Practical Mercantile Arithmetic: In which the Theory and Practice of Arithmetic are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated, by a Great Variety of Mercantile, Mechanical and Mathematical Problems |
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... given it , without instituting a strict com . parison between it and others , which have fallen under my no . tice , I have no hesitation in saying , that I consider it a valua ble work . The general principles of Arithmetic , so far as ...
... given it , without instituting a strict com . parison between it and others , which have fallen under my no . tice , I have no hesitation in saying , that I consider it a valua ble work . The general principles of Arithmetic , so far as ...
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... given it , without instituting a strict com . parison between it and others , which have fallen under my no . tice , I have no hesitation in saying , that I consider it a valua . ble work . The general principles of Arithmetic , so far ...
... given it , without instituting a strict com . parison between it and others , which have fallen under my no . tice , I have no hesitation in saying , that I consider it a valua . ble work . The general principles of Arithmetic , so far ...
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... given him abun- dant opportunity to learn the great deficiency in the education of young men , who had thought themselves prepared for stores and counting rooms , and for the transaction of business gene- rally . In the treatise now ...
... given him abun- dant opportunity to learn the great deficiency in the education of young men , who had thought themselves prepared for stores and counting rooms , and for the transaction of business gene- rally . In the treatise now ...
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... given under Supplement to Mutliplication and Division , in the application of fractional and mixed numbers , ( no specific rules for which , are given in our com- mon arithmetic , ) will be found highly useful , especially to those who ...
... given under Supplement to Mutliplication and Division , in the application of fractional and mixed numbers , ( no specific rules for which , are given in our com- mon arithmetic , ) will be found highly useful , especially to those who ...
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... given sums are all of one denomination , as all pounds , all yards , all dollars , & c . Q. How many terms are always given in subtraction ? A. Two are given , to find a third , which is the answer . Q. How are these terms distinguished ...
... given sums are all of one denomination , as all pounds , all yards , all dollars , & c . Q. How many terms are always given in subtraction ? A. Two are given , to find a third , which is the answer . Q. How are these terms distinguished ...
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Page 67 - Time. 60 seconds (S.) make 1 minute, marked M. 60 minutes, 1 hour, h. 24 hours, 1 day, d. 7 days, . 1 week, w. 4 weeks, 1 month, mo. 13 months, 1 day and 6 hours, 1 Julian year, yr.
Page 65 - Measure. 3 barley corns (bc) make 1 inch, marked in. 12 inches, 1 foot, ft. . 3 feet, 1 yard, yd. 5J yards, 1 rod, pole, or perch, rd.
Page 217 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 65 - TABLE. 4 gills (gi.) - make - - 1 pint, marked pt. 2 pints ------- 1 quart, - - - qt. 4 quarts ------ 1 gallon, - - - gal.
Page 178 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 66 - TABLE. 60 seconds" make 1 minute, marked '. 60 minutes • 1 degree, °. 30 degrees - 1 sign, s. 12 signs or 360° 1 circle, c.
Page 208 - ... 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 left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 208 - Multiply the square of the quotient by 300, calling it the triple square, and the quotient by 30, calling it the triple quotient, and the sum of these call the divisor. &. Seek how often the divisor may be had in the dividend, and place the result in the quotient.
Page 111 - Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the first term , the quotient will be the answer...
Page 216 - Any three of the five following things being given, the other two may be easily found. 1. The first term. 2. The last term. 3. The number of terms. 4. The common difference.