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... Roots 179 Exchange 151 Federal Money 21 Subtraction of 27 Fellowship 144 Compound 146 Fractions , Vulgar and Decimal Insurance Interest , Simple 74 , 155 126 120 by Decimals 169 Compound 134 by Decimals 177 Inverse Proportion 167 ...
... Roots 179 Exchange 151 Federal Money 21 Subtraction of 27 Fellowship 144 Compound 146 Fractions , Vulgar and Decimal Insurance Interest , Simple 74 , 155 126 120 by Decimals 169 Compound 134 by Decimals 177 Inverse Proportion 167 ...
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... root of that number is required . Denotes the biquadrate root , or fourth powes , & c . 15 ARITHMETIC . ARITHMETIC is the art of computing by 14 . CHARACTERS .
... root of that number is required . Denotes the biquadrate root , or fourth powes , & c . 15 ARITHMETIC . ARITHMETIC is the art of computing by 14 . CHARACTERS .
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... root or 1st power . - 8 64 = 2d power , or square , 8 512 3d power , or cube . 8 4096 4th power , or biquadrate . 8 $ 2768 5th power , or sureolid . Ans . What is the square of 17,1 ? What is the 178 INVOLUTION Inverse Proportion ...
... root or 1st power . - 8 64 = 2d power , or square , 8 512 3d power , or cube . 8 4096 4th power , or biquadrate . 8 $ 2768 5th power , or sureolid . Ans . What is the square of 17,1 ? What is the 178 INVOLUTION Inverse Proportion ...
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... ROOTS . WHEN the root of any power is required , the busi- ness of finding it is called the Extraction of the Root . The root is that number , which by a continual multipli- cation into itself , produces the given power . Although there ...
... ROOTS . WHEN the root of any power is required , the busi- ness of finding it is called the Extraction of the Root . The root is that number , which by a continual multipli- cation into itself , produces the given power . Although there ...
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... root , and the square number under the period , and subtract it therefrom , and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend . 8. Place the double of the root ... root of 1296 ? Answers 180 EVOLUTION , OR EXTRACTION OF ROOTS .
... root , and the square number under the period , and subtract it therefrom , and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend . 8. Place the double of the root ... root of 1296 ? Answers 180 EVOLUTION , OR EXTRACTION OF ROOTS .
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100 dollars 2qrs 3qrs acres annuity annum answer Anthony Billings arithmetical series barter Bought bushels common denominator compound interest containing cost cyphers decimal dimes divide the product dividend divisor dols Ells equal EXAMPLES farthings federal money figure 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 merchant miles mills milreas mixed numbers months Multiply the given neat weight New-England currency New-Jersey NOTE 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 shillings sold solid feet Sqrs square root Sterling subtract sugar tare third Thomas Grosvenor trett VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine
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Page 174 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total. 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 175 - Compute the interest on the principal sum, from the time when the interest commenced, to the first time when a payment was made, which exceeds, either alone, or in conjunction with the preceding payments, if any, the interest at that time due ; add that interest to the principal, and from the sum subtract the payment made at that time, together with the preceding payments, if any, and the remainder forms a new principal; on which compute and...
Page 156 - Find a common measure, by dividing the greater term by the less, and this divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor' by the last remainder, till nothing remains, the last divisor is the common measure.* 2. Divide both of the terms of the fraction by the common measure, and the quotients will make the fraction required. • *Tofmd the greatest common measure...
Page 34 - Quotient, or answer to the question, which shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend. 4. The Remainder, which is always less than the divisor, and of the same name with the Dividend.
Page 180 - Double the figures already found in the root for a new divisor, (or, bring down your last divisor for a new one, doubling the right hand figure of it,) and from these find the next figure in the root, as last directed, and continue the operation in the same manner, till you have brought down all the periods.
Page 157 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 226 - RULE. 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 tiğe answer. EXAMPLE. There is a square...
Page 202 - Position tejches to resolve questions by making two suppositions of false numbers. 1. Take any two convenient numbers, and proceed with each according to the conditions of the question. 2. Find how much the results are different from the result in the question. 3. Multiply each of the errors by the contrary supposition.
Page 239 - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day of in the year of our Lord SCHEDULE (B.) Form of Conveyance on Chief Rent.
Page 207 - Subtract the quotient from the Annuity: Divide the remainder by the ratio less 1 , and the quotient will be the present worth to commence immediately, 3. Divide this quotient by that power of the ratio denoted by the time of Reversion, (or...