Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged, Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic, Adapted to the United States |
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... figures : 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 0 - or cypher . Besides the simple value of figures , each has a local value , which depends upon the place it stands in , viz . any figure in the place of units , represents only its sim ...
... figures : 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 0 - or cypher . Besides the simple value of figures , each has a local value , which depends upon the place it stands in , viz . any figure in the place of units , represents only its sim ...
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... figures . RULE . 1. Numerate from the right to the left hand , each fig- ure in its proper place , by saying , units , tens , hundreds , & c . as in the Numeration Table . 2. To the simple value of each figure , join the name of its ...
... figures . RULE . 1. Numerate from the right to the left hand , each fig- ure in its proper place , by saying , units , tens , hundreds , & c . as in the Numeration Table . 2. To the simple value of each figure , join the name of its ...
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... figure ac- cording to its proper value in numeration ; taking care to supply those places of the natural order with cyphers which are omitted in the question . EXAMPLES . Write down in proper figures the following numbers : Thirty - six ...
... figure ac- cording to its proper value in numeration ; taking care to supply those places of the natural order with cyphers which are omitted in the question . EXAMPLES . Write down in proper figures the following numbers : Thirty - six ...
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... figure in that column , consider how ma- ny tens are contained in their sum ; set down the remain- der under the units , and carry so many as you have tens , to the next column of tens ; proceed in the same manner through every column ...
... figure in that column , consider how ma- ny tens are contained in their sum ; set down the remain- der under the units , and carry so many as you have tens , to the next column of tens ; proceed in the same manner through every column ...
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... figures downwards in the same manner as they were added upwards , and if it be right , this sum total will be equal to the first : Or cut off the upper line of figures , and find the amount of the rest ; then if the amount and upper ...
... figures downwards in the same manner as they were added upwards , and if it be right , this sum total will be equal to the first : Or cut off the upper line of figures , and find the amount of the rest ; then if the amount and upper ...
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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