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... rules are derived , and teach him to regard rules as results rather than reasons : he will understand the " why and ... Rule is derived . This is followed by graduated exercises designed to render the pupil familiar with its application ...
... rules are derived , and teach him to regard rules as results rather than reasons : he will understand the " why and ... Rule is derived . This is followed by graduated exercises designed to render the pupil familiar with its application ...
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Joseph Ray. PROPORTION CONTINUED . Rule of Cause and Effect , .. Compound Proportion , ....... ALIQUOTS , OR PRACTICE ... Rule for Interest , ....... 225 Another method for Interest , ..... Partial Payments , ....... Problems in Interest ...
Joseph Ray. PROPORTION CONTINUED . Rule of Cause and Effect , .. Compound Proportion , ....... ALIQUOTS , OR PRACTICE ... Rule for Interest , ....... 225 Another method for Interest , ..... Partial Payments , ....... Problems in Interest ...
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... Rule for Numeration . - 1 . Begin at the right hand , and point off the numbers into periods of three figures each . Beginning at the left hand , read each period as if it stood alone ; then add the name of the period . 10 , ten ; or ...
... Rule for Numeration . - 1 . Begin at the right hand , and point off the numbers into periods of three figures each . Beginning at the left hand , read each period as if it stood alone ; then add the name of the period . 10 , ten ; or ...
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... RULE For Addition . - 1 . Write the numbers to be added , so that figures of the same order may stand under each other , units under units , tens under tens , & ' c . 2. Begin at the right hand , and add each column sepa- rately . Place ...
... RULE For Addition . - 1 . Write the numbers to be added , so that figures of the same order may stand under each other , units under units , tens under tens , & ' c . 2. Begin at the right hand , and add each column sepa- rately . Place ...
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... RULE he b ot mo ny e numbers to be added , so that stand der each other , units e h column sepa- ch column under er . At the last or more divisions ; 3 together . If their k is correct . consists in adding the n a different order f : 2 ...
... RULE he b ot mo ny e numbers to be added , so that stand der each other , units e h column sepa- ch column under er . At the last or more divisions ; 3 together . If their k is correct . consists in adding the n a different order f : 2 ...
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Page 181 - Remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor.
Page 137 - 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 92 - Thirty days hath September, April. June, and November; All the rest have thirty.one, Save February, which alone Hath twenty.eight; and one day more We add to it one year in four.
Page 26 - It shows that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus the expression 9x6, signifies that 9 and 6 are to be multiplied together, and is read, " 9 multiplied by 6," or, simply,
Page 158 - 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 224 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total. If there be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above; and, in like manner, from one payment to another, till all the payments are absorbed ; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Page 83 - Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30j square yards = 1 square rod (sq.
Page 221 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
Page 221 - If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due, and then the surplus is to be applied...
Page 127 - ... that is, the fraction takes its name or denomination from the number of parts, into which the unit is divided. Thus, if the unit be divided into 16 parts, the parts are called sixteenths, and 5 of these parts would be 5 sixteenths, expressed thus, -f%.