The School-master's Guide: Or, a Complete System of Practical Arithmetic: Adapted to the Use of Schools. ... The Second Edition. By Charles Hutton, ... |
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... rules the- felves , bat tend either to explain them , or facilitate the operations ; alfo , to each rule there is annexed a great variety of the best examples , with their anfwers ; not collected from other authors , but all new : and ...
... rules the- felves , bat tend either to explain them , or facilitate the operations ; alfo , to each rule there is annexed a great variety of the best examples , with their anfwers ; not collected from other authors , but all new : and ...
Page ii
... rules preceding vulgar fractions , they are wrote down as they arofe without any abbreviation ; but all fractions in the answers , after that rule , are ab- breviated as much as poffible . The operations of addition , fubtraction ...
... rules preceding vulgar fractions , they are wrote down as they arofe without any abbreviation ; but all fractions in the answers , after that rule , are ab- breviated as much as poffible . The operations of addition , fubtraction ...
Page iii
... rule - of - three , I have neglected the vulgar distinction of it into direct and inverfe ; and have given one general rule for the ftating and operation , per- f & tly fectly eafy in every refpect : which rule is fo PREF A CE . iii.
... rule - of - three , I have neglected the vulgar distinction of it into direct and inverfe ; and have given one general rule for the ftating and operation , per- f & tly fectly eafy in every refpect : which rule is fo PREF A CE . iii.
Page iv
... rule is fo compre- henfive , that it alfo includes the queftions of the com- pound rule , or rule - of - five ; and that not only those which are commonly given in books , wherein the sta- tings are either both direct , or one direct ...
... rule is fo compre- henfive , that it alfo includes the queftions of the com- pound rule , or rule - of - five ; and that not only those which are commonly given in books , wherein the sta- tings are either both direct , or one direct ...
Page v
... rules are expreffed both algebraically and in words at length . I have also inserted the rules of falfe , be aufe of ... rule gives a perfect and the most natural folution : thus , if it be required to find the fide of an equilateral ...
... rules are expreffed both algebraically and in words at length . I have also inserted the rules of falfe , be aufe of ... rule gives a perfect and the most natural folution : thus , if it be required to find the fide of an equilateral ...
Common terms and phrases
20 caracts account at fol afcending alfo anfwer annum arithmetical means arithmetical progreffion barter becauſe Bought cafe cafh caſh cent ciphers coft common difference compofition compound debt decimals defcending feries denominator difcharged diminiſhed diſtance dividend divifion divifor equal EXAMPLES exchange expreffed extract extremes fame fecond feveral fhall fhillings figures filk fimple firft term firſt fome fometimes fquare fter fterling fubtract fuch fugar fundries fuppofing fuppofition gain gallon geometrical progreffion given number given term greater greateſt term grofs improper fractions integer intereft itſelf laft leaft term leaſt ledger lefs Meaſure miles milrea mixt number months muft multiply muſt be mixed Note number fought number of terms perfon piaftre pound problem propofed proportion quantity queftion quotient raiſed ratio Reduce refult remainder RULE tare thefe theſe thoſe uſe vulgar fractions whofe whoſe wine worth yard
Popular passages
Page 148 - A hare starts 40 yards before a grey-hound, and is not perceived by him till she has been up 40 seconds : she scuds away at the rate of...
Page 109 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 39 - If a footman travel 130 miles in 3 days, when the days are 12 hours long ; in how many days, of 10 hours each, may he travel 360 miles ? Ans. 9|f days. 5. If 120 bushels of corn can serve 14 horses 56 days, how many days will 94 bushels serve 6 horses?
Page 140 - If the errors are unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer.
Page 44 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 32 - ... number, if any, which was in this denomination before, then divide the sum as usual, and so on, till the whole is finished. The method of proof is the same as in Simple Division.
Page 43 - RULE. Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quotient will be the whole or mixed number sought.
Page 144 - If a quantity of provisions serves 1500 men 12 weeks, at the rate of 20 ounces a day for each man, how many men will the same provisions maintain for 20 weeks, at the rate of 8 ounces a day for each man ? 55.
Page 57 - ... 1 from 5 to 15 ; 2 from 15 to 25 ; 3 from 25 to 35, &c.
Page 104 - RULE. Find, as in Alligation Medial, what will be the rate of a mixture made of the given quantities of the limited ingredients only; then consider this as the rate of a limited ingredient, whose quantity is the sum of the...