The Scholar's Arithmetic; Or, Federal Accountant ...: The Whole in a Form and Method Altogether New, for the Ease of the Master, and the Greater Progress of the ScholarJohn Prentiss, (proprietor of the copy-right) and sold at his book-store, wholesale and retail.--Sold also by the principal booksellers in New-England, and at the Rensselaer book-store, Troy, N.Y., 1807 - Arithmetic - 216 pages |
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... shews the method of working by numbers , so as to be most useful and expeditious for business . In this sense , Arithmetic is an Art . ) DIRECTIONS to the SCHOLAR . ; DEEPLY impress your mind with a sense of the importance of ...
... shews the method of working by numbers , so as to be most useful and expeditious for business . In this sense , Arithmetic is an Art . ) DIRECTIONS to the SCHOLAR . ; DEEPLY impress your mind with a sense of the importance of ...
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... shew the signification of the figures against which they stand ; and the figures shew how many of that signification are meant . Thus , Units in the first place signifies ones , and 6 standing against it shews that six ones , or ...
... shew the signification of the figures against which they stand ; and the figures shew how many of that signification are meant . Thus , Units in the first place signifies ones , and 6 standing against it shews that six ones , or ...
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... shew the difference or remainder ; as 5 taken from 8 , there remains 3 . THE greater number ( 8 ) is called the Minuend , the less number ( 5 ) the Sub- trahend , and the difference ( 3 ) or what is left after Subtraction , the ...
... shew the difference or remainder ; as 5 taken from 8 , there remains 3 . THE greater number ( 8 ) is called the Minuend , the less number ( 5 ) the Sub- trahend , and the difference ( 3 ) or what is left after Subtraction , the ...
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... of dollars must be made the dividend , and the number of men the divisor ; the quotient will then shew how many dollars each man must receive . 8. How many times does 1939603615 contain 3215 ? Ans 2252 36 SECT . I. 4 . SIMPLE DIVISION .
... of dollars must be made the dividend , and the number of men the divisor ; the quotient will then shew how many dollars each man must receive . 8. How many times does 1939603615 contain 3215 ? Ans 2252 36 SECT . I. 4 . SIMPLE DIVISION .
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... shew their sig nification and to illustrate the principles of FEDERAL MONEY . H § 1. Reduction , " REDUCTION teaches to bring or SECTION II RULES ESSENTIALLY NECESSARY FOR EVERY PERSON TO FIT AND QUAL- IFY THEM FOR THE TRANSACTION OF ...
... shew their sig nification and to illustrate the principles of FEDERAL MONEY . H § 1. Reduction , " REDUCTION teaches to bring or SECTION II RULES ESSENTIALLY NECESSARY FOR EVERY PERSON TO FIT AND QUAL- IFY THEM FOR THE TRANSACTION OF ...
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3grs acres added addition amount annexed Answer bond bushels called cast cents and mills cloth cost column compound interest contained cube root cyphers Decimal Fractions demand diameter dividend Division divisor DRY MEASURE equal EXAMPLES Federal Money gain gallons given number given quantity given sum guineas hundred inches integer interest of Dolls last multiplier last quotient left hand length less number loss MEASURE method miles mills per yard minuend months multiplicand multiply NOTE OPERATION payment pence and farthings pounds proceed PROOF proportion pwts question quotient figure reduced remainder right hand figure Rule of Three Scholar separatrix share shew shillings side signifies sought square number square root subtract subtrahend superficial contents SUPPLEMENT suppose tens third term tion triple quotient triple square TROY WEIGHT Vulgar Fractions weight whole numbers yards cost yards of cloth
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Page 192 - EF, or his certain attorney, his executors, administrators, or assigns, to which payment, well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents.
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Page 153 - Subtract the cube thus found, from the said period, and to the remainder bring down the next period, and call this the dividend.
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Page 196 - Rule oflfcree, if the said apprentice be capable to learn, and shall well and faithfully find and provide for the said apprentice, good and sufficient meat, drink, clothing, lodging and other necessaries fit and convenient for such an apprentice, during the term aforesaid, and at the expiration thereof, shall give unto the said apprentice, two suits of wearing apparel, one suitable for the Lord's day, and the other for working; days.
Page 153 - ... Separate the given number into periods of three figures each, by putting a point over the unit figure, and every third figure from the place of units to the left, and if there be decimals, to the right.
Page 70 - Write the given numbers perpendicularly under each other for dividends, proceeding orderly from the least to the greatest : opposite to each dividend, on the left hand, place such a number for a divisor, as will bring it to the next superior name, and draw a line between them.
Page 185 - RULE. 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 answer.
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