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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... examples of the same nature , and upon which he can reason ; and after questioning him as before , on the reasons of ... example to test his principle by . Let him seek the result on the slate , and he will readily , perhaps , see the ...
... examples of the same nature , and upon which he can reason ; and after questioning him as before , on the reasons of ... example to test his principle by . Let him seek the result on the slate , and he will readily , perhaps , see the ...
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... example on his slate , agreeable to the directions involved in the questions respecting the work , which are given ... examples which precede those denominated " Exercises for the Slate , " are designed to be performed mentally . This ...
... example on his slate , agreeable to the directions involved in the questions respecting the work , which are given ... examples which precede those denominated " Exercises for the Slate , " are designed to be performed mentally . This ...
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... example . A. 2 or 5 . What is the value of a figure standing with others ? A. Local , ( i . e . depending on its place . ) Give an example . A. 2 and 5 put together may signify 25 or 52 . What is the value of a cipher , standing alone ...
... example . A. 2 or 5 . What is the value of a figure standing with others ? A. Local , ( i . e . depending on its place . ) Give an example . A. 2 and 5 put together may signify 25 or 52 . What is the value of a cipher , standing alone ...
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... example of this , by subtracting 3 from 12. A. 3 from 2 I can't , by adding 10 to 2 , I say 3 from 12 leaves 9 ; the 10 which I added to 2 , is the value of the figure 1 in the next upper place , and adding one to the next lower place ...
... example of this , by subtracting 3 from 12. A. 3 from 2 I can't , by adding 10 to 2 , I say 3 from 12 leaves 9 ; the 10 which I added to 2 , is the value of the figure 1 in the next upper place , and adding one to the next lower place ...
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... example . - Multiply 24 by 10 ; by 100 ; by 1000 . Exercises for the Slate . Multiply 8978 by 10 ; by 100 ; by 1000 ; by 10000 ; by 100000 , by 1000000. A. Total 9975545580 . Questions on Multiplication . - What is Multiplication a ...
... example . - Multiply 24 by 10 ; by 100 ; by 1000 . Exercises for the Slate . Multiply 8978 by 10 ; by 100 ; by 1000 ; by 10000 ; by 100000 , by 1000000. A. Total 9975545580 . Questions on Multiplication . - What is Multiplication a ...
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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...
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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 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...
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