Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged, Being a Plain Practical System of Arithemtic; Adapted to the United States |
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... Farthings . See the Pence Tables . * The reason of this rule is evident : For , addition of this money , as 1 in the pence is equal to 4 in the farthings ; 1 in the shillings , to 12 ia the pence ; and 1 in the pounds , to 20 in the ...
... Farthings . See the Pence Tables . * The reason of this rule is evident : For , addition of this money , as 1 in the pence is equal to 4 in the farthings ; 1 in the shillings , to 12 ia the pence ; and 1 in the pounds , to 20 in the ...
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... farthings , multiply 2s . 4d . by the far- things in the price of one lb. - Or , if the price be pence multiply 9s . 4d . by the pence in the price of one lb. and in either case the product will be the answer . EXAMPLES . What will 1 ...
... farthings , multiply 2s . 4d . by the far- things in the price of one lb. - Or , if the price be pence multiply 9s . 4d . by the pence in the price of one lb. and in either case the product will be the answer . EXAMPLES . What will 1 ...
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... the order of the question , and divide your last product by the last multiplier , and so on . EXAMPLES . 1. In 25l . 15s . 9d . 2qrs . how many farthings ? 15. From a piece of cloth containing 64 yards 2 REDUCTION . 63.
... the order of the question , and divide your last product by the last multiplier , and so on . EXAMPLES . 1. In 25l . 15s . 9d . 2qrs . how many farthings ? 15. From a piece of cloth containing 64 yards 2 REDUCTION . 63.
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... requires . PROOF . Change the order of the question , and divide your last product by the last multiplier , and so on . EXAMPLES . 1. In 25l . 15s . 9d . 2qrs . how many farthings ? 11. In 7104 three - pences , how many half REDUCTION . 63.
... requires . PROOF . Change the order of the question , and divide your last product by the last multiplier , and so on . EXAMPLES . 1. In 25l . 15s . 9d . 2qrs . how many farthings ? 11. In 7104 three - pences , how many half REDUCTION . 63.
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... farthings ? Ans . 4281s . 8562 six- pences , 17125 three - pences , and 205500 farthings . 5. In 1871. how many pence , and English or French crowns at 6s . 8d . each ? Ans . 32880d . 411 crowns . 6. In 249 English half - crowns , how ...
... farthings ? Ans . 4281s . 8562 six- pences , 17125 three - pences , and 205500 farthings . 5. In 1871. how many pence , and English or French crowns at 6s . 8d . each ? Ans . 32880d . 411 crowns . 6. In 249 English half - crowns , how ...
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100 dollars 2qrs 3qrs acres annex annuity annum answer arithmetical series barter Bought bushels compound interest contain cyphers decimal Deduct dimes divide the product dividend divisor dols equal EXAMPLES farthings federal money Find the value gain or loss gallon geometrical series given number given sum gross hundred improper fraction inches least common least common multiple left hand lowest terms measure miles mills milreas mixed numbers months multiplicand 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 sell separatrix share shillings simple interest sold solid feet Sqrs square root sterling subtract tare third trett TROY WEIGHT VULGAR FRACTIONS whole number wine yards of cloth
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Page 176 - 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.
Page 182 - Find the greatest square number in the first or left hand period, place the root of it at the right hand of the given number, (after the manner of a quotient in division...
Page 176 - 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 186 - 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 25 - If the lower figure is greater than that, above it, add ten to the upper figure ; from which number so increased, take the lower and set down the remainder, carrying one to the next lower number, with which proceed as before, and so on till the whole is finished.
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Page 236 - July next, foreign gold and silver coins shall pass current as money within the United States, and be a legal tender for the payment of all debts and demands...
Page 157 - A single, simple, or proper fraction, is when the numerator is less than the denominator, as 4 3 | -|f , &c.
Page 84 - ... from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.