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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Page 82
... terms of an integer . RULE . MULTIPLY the decimal by that number , which it takes of the next less de- nomination to make one of that denomination in which the decimal is given , and cut off so many figures for a remainder to the right ...
... terms of an integer . RULE . MULTIPLY the decimal by that number , which it takes of the next less de- nomination to make one of that denomination in which the decimal is given , and cut off so many figures for a remainder to the right ...
Page 83
... terms . A fraction is said to be reduced to its lowest terms when there is no number which will divide both the numerator and the denominator without a remainder . Thus , set to the fraction its proper denominator , 680 , then divide ...
... terms . A fraction is said to be reduced to its lowest terms when there is no number which will divide both the numerator and the denominator without a remainder . Thus , set to the fraction its proper denominator , 680 , then divide ...
Page 84
... terms of an integer what is the method of procedure ? EXERCISES . 1. WHAT is the sum of 791 , 61 and of when added together ? OPERATION . 79,5 6,25 , 75 86,50 Ans . 2. FROM 17 take OPERATION . 17 , , 75 16,25 Remainder . IN CASE 1. Ex ...
... terms of an integer what is the method of procedure ? EXERCISES . 1. WHAT is the sum of 791 , 61 and of when added together ? OPERATION . 79,5 6,25 , 75 86,50 Ans . 2. FROM 17 take OPERATION . 17 , , 75 16,25 Remainder . IN CASE 1. Ex ...
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... term to be greater than the second . LESS requiring less , is when the third term is less than the first , and requires the fourth term to be less than the second . RULE . " 1. STATE the question by making that number which asks the ...
... term to be greater than the second . LESS requiring less , is when the third term is less than the first , and requires the fourth term to be less than the second . RULE . " 1. STATE the question by making that number which asks the ...
Page 120
... term , by being put in the third place ; 9lbs . being of the same name , the first term , and 6s . of the same name with the term sought , the second term . I MULTIPLY the second and third terms together and divide by the first . The ...
... term , by being put in the third place ; 9lbs . being of the same name , the first term , and 6s . of the same name with the term sought , the second term . I MULTIPLY the second and third terms together and divide by the first . The ...
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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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