Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged, Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic, Adapted to the United States |
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... Interest , in Federal Money , I have given several new and concise rules ; some of which are par- ticularly designed for the use of the compting - house . The Appendix contains a variety of rules for casting Interest , Rebate , & c ...
... Interest , in Federal Money , I have given several new and concise rules ; some of which are par- ticularly designed for the use of the compting - house . The Appendix contains a variety of rules for casting Interest , Rebate , & c ...
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... Interest 205 Arithmetical progression 194 Barter 138 Brokerage 125 Characters , Explanation of 14 Commission 124 Conjoined Proportion 149 Coins of the United States , Weights of 232 Division of Whole Numbers Discount 34 Contractions in ...
... Interest 205 Arithmetical progression 194 Barter 138 Brokerage 125 Characters , Explanation of 14 Commission 124 Conjoined Proportion 149 Coins of the United States , Weights of 232 Division of Whole Numbers Discount 34 Contractions in ...
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... Interest at 6 per cent . 96 , 9 . 98 126 215 for finding the contents of Superfices & Solids 220 to reduce the ... Interest , for 20 years showing the amount of 11. annuity , forborne for 31 years or under , at 5 and 6 per cent ...
... Interest at 6 per cent . 96 , 9 . 98 126 215 for finding the contents of Superfices & Solids 220 to reduce the ... Interest , for 20 years showing the amount of 11. annuity , forborne for 31 years or under , at 5 and 6 per cent ...
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... interest in a year , how much will 49 dollars gain in the same time ? Ans . $ 2 , 94cts . 55. If 60 gallons of water , in one hour , fall into a cis- tern containing 300 gallons , and by a pipe in the cistern , $ 5 gallons run out in an ...
... interest in a year , how much will 49 dollars gain in the same time ? Ans . $ 2 , 94cts . 55. If 60 gallons of water , in one hour , fall into a cis- tern containing 300 gallons , and by a pipe in the cistern , $ 5 gallons run out in an ...
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... interest , what princi , pal will gain the same in 8 months ? Ans . £ 150 . 8. If 11 men can build a house in 5 months , by work- ing 12 hours per day - in what time will the same num- ber of men do it , when they work only 3 hours per ...
... interest , what princi , pal will gain the same in 8 months ? Ans . £ 150 . 8. If 11 men can build a house in 5 months , by work- ing 12 hours per day - in what time will the same num- ber of men do it , when they work only 3 hours per ...
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100 dollars 2qrs acres annuity annum answer Anthony Billings arithmetical arithmetical series barter Bought broadcloth bushels common difference compound interest contain cost cyphers decimal Deduct dimes divide the product dividend divisor dols Ells equal EXAMPLES federal money Find the value gain or loss gallon geometrical series given number given sum gross hundred improper fraction inches least common multiple left hand lowest terms measure merchant miles mills milreas mixed numbers months Multiply the given neat weight New-England currency New-Jersey NOTE number of shillings number of terms paid payment pence pound pound sterling present worth principal quotient rate per cent ratio ready money Reduce remainder Required the interest right hand rods Rule of Three s. d. qrs sell separatrix shillings sold Sqrs square root sterling subtract sugar tare third Thomas Grosvenor trett VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine
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Page 218 - To measure a parallelogram, or long square. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area, or superficial content.
Page 150 - CASE I. When it is required to find how many of the first sort of coin, weight or measure, mentioned in the question^ are equal to a given quantity of the last.
Page 2 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 224 - Multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth, divide the last product by 2150,425 the solid inches in a statute bushel, and the quotient will be tke answer. EXAMPLE. There is a square...
Page 100 - ... 3. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the first term , the quotient will be the answer to the question, in the same denomination you left the, second term in, which may be brought into anv other denomination required.
Page 180 - ... subtract it therefrom, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. " Place the double of the root, already found, on the lefl hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. " Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 138 - PAYMENTS, iS finding the equated time to pay at once, several debts due at different periods of time, so that no loss shall be sustained by either party. RULE. Multiply each payment by its time, and divide the sum of the several products by the whole debt, and the quotient will be the equated time" for the payment of the whole.
Page 108 - THE Rule of Three Inverse, teaches by having three numbers given to find a fourth, which shall have the same proportion to the second, as the first has to the third. If more requires more, or less requires less, the quel...
Page 159 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator.
Page 161 - 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.