The Arithmetical Catechism, Compiled from Various Authors, for the Use of Schools: With the Addition of Examples and Practical Questions Under Each Rule: the Whole Forming a Complete System of Arithmetic |
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... bought a farm for 3750 Dollars ; he built a house that cost 1575 Dollars , a Barn 705- Dollars , other out - buildings 500 Dolls .: and put on it a stock of Cattle worth 340 Dolls .: what was the whole worth ? Ans . 6870 Dolls . SIMPLE ...
... bought a farm for 3750 Dollars ; he built a house that cost 1575 Dollars , a Barn 705- Dollars , other out - buildings 500 Dolls .: and put on it a stock of Cattle worth 340 Dolls .: what was the whole worth ? Ans . 6870 Dolls . SIMPLE ...
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... Bought Sold Rem , unsold Hards . 70711647 2074171 7417015 7607485 1760186 4208090 Dollars . Rec'd . 70116442 12468809 217018+ Paid 1786006 9137608 1100887 On hand PRACTICAL QUESTIONS . 1st . From 106742740 take 74760946 . Ans . 31981794 ...
... Bought Sold Rem , unsold Hards . 70711647 2074171 7417015 7607485 1760186 4208090 Dollars . Rec'd . 70116442 12468809 217018+ Paid 1786006 9137608 1100887 On hand PRACTICAL QUESTIONS . 1st . From 106742740 take 74760946 . Ans . 31981794 ...
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... bought a Cow and Calf for 30 Dolls .; paid 10 Dolls . for keeping her ; be sold the Calf for 5 Dolls .. Milk enough to come to 6 Dolls . and used 10 Dolls . worth in his family , then sold the Cow for 18 Dolls . did he gain or lose by ...
... bought a Cow and Calf for 30 Dolls .; paid 10 Dolls . for keeping her ; be sold the Calf for 5 Dolls .. Milk enough to come to 6 Dolls . and used 10 Dolls . worth in his family , then sold the Cow for 18 Dolls . did he gain or lose by ...
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... Bought of S , 34 Tu . 2 hhd . 43 gal .; of F , 19 Tu . 54 gal .; of U , 19 Tu . 34 gal . 3 qt . ; and of V , 1 Tu . 3 hhds . how much did I buy in all ? Ans . 74 Tu . 3 ḥhd . 5 gal 3 qt . ALE AND BEER MEASURE . 1 . Q. What is Ale and ...
... Bought of S , 34 Tu . 2 hhd . 43 gal .; of F , 19 Tu . 54 gal .; of U , 19 Tu . 34 gal . 3 qt . ; and of V , 1 Tu . 3 hhds . how much did I buy in all ? Ans . 74 Tu . 3 ḥhd . 5 gal 3 qt . ALE AND BEER MEASURE . 1 . Q. What is Ale and ...
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... Bought of A , 19 hhd . 21 gal . 3 qt . of Beer ; of B , 49 gal . 2 ct . of C , 20 hhd . 53 gal .; of D , 33 hhd . 47 gal .; and of E , 9 hhd . 15 gal . 1 qt .-- how much in all ? Ans . 84 hhd . 27 gal . 2 qt . DRY MEASURE . 1. Q. What ...
... Bought of A , 19 hhd . 21 gal . 3 qt . of Beer ; of B , 49 gal . 2 ct . of C , 20 hhd . 53 gal .; of D , 33 hhd . 47 gal .; and of E , 9 hhd . 15 gal . 1 qt .-- how much in all ? Ans . 84 hhd . 27 gal . 2 qt . DRY MEASURE . 1. Q. What ...
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100 dollars acres aliquot amount annex answer Bought bushels cents and mills Change ciphers circumference common denominator Compound contain cords corn cube root cubic denom diameter divide the product Dividend Division Divisor Dolls DRY MEASURE equal EXAMPLES extract the square farthings Federal Money gain or loss gallons given number given quantity given sum hundred improper fraction inches integers interest last Quotient Lawful Money left hand length lowest terms measure merator method of procedure minuend mixed number months Mult Multiplicand Multiply payment pence pounds PRACTICAL QUESTIONS proceed Prod Proof Quot Reduce Reduction Descending remainder right hand rods Rule of Three shillings signified sold solid feet square root Sterling Money stick of timber subtract Subtrahend sugar tare thick third term thousand TROY WEIGHT VULGAR FRACTIONS weight whole number wine yard
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Page 147 - 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 143 - Seek how often the divisor is contained in the dividend (except the right hand figure) and place the answer in the root for the second figure of it, and likewise on the right hand of the divisor. Multiply the divisor with the figure last annexed by the figure last placed in the root, and subtract the product from the dividend.
Page 116 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 140 - As the whole sum of the products, is to the whole gain or loss, so is each man's particular product, to his particular share of the gain or loss.
Page 62 - Begin with the highest and write the Quotient of each division, as decimal parts on the right hand of the Dividend next below it, and so on, till they are all used, and the last Quotient will be the decimal sought.
Page 143 - Distinguish the given number into periods of two figures each, by putting a point over the place of units, another over the place of hundreds, and so on, which points show the number of figures the root will consist of.
Page 59 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 62 - Write the given numbers perpendicularly under each other for dividends, proceeding orderly from the least to the greatest : opposite to each dividend, on the left hand, place such a number for a divisor, as will bring it to the next superior name, and draw a line between them.
Page 145 - Reduce the fraction to its lowest terms, then extract the square root of the numerator for a new numerator, and the square root of the denominator for a new denominator. • ./Voie.«— If the fraction be...
Page 146 - Multiply the triple square by the last quotient figure, and write the product under this dividend ; multiply the square of the last quotient figure by the triple quotient...