Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged. Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic: Adapted to the United States |
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... left hand column , and the multiplicand a - top , and in the common angle of meeting , or against your multiplier , alang at the right hand , and under your multiplicand , you will and the product , or answer . 2. Troy Weight . 24 ...
... left hand column , and the multiplicand a - top , and in the common angle of meeting , or against your multiplier , alang at the right hand , and under your multiplicand , you will and the product , or answer . 2. Troy Weight . 24 ...
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... hand towards the left , calling the first the period of units , the second that of millions , the third billions , the fourth trillions , & c . as in the following number : 8 0 7 3 6 2 5 4 6 2 7 8 9 0 1 2 50 4. Period of 3. Period of ...
... hand towards the left , calling the first the period of units , the second that of millions , the third billions , the fourth trillions , & c . as in the following number : 8 0 7 3 6 2 5 4 6 2 7 8 9 0 1 2 50 4. Period of 3. Period of ...
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... left hand , each fig- ure in its proper place , by saying , units , tens , hundreda , & c . as in the Numeration Table . 2. To the simple value of each figure , join the name of its place , beginning at the left hand , and reading to ...
... left hand , each fig- ure in its proper place , by saying , units , tens , hundreda , & c . as in the Numeration Table . 2. To the simple value of each figure , join the name of its place , beginning at the left hand , and reading to ...
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... hand , write units in the units place , tens in the tens place , hundreds in the hundreds place , and so on , towards the left hand , writing each figure ac- cording to its proper value in numeration ; taking care to supply those places ...
... hand , write units in the units place , tens in the tens place , hundreds in the hundreds place , and so on , towards the left hand , writing each figure ac- cording to its proper value in numeration ; taking care to supply those places ...
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... left hand of the separatrix are dollars ; or you may call the first figure dollars , and the other eagles , & c . Thus any sum of this money may be read differently , either wholly in the lowest denomination , or partly in the higher ...
... left hand of the separatrix are dollars ; or you may call the first figure dollars , and the other eagles , & c . Thus any sum of this money may be read differently , either wholly in the lowest denomination , or partly in the higher ...
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100 dollars 2qrs 3qrs acres annex annuity annum answer barter Bought broadcloth bushels common denominator compound interest containing cube cyphers Deduct dimes divide the product dividend divisor dols equal EXAMPLES federal money figure Find the value gain or loss gallon given number given quantity given sum gross hundred improper fraction inches least common least common multiple left hand lowest terms measure merchant miles mills milreas mixed numbers months multiplicand Multiply the given neat weight New-England currency New-Jersey NOTE number of shillings 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 simple interest sold solid feet Sqrs square root sterling subtract subtrahend tare third trett TROY WEIGHT VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine
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Page 2 - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
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 ti»e answer.
Page 239 - In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day of in the year of our Lord Signed, sealed, published and declared by...
Page 192 - 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 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 238 - CD &c. [Here insert the condition.] then this obligation to be void and of none effect ; otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Page 174 - 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...
Page 205 - EXAMPLES. 1. A schoolmaster being asked how many scholars he had, said, If I had as many more as I now have, half as many, one-third...
Page 143 - As 1001. or 100 dols. with the gain per cent. added, or loss per cent. subtracted, is to the price ; so is 100 to the prime cost. EXAMPLES.
Page 198 - Or, when one of the ingredients is limited to a certairf quantity, thence to find the several quantities of the rest, in proportion to the quantity given. RULE. Take the difference between each price, and the mean rate, and place them alternately as in CASE I.