Introduction to The National Arithmetic, on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods with the Cancelling System; in which the Principles of Arithmetic are Explained and Illustrated in a Familiar Manner. Designed for Common Schools |
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... Bought four loads of hay ; the first cost 15 dollars , the second 12 dollars , the third 20 dollars , and the fourth 17 dol lars ; what was the price of the whole ? 16. Gave 55 dollars for a horse , 40 dollars for a wagon , and 17 ...
... Bought four loads of hay ; the first cost 15 dollars , the second 12 dollars , the third 20 dollars , and the fourth 17 dol lars ; what was the price of the whole ? 16. Gave 55 dollars for a horse , 40 dollars for a wagon , and 17 ...
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... bought a watch for 42 dollars , a coat for 16 dollars , and a set of maps for 21 dollars ; what did he pay for the whole ? Ans . 79 dollars . OPERATION . Dollars . 4.2 16 21 Having arranged the numbers so that all the units of the same ...
... bought a watch for 42 dollars , a coat for 16 dollars , and a set of maps for 21 dollars ; what did he pay for the whole ? Ans . 79 dollars . OPERATION . Dollars . 4.2 16 21 Having arranged the numbers so that all the units of the same ...
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... bought 125 sheep of one man , 432 of another , and of a third 311 ; how many did he buy ? Ans . 868 sheep . ART . 21. Method of operation when the sum of any column is equal to or exceeds 10 . Ex . 1. I have three lots of wild land ...
... bought 125 sheep of one man , 432 of another , and of a third 311 ; how many did he buy ? Ans . 868 sheep . ART . 21. Method of operation when the sum of any column is equal to or exceeds 10 . Ex . 1. I have three lots of wild land ...
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... bought a farm for 1728 dollars , and sold it so as to gain 375 dollars ; how much did he sell it for ? ox ? Ans . 2103 dollars . 52. A merchant bought five pieces of cloth . For the first he gave 376 dollars , for the second 198 dollars ...
... bought a farm for 1728 dollars , and sold it so as to gain 375 dollars ; how much did he sell it for ? ox ? Ans . 2103 dollars . 52. A merchant bought five pieces of cloth . For the first he gave 376 dollars , for the second 198 dollars ...
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... Bought a horse for 60 dollars , and sold him for 90 dol- lars ; how much did I gain ? ILLUSTRATION . We may divide the two prices of the horse into tens , and subtract the greater from the less . Thus 60 equals 6 tens , and 90 equals 9 ...
... Bought a horse for 60 dollars , and sold him for 90 dol- lars ; how much did I gain ? ILLUSTRATION . We may divide the two prices of the horse into tens , and subtract the greater from the less . Thus 60 equals 6 tens , and 90 equals 9 ...
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Page 145 - RULE. — Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 158 - RULE. — Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 277 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.
Page 209 - But if any payments 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 together.
Page 285 - SPHERE is a solid bounded by one continued convex surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre.
Page 17 - Addition is the process of finding the sum of two or more numbers.
Page 284 - Subtract the subtrahend from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend, with which proceed as before ; and so on, till the whole is finished.
Page 187 - To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.
Page 209 - 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...
Page 297 - If the first term is 18, the ratio 1.06, and the number of terms 4, what is the sum of the series ? Ans.