Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged; Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic: Adapted to the United States |
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... feet , 5 yards , 40 rods , 8 furlongs , 3 miles , 69 statute miles , in . ft . yd . fur . m . lea . 1 rod , pole , or perch , rd . 1 foot , 1 yard , 1 furlong , 1 mile , 1 league , 1 degree , on the earth . 360 degrees , the ...
... feet , 5 yards , 40 rods , 8 furlongs , 3 miles , 69 statute miles , in . ft . yd . fur . m . lea . 1 rod , pole , or perch , rd . 1 foot , 1 yard , 1 furlong , 1 mile , 1 league , 1 degree , on the earth . 360 degrees , the ...
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... feet , 30 square yards , or 2724 square feet , 40 square rods , 4 square roods , 640 square acres , } 10. Solid or Cubic 1728 solid inches make 40 feet of round timber , or 2 50 feet of hewn timber , 128 solid feet or 8 feet long , 4 ...
... feet , 30 square yards , or 2724 square feet , 40 square rods , 4 square roods , 640 square acres , } 10. Solid or Cubic 1728 solid inches make 40 feet of round timber , or 2 50 feet of hewn timber , 128 solid feet or 8 feet long , 4 ...
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... feet . feet . inches . 43 3 122 13 1446 43 4 114 16 1726 7 83 3 866 27 10 127 14 284 11. TIME . F. m . w . da Yr . da . hm . sec . 57 11 3 6 24 363 23 54 35 3 92 3 21 40 12 40 24 29 8 2 5 13 112 14 00 17 46 10 2 4 14 9 11 18 14 10 7 1 2 ...
... feet . feet . inches . 43 3 122 13 1446 43 4 114 16 1726 7 83 3 866 27 10 127 14 284 11. TIME . F. m . w . da Yr . da . hm . sec . 57 11 3 6 24 363 23 54 35 3 92 3 21 40 12 40 24 29 8 2 5 13 112 14 00 17 46 10 2 4 14 9 11 18 14 10 7 1 2 ...
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... feet , how many cords ? Ans . 344cords . 7. A gentleman is possessed of 14 dozen of silver spoons , each weighing 2 oz . 15 pwt . 11 grs . 2 dozen of tea - spoons , each weighing 10 pwt . 14 grs . and 2 silver tankards , each 21 oz . 15 ...
... feet , how many cords ? Ans . 344cords . 7. A gentleman is possessed of 14 dozen of silver spoons , each weighing 2 oz . 15 pwt . 11 grs . 2 dozen of tea - spoons , each weighing 10 pwt . 14 grs . and 2 silver tankards , each 21 oz . 15 ...
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... feet and 9 inches in circumference , turn round in going from New - York to Philadelphia ; it being 96 miles ? Ans . 30261 times , and 84 feet over . 8. How many barley - corns will reach round the globe , it being 360 degrees ? Ans ...
... feet and 9 inches in circumference , turn round in going from New - York to Philadelphia ; it being 96 miles ? Ans . 30261 times , and 84 feet over . 8. How many barley - corns will reach round the globe , it being 360 degrees ? Ans ...
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Page 36 - RULE.* 1. Place the numbers so that those of the same denomination may stand directly under each other. 2. Add the first column or denomination together, as in whole numbers; then divide the sum by as many of the same denomination as make one of the next greater...
Page 21 - 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 96 - Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the first term ; the quotient will be the answer to the question, in the same denomination you left the second term in, which may be brought into any other denomination required.
Page 183 - Involve the root to the next inferior power to that which is given, and multiply it by the number denoting the given power for a divisor.
Page 216 - To measure a parallelogram or long square. RULE.— Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area, or superficial content, in the same name as that in which the dimension was taken, whether inches, feet, or rods, etc.
Page 162 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 21 - Place the least number under the greatest, so that units may stand under units, tens under tens, &c. and draw a line under them. 2. Begin at the right hand, and take each figure in the lower line from the figure above it, and set down the remainder. 3.
Page 191 - RULE.* — Multiply the sum of the extremes by the number of terms, and half the product will be the answer.
Page 226 - July next, foreign gold and silver coins shall pass current as money within the United States, and be a legal tender for the payment of all debts and demands...
Page 151 - A single, simple, or proper fraction, is when the numerator is less than the denominator, as 4 3 | -|f , &c.