The American Tutor's Assistant Revised, Or, A Compendious System of Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Several Rules of that Useful Science, Concisely Defined, Methodically Arranged, and Fully Exemplified : the Whole Particularly Adapted to the Easy and Regular Instruction of Youth in Our American Schools |
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... given in money of the United States . TO WHICH IS ADDED , A COURSE OF BOOK - KEEPING by Single Entry . PHILADELPHIA ; PRINTED AND SOLD BY JOSEPH CRUKSHANK 1813 . DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA , rọ WIT : 3 Be it Jess , THE Za Z wh.
... given in money of the United States . TO WHICH IS ADDED , A COURSE OF BOOK - KEEPING by Single Entry . PHILADELPHIA ; PRINTED AND SOLD BY JOSEPH CRUKSHANK 1813 . DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA , rọ WIT : 3 Be it Jess , THE Za Z wh.
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... Single Entry . " In Conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States , entitled " An Act for the Encouragement of Learn ing , by securing the Copies of Maps , Charts and Books , to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies ...
... Single Entry . " In Conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States , entitled " An Act for the Encouragement of Learn ing , by securing the Copies of Maps , Charts and Books , to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies ...
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... Single Entry , with a description of the books , and directions for using them . Much attention has been given to the re- vision and correction of the work , and the errors which had escaped notice in the former are corrected in this ...
... Single Entry , with a description of the books , and directions for using them . Much attention has been given to the re- vision and correction of the work , and the errors which had escaped notice in the former are corrected in this ...
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... Single Rule of Three , Inverse Proportion , Double Rule of Three , Practice Tare & Trett , Simple Intereft , Jufurance , Commiffion , & c . Compound Intereft , Rebate or Discount , Equation Barter , Lofs and Gain , 5 Vulgar Fractions ...
... Single Rule of Three , Inverse Proportion , Double Rule of Three , Practice Tare & Trett , Simple Intereft , Jufurance , Commiffion , & c . Compound Intereft , Rebate or Discount , Equation Barter , Lofs and Gain , 5 Vulgar Fractions ...
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... SINGLE RULE OF THREE . HE Single Rule of Three is that wherein three num bers , or terms , are given , two of which are of one kind , to find a fourth proportional number of the same name with the other given term ; and this consists of ...
... SINGLE RULE OF THREE . HE Single Rule of Three is that wherein three num bers , or terms , are given , two of which are of one kind , to find a fourth proportional number of the same name with the other given term ; and this consists of ...
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27 yards acct acres amount annum answer 20 answer neat Application bales barter Bought breadth bushels C.wt cash in full casks ciphers compound containing cost cube-root decimal denominator Divide dividend divisor dollars dols dozen drams Edward Young ell English ells Flemish equal EXAMPLES exchange facit feet figures Flemish folio gain gallons George Robson given number given quantity gross hogsheads hundred weight improper fraction inches integer interest James Dixon Ledger lowest terms merchant miles moidores months Multiply neat weight Note ounces pence Pennsylvania currency perches persons Peter Thomson pieces pounds principal Proof quarts quotient rate per cent ready money Reduce remainder Richard Barber root Rule of Three shalloon shillings sold square square-root sterling Subtract sugar Sundries Suppose tare Thomas Lawson thousand VULGAR FRACTIONS wheat whole numbers wine worth yards of cloth
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Page 155 - Hence, when the extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference, — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 127 - Now .} of f- is a compound fraction, whose value is found by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 173 - ... of the breadth; multiply the remainder by the breadth, and the product by the depth...
Page 173 - ... ^three-fifths of the breadth, and take the depth from the under side of the deck plank to the ceiling in the hold, then multiply and divide as aforesaid, and the quotient shall be deemed the tonnage.
Page 155 - New-London to a certain place in 9 days, and to go but 3 miles the first day, increasing every day by an equal excess, so that the last day's journey may be 43 miles: Required the daily increase, and the length of the whole journey 1 Ans.
Page 27 - And every other thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 59 - ... then, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term...
Page 151 - A merchant laid out 691?. 4s. in cloths, but forgot the number of pieces purchased, also how many yards were in each piece, and what they cost him per yard ; but remembers that they cost him as many...