Practical and Mental Arithmetic on a New Plan: In which Mental Arithmetic is Combined with the Use of the Slate ... To which is Added a Practical System of Book Keeping |
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... amount of usefulness , the nature of the sums , of various authors has been without hesitation adopted , whenever occasion required . Of the former edition , the principal complaints , the author has heard from adults were , that it was ...
... amount of usefulness , the nature of the sums , of various authors has been without hesitation adopted , whenever occasion required . Of the former edition , the principal complaints , the author has heard from adults were , that it was ...
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... amount of the rest ; then if this amount and upper line , when added , be equal to the first amount , the work is right . 8. Why do you begin to add at the right hand ? A. Be- cause figures increase from right to left . 9. Why do you ...
... amount of the rest ; then if this amount and upper line , when added , be equal to the first amount , the work is right . 8. Why do you begin to add at the right hand ? A. Be- cause figures increase from right to left . 9. Why do you ...
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... amount of the last row . A man bought a suit of clothes for 57 dollars , a pair of boots for 8 dollars , a secretary for 28 dollars . What did he give for the whole ? A. 93 . In an orchard , 20 trees bear pears , 54 bear peaches , 6 ...
... amount of the last row . A man bought a suit of clothes for 57 dollars , a pair of boots for 8 dollars , a secretary for 28 dollars . What did he give for the whole ? A. 93 . In an orchard , 20 trees bear pears , 54 bear peaches , 6 ...
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... amounts of the several sums are divided by 3 , and the quotients given for the answers will be found in sum No. 11 , each quotient being set against the No. of the sum : that he may more readily tell , if the sum be right . ( 10 ) ...
... amounts of the several sums are divided by 3 , and the quotients given for the answers will be found in sum No. 11 , each quotient being set against the No. of the sum : that he may more readily tell , if the sum be right . ( 10 ) ...
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... amount . 1952'6 977432 59 2700 4629731 Add 8541 , 1256 , 3560 , and 2456 together . A. 15813 . Add 15000 dolls . 2500 dolls . 36594 dolls . 29321 dolls . to- gether . A. 83415 dolls . Add 11000 mills , 1100 mills , 110 mills , and 11 ...
... amount . 1952'6 977432 59 2700 4629731 Add 8541 , 1256 , 3560 , and 2456 together . A. 15813 . Add 15000 dolls . 2500 dolls . 36594 dolls . 29321 dolls . to- gether . A. 83415 dolls . Add 11000 mills , 1100 mills , 110 mills , and 11 ...
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Page 116 - But if any payment be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on the principal sum due on the obligation for one year, add it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid, from the time it was paid, up to the end of the year : add it to the sum paid, and deduct that sum from the principal and interest added as above...
Page 2 - An act supplementary to an act, entitled, ' An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Page 116 - 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.
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Page 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 138 - Reduce the given fraction to such a compound one, as will express the value of the given fraction, by comparing it with all the denominations between it and that denomination you would reduce it to ; lastly, reduce this compound fraction to a single one, by Case V.
Page 163 - IS the method of finding what quantity of e'ach of the ingredients, whose rates are given, will compose a mixture of a given rate; so that it is the reverse of alligation medial, and may be proved by it. CASE.
Page 39 - DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another.
Page 54 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 58 - In 3 ? In 4 ? In 5 ? In 6? In 7? In 8? In 9? In 10? In 20? In 50? In 100?