The National Arithmetic, on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods, in which the Principles of Arithmetic are Explained in a Perspicuous and Familiar Manner; Containing Also Practical Systems of Mensuration, Guaging, Geometry, and Book-keeping; Forming a Complete Mercantile Arithmetic. Designed for Schools and Academies |
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... received the most unqualified testimonials of approbation from many of our best teachers in the city and country , ( who have adopted the same , ) which are here necessarily excluded . CAMBRIDGE : STEREOTYPED BY FOLSOM , WELLS , AND ...
... received the most unqualified testimonials of approbation from many of our best teachers in the city and country , ( who have adopted the same , ) which are here necessarily excluded . CAMBRIDGE : STEREOTYPED BY FOLSOM , WELLS , AND ...
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... received profitable hints and suggestions . On the article of Exchange , he is under par- ticular obligations to that very able work , Kelley's British Cambist , to which he has had access through the politeness and favor of the ...
... received profitable hints and suggestions . On the article of Exchange , he is under par- ticular obligations to that very able work , Kelley's British Cambist , to which he has had access through the politeness and favor of the ...
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... received of one man 14 cents , of another 12 , of another 8 , and of another 7. How many has he received ? 17. Samuel has 12 marbles in one pocket , 12 in another , and 2 in each hand ; how many has he in all ? 18. John has 7 birds in ...
... received of one man 14 cents , of another 12 , of another 8 , and of another 7. How many has he received ? 17. Samuel has 12 marbles in one pocket , 12 in another , and 2 in each hand ; how many has he in all ? 18. John has 7 birds in ...
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... Received 25 dollars from one man and 15 dollars from another ; how much more did I receive from the first than the last ? 9. James has 17 nuts , he gave 6 to Benjamin ; how many has he left ? 10. A boy went to market with 50 cents , he ...
... Received 25 dollars from one man and 15 dollars from another ; how much more did I receive from the first than the last ? 9. James has 17 nuts , he gave 6 to Benjamin ; how many has he left ? 10. A boy went to market with 50 cents , he ...
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... receiving $ 96 for 8 months ' labor ; what does he receive for 1 month ? Ans . $ 12 . 8. The distance from Haverhill to Boston is 30 miles ; and if a man travel 6 miles an hour , how long will he be in going this distance ? Ans . 5 ...
... receiving $ 96 for 8 months ' labor ; what does he receive for 1 month ? Ans . $ 12 . 8. The distance from Haverhill to Boston is 30 miles ; and if a man travel 6 miles an hour , how long will he be in going this distance ? Ans . 5 ...
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Page 261 - ... above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and...
Page 27 - 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 267 - As the distance between the body to be raised or balanced, and the fulcrum or prop, is to the distance between the prop and the point where the power is applied ; so is the power to the weight which it will balance.
Page 180 - Is when the several shares of stock are continued in trade an equal term of time. RULE. As the whole stock is to the whole gain or loss : so is each man's particular stock, to his particular share of the gain or loss.
Page 225 - ... dollars. How many days did he work, and how many days was he idle ? Ans.
Page 248 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, &c.
Page 36 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 267 - These are usually accounted six in number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw.
Page 7 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...