A System of Practical Arithmetic: Applicable to the Present State of Trade, and Money Transactions: Illustrated by Numerous Examples Under Each Rule; for the Use of Schools |
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... persons to be proper to be committed to memory . The use of it may be easily explained to children of five years old , and when once learnt completely , no difficulty will be found in Addition ; for if the pupil knows , at first thought ...
... persons to be proper to be committed to memory . The use of it may be easily explained to children of five years old , and when once learnt completely , no difficulty will be found in Addition ; for if the pupil knows , at first thought ...
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... persons ready and accurate in Addition , which is of vast importance in almost every situation of life , the master may call a class round him , who have the same sum on their slates , and desire them to add each a figure till the sum ...
... persons ready and accurate in Addition , which is of vast importance in almost every situation of life , the master may call a class round him , who have the same sum on their slates , and desire them to add each a figure till the sum ...
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... person at his death left 32877. to his widow ; to his eldest son he bequeathed 5250l .; and to each of five other children he left a thousand pounds less than to the eldest son : he left also to a nephew 105. , and the same sum to be ...
... person at his death left 32877. to his widow ; to his eldest son he bequeathed 5250l .; and to each of five other children he left a thousand pounds less than to the eldest son : he left also to a nephew 105. , and the same sum to be ...
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... person walk in sixty - six years , supposing he travels , one day with another , six miles , and there are 365 days in a year ? 13. How many cubic feet does this room contain , which is fifteen feet long , fourteen feet wide , and ...
... person walk in sixty - six years , supposing he travels , one day with another , six miles , and there are 365 days in a year ? 13. How many cubic feet does this room contain , which is fifteen feet long , fourteen feet wide , and ...
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... persons each would that sum support , supposing the annual expenses of the father and mother to be 20l . , and of each child 7 l . ? 6. My friend is to set sail to Jamaica on the first of March , 1812 ; the distance is reckoned to be ...
... persons each would that sum support , supposing the annual expenses of the father and mother to be 20l . , and of each child 7 l . ? 6. My friend is to set sail to Jamaica on the first of March , 1812 ; the distance is reckoned to be ...
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9 Ex acres aliquot amount annual annuity annum answer arithmetical progression Avoirdupois bill bushels common denominator compound interest containing cost course of exchange cube root cubic cyphers decimal difference ditto divide dividend divisor equal EXAMPLES farthings feet figures find the value fraction gallons geometrical progression geometrical series given number given sum gives guineas per cent hogsheads hundred improper fractions inches insure joint lives last term lease logarithm London measure miles millions mixed numbers months multiplicand Multiply the number neat weight NOTE number of terms ounces paid payment pence person aged piastre pound sterling pounds present value purchase quantity quotient Reduce remainder Rule of Three shews shillings square root sterling subtract supposing tare thousand tons tret Troy TROY WEIGHT whole number wine worth yards
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Page 177 - Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the equated time, nearly.
Page 112 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 243 - Multiply each term into the multiplicand, beginning at the lowest, by the highest denomination in the multiplier, and write the result of each under its respective term ; observing to carry an unit for every 12, from each lower denomination to its next superior.
Page 92 - III. finally, multiply the second and third terms together, divide the product by the first, and the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the third term.
Page 150 - The first term, the last term (or the extremes) and the ratio given, to find the sum of the series. RULE. Multiply the last term by the ratio, and from the product subtract the first term ; then divide the remainder by the ratio, less by 1, and the quotient will be the sum of all the terms.
Page 113 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator.
Page 243 - In like manner, multiply all the multiplicand by the inches and parts of the multiplier, and set the result of each term one place removed to the right hand of those in the multiplicand...
Page 55 - Place the numbers so that those of the same denomination may stand directly under each other.
Page 149 - Given the first term, last term, and common difference, to find the number of terms. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number of terms.
Page 28 - ... the number in the quotient. Multiply the divisor by the quotient figure, and set the product under that part of the dividend used. Subtract the product, last found, from that part of the dividend under which...