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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... method of writing down the operations did not please me , I have there inferted the work of n example , at large , in the method which I think m . t A 3 Cone convenient . And it may be noted , that , Hist Salke sei ,
... method of writing down the operations did not please me , I have there inferted the work of n example , at large , in the method which I think m . t A 3 Cone convenient . And it may be noted , that , Hist Salke sei ,
Page iii
... method of writing down the children's rules and examples , especially in addition and fubtraction , both of integers and of deci- mals ; for , in thefe rules , this is often the greatest difficulty , and the beft part of the exercife ...
... method of writing down the children's rules and examples , especially in addition and fubtraction , both of integers and of deci- mals ; for , in thefe rules , this is often the greatest difficulty , and the beft part of the exercife ...
Page iv
... quar- terly payments , 14 , & c . I fay this here to fhew upon what fuppofition thefe examples are calculated , as it is contefted whether this method ought to be used or not In In the extraction of roots I have given a new iv PREFACE .
... quar- terly payments , 14 , & c . I fay this here to fhew upon what fuppofition thefe examples are calculated , as it is contefted whether this method ought to be used or not In In the extraction of roots I have given a new iv PREFACE .
Page v
... method , by which the third and higher roots may be found without any of that intolerable labour attending the common me- thods . The proportions are very largely handled , becaufe they are fo flightly treated of in common books , and ...
... method , by which the third and higher roots may be found without any of that intolerable labour attending the common me- thods . The proportions are very largely handled , becaufe they are fo flightly treated of in common books , and ...
Page vi
... method befide this of Trial and Error is ufed to find the value of the unknown quantities . But I have omitted the rule called permutation , as it is of no ufe in common arithmetic , and of but very little in any other part of the ...
... method befide this of Trial and Error is ufed to find the value of the unknown quantities . But I have omitted the rule called permutation , as it is of no ufe in common arithmetic , and of but very little in any other part of the ...
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...