Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged. Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic: Adapted to the United States |
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... miles , 69 statute miles , in . 1 foot , ft . 1 yard , yd . 1 rod , pole , or perch , rd . 1 furlong , fur . 1 mile , m . 1 league , lea . 1 degree , on the earth . 360 degrees , the circumference of the earth . The use of long measure ...
... miles , 69 statute miles , in . 1 foot , ft . 1 yard , yd . 1 rod , pole , or perch , rd . 1 furlong , fur . 1 mile , m . 1 league , lea . 1 degree , on the earth . 360 degrees , the circumference of the earth . The use of long measure ...
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... mile . Measure . 1 solid foot . 1 ton or load . 1cord of wood . All solids , or things that have length , breadth and depth , are measured by this measure . N. B. The wine gallon contains 231 solid or cubic inches , and the beer gallon ...
... mile . Measure . 1 solid foot . 1 ton or load . 1cord of wood . All solids , or things that have length , breadth and depth , are measured by this measure . N. B. The wine gallon contains 231 solid or cubic inches , and the beer gallon ...
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... miles ; from Boston to New- Haven , 162 miles ; from thence to New - York , 88 ; from thence to Philadelphia , 95 ; from thence to Baltimore , 102 ; from thence to Charleston , South - Carolina , 716 ; and from thence to Savannah , 119 ...
... miles ; from Boston to New- Haven , 162 miles ; from thence to New - York , 88 ; from thence to Philadelphia , 95 ; from thence to Baltimore , 102 ; from thence to Charleston , South - Carolina , 716 ; and from thence to Savannah , 119 ...
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... miles . Now if man should travel five days from New - Loudon towards Philadelphia , at the rate of 59 miles each day , how far would he then be from Philadelphia , Ans . 45 miles 5. What other number with these four , viz . 26 SIMPLE ...
... miles . Now if man should travel five days from New - Loudon towards Philadelphia , at the rate of 59 miles each day , how far would he then be from Philadelphia , Ans . 45 miles 5. What other number with these four , viz . 26 SIMPLE ...
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... mile , and every rod contains 5 yards ; how many yards are there in a mile ? { Ans . 1760 . owned of her ; Ans . $ 8637 . cwt . how many Ans . 966 cwt . 5. In 36 pieces of cloth , each piece containing 24 yards ; how many yards in the ...
... mile , and every rod contains 5 yards ; how many yards are there in a mile ? { Ans . 1760 . owned of her ; Ans . $ 8637 . cwt . how many Ans . 966 cwt . 5. In 36 pieces of cloth , each piece containing 24 yards ; how many yards in the ...
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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.