A Treatise on Arithmetic: Designed Particularly as a Text for Classes in which the Principles of the Science are Inductively Developed ... |
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... obtaining it at 12 per cent . , 223 To find interest on Sterling Money , PROFIT AND LOSS , when allowance is made for TIME . DUTIES , 66 224 225 EQUATION OF PAYMENTS , 226 COMPOUND INTEREST , 228 by table , 229 To calculate present ...
... obtaining it at 12 per cent . , 223 To find interest on Sterling Money , PROFIT AND LOSS , when allowance is made for TIME . DUTIES , 66 224 225 EQUATION OF PAYMENTS , 226 COMPOUND INTEREST , 228 by table , 229 To calculate present ...
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... figure 1 , removed to another place . When we obtain too many of these new units to be expressed by a single character , we make another Sec . 6 . 33 OBSERVATIONS , & C . To read numbers, To write numbers, OBSERVATIONS ON NUMERATION,
... figure 1 , removed to another place . When we obtain too many of these new units to be expressed by a single character , we make another Sec . 6 . 33 OBSERVATIONS , & C . To read numbers, To write numbers, OBSERVATIONS ON NUMERATION,
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... obtain a third equal to both together . If from this sum then , we take away , or subtract , one of the numbers ... obtained , we have a total , which agrees with that first found . clude the operation right . This method of proof is the ...
... obtain a third equal to both together . If from this sum then , we take away , or subtract , one of the numbers ... obtained , we have a total , which agrees with that first found . clude the operation right . This method of proof is the ...
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... obtain an amount of 9 or more , reject the 9 , and proceed with the remainder , if any , as before . This rule may , possibly , make a false result appear correct . if we make one figure of the amount a unit or two too large , and ...
... obtain an amount of 9 or more , reject the 9 , and proceed with the remainder , if any , as before . This rule may , possibly , make a false result appear correct . if we make one figure of the amount a unit or two too large , and ...
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... OBTAINED FROM MULTIPLICATION , IS CALLND THN PRO- DUCT . Whenever two or more numbers are multiplied to- gether , each of them is called a factor . Then , in Multiplication , BOTH MULTIPLIER AND MULTIPLICAND ARE CALLED FACTORS ...
... OBTAINED FROM MULTIPLICATION , IS CALLND THN PRO- DUCT . Whenever two or more numbers are multiplied to- gether , each of them is called a factor . Then , in Multiplication , BOTH MULTIPLIER AND MULTIPLICAND ARE CALLED FACTORS ...
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acres annexing a cypher annuity answer Avoirdupois barrels bought bushel called cents composite number compound interest contained cost course cube cubic decimal places denominator divide dividend division divisor dollar gain Dominical letter duodecimals equal EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE factors feet Find the amount Find the interest gallons gals given number greatest common measure Hence hogshead hundred hundredths Improper Fraction inches Julian calendar least common multiple leave likewise lowest terms MENTAL EXERCISES MINUEND mode months multiplicand multiply NOTE number of terms obtain paid payment polls pound present worth principal proportion pupil quantity quarts quotient figure ratio Reduce remainder repetend rods root rule separatrix shillings sold solid square subtract SUBTRAHEND tens tenths third units vulgar Fraction whole number write yard
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Page 75 - Britain. 4 farthings (qr, or far.) make 1 penny, marked d. 12 pence " 1 shilling, " s. 20 shillings " 1 pound, or sovereign, £. 21 shillings " 1 guinea. OBS. 1. It is customary, at the present day, to express farthings in fractions of a penny. Thus, 1 qr. is written ;<!;•_
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Page 77 - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding dry medicines. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.} = 1 Scruple, . . sc., or 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram, . . dr., or 3 . 8 Drams = 1 Ounce, . . oz., or § . 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . Ib., or ft,.
Page 272 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
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Page 77 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains gr. make 1 pennyweight, dwt. 20 pennyweights " 1 ounce. oz. 12 ounces " 1 pound. Ib. Table IV. — AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 16 drams dr. make 1 ounce. oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound. Ib. "I"""" " 4 quarters make 1 hundred weight.