other branches ...
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... Decimals Insurance Interest , Simple 74 , 155 126 120 by Decimals 169 Compound 134 by Decimals 177 Inverse Proportion 167 Involution 178 Loss and Gain 140 Multiplication , Simple 23 Application and use of 32 Supplement to Compound 38 31 ...
... Decimals Insurance Interest , Simple 74 , 155 126 120 by Decimals 169 Compound 134 by Decimals 177 Inverse Proportion 167 Involution 178 Loss and Gain 140 Multiplication , Simple 23 Application and use of 32 Supplement to Compound 38 31 ...
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... DECIMAL . A Vulgar Fraction , is represented by two numbers pla ced one above another , with a line drawn between them thus ,,, & c . signifies three - fourths , five - eights , & c . The figure above the line , is called the numerator ...
... DECIMAL . A Vulgar Fraction , is represented by two numbers pla ced one above another , with a line drawn between them thus ,,, & c . signifies three - fourths , five - eights , & c . The figure above the line , is called the numerator ...
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100 dollars 2qrs annex annuity annum answer Anthony Billings barter Bought bushels cloth compound interest contain cube root cyphers Deduct demand dimes divide the product dividend divisor dols equal EXAMPLES federal money figure Find the value gain or loss gallon given number given sum gross guineas hhds hogshead hundred improper fraction inches least common least common multiple left hand lowest terms measure miles mills milreas mixed numbers months Multiply the given neat weight New-England currency New-Jersey New-York currency NOTE Nova-Scotia currency number of shillings paid payment pence piece pound pound sterling present worth principal quotient rate per cent ratio ready money Reduce remainder Required the interest right hand rods Rule of Three sell separatrix simple interest sold solid feet Sqrs square root sterling subtract subtrahend sugar tare third Thomas Grosvenor trett VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine