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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... third place a hundred times its simple value ; and so on ; the value of any successive place being always ten times its former value . Thus in the number 1834 , the 4 in the first place denotes only four units , or simply 4 ; 3 in the ...
... third place a hundred times its simple value ; and so on ; the value of any successive place being always ten times its former value . Thus in the number 1834 , the 4 in the first place denotes only four units , or simply 4 ; 3 in the ...
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... third 50. How many in the whole ? 14. William is 12 years old , John is 9 , and Thomas is 8 . What is the sum of their ages ? 15. Samuel has 5 apples , Enoch has 18 , and Levi has 20 . How many in the whole ? 16. A beggar received of ...
... third 50. How many in the whole ? 14. William is 12 years old , John is 9 , and Thomas is 8 . What is the sum of their ages ? 15. Samuel has 5 apples , Enoch has 18 , and Levi has 20 . How many in the whole ? 16. A beggar received of ...
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... third 19cwt . 1qr . 15lb .; and fourth 38cwt . 2qr . 27lb .; what is the weight of the whole ? Ans . 117cwt . 1qr . 19lb . 7. Bought 5 pieces of broadcloth ; the first contained 17yd . 3qr . 2na .; second , 13yd . 2qr . 1na .; the third ...
... third 19cwt . 1qr . 15lb .; and fourth 38cwt . 2qr . 27lb .; what is the weight of the whole ? Ans . 117cwt . 1qr . 19lb . 7. Bought 5 pieces of broadcloth ; the first contained 17yd . 3qr . 2na .; second , 13yd . 2qr . 1na .; the third ...
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... third is 2y . 1mo . 3w . 2d . 7m .; what is the sum of their ages ? And how much older is the first than the second ? Ans . 26y . 3mo . 1w . 4d . 23h . 19m . 15sec . 66 4y . 5mo . 3w . Od . Oh . 47m . 45sec . 4. I have 73A . of land ...
... third is 2y . 1mo . 3w . 2d . 7m .; what is the sum of their ages ? And how much older is the first than the second ? Ans . 26y . 3mo . 1w . 4d . 23h . 19m . 15sec . 66 4y . 5mo . 3w . Od . Oh . 47m . 45sec . 4. I have 73A . of land ...
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... third to the weather ? Ans . 20160 shingles . 14. There is a house 56 feet long ; and each of the two sides of the roof is 25 feet wide . How many shingles will it take to cover it , if it require 6 shingles to cover a square foot ? Ans ...
... third to the weather ? Ans . 20160 shingles . 14. There is a house 56 feet long ; and each of the two sides of the roof is 25 feet wide . How many shingles will it take to cover it , if it require 6 shingles to cover a square foot ? Ans ...
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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...