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... rules , but simply illustrates them by mcn- tal questions . So does this . 3. That commences with examples for children as ... rule for calculating interest for days with months 6. The mode of introducing and conducting the subject of 1 *
... rules , but simply illustrates them by mcn- tal questions . So does this . 3. That commences with examples for children as ... rule for calculating interest for days with months 6. The mode of introducing and conducting the subject of 1 *
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... rule , which , for convenience ' sake , is named . Is there any impropriety in this ? On the contrary , is there not a great conve- nience in it ? Should the pupil be left to form his own rules , it is more than probable he might ...
... rule , which , for convenience ' sake , is named . Is there any impropriety in this ? On the contrary , is there not a great conve- nience in it ? Should the pupil be left to form his own rules , it is more than probable he might ...
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... rules , although a knowledge of these is not absolutely essential to the more common purposes of life . Under this head ... rule for the Cube Root , will satisfactorily ac- count for many results in other rules ; as , for instance , in ...
... rules , although a knowledge of these is not absolutely essential to the more common purposes of life . Under this head ... rule for the Cube Root , will satisfactorily ac- count for many results in other rules ; as , for instance , in ...
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... Rule of Three , by Analysis , 174 • Ratio , or the Relation of Numbers , 177 Proportion arising from Ratio , or from Multiplication and Division , . 178 Application of Ratio by Rule , 181 Rule of Three in Vulgar and Decimal Fractions ...
... Rule of Three , by Analysis , 174 • Ratio , or the Relation of Numbers , 177 Proportion arising from Ratio , or from Multiplication and Division , . 178 Application of Ratio by Rule , 181 Rule of Three in Vulgar and Decimal Fractions ...
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... rule , as far as the first example for the slate . This course is not meant to include any of the exercises styled ... rules , or respecting the reason of the operations . Teachers will find it to be a useful occupation for their ...
... rule , as far as the first example for the slate . This course is not meant to include any of the exercises styled ... rules , or respecting the reason of the operations . Teachers will find it to be a useful occupation for their ...
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Page 199 - 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 81 - TABLE. 60 seconds" make 1 minute, marked '. 60 minutes • 1 degree, °. 30 degrees - 1 sign, s. 12 signs or 360° 1 circle, c.
Page 21 - Decedents," and to repeal said original sections, -and to repeal sections one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), seven...
Page 76 - Measure. 3 barley corns (bc) make 1 inch, marked in. 12 inches, 1 foot, ft. 3 feet, 1 yard, yd. 5^ yards, 1 rod, pole, or perch.
Page 242 - 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 246 - Multiply the sum of the extremes by the number of terms, and half the product will be the sum of all the terms.
Page 227 - A hare starts 12 rods before a greyhound, but is not perceived by him till she has been up 45 seconds ; she scuds away at the rate of 10 miles an hour, and the dog...
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Page 212 - A. 100 feet -í- 50 = 2 tons! 10. How many bricks 8 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 2| inches thick, will build a wall in front of a garden, which is to be 240 feet long, 6 feet high, and 1 foot 6 inches wide ? A.
Page 256 - Leg are given, to find the Other Leg;— From the square of the hypothenuse subtract the square of the given leg, and the square root of the remainder will be the other. 3. A river, 80 yarda wide, passée by a fort, the walla of which are 60 yard« h ii'li ; now, what is the distance from the top of the wali to the opposite bank ol'the river?