A New and Plain System of Arithmetic: Containing the Several Rules of that Useful Science, Concisely Defined, and Greatly Simplified. The Whole, Particularly Adapted to the Easy and Regular Instruction of Youth. And to the Trade and Commerce of the United States |
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Page 78
... of a pound . Ans . £ 6 . 55 Division of Vulgar Fractions . RULE . Prepare the fractions when necessary , invert the divisor , and proceed as in Multiplication . 123 Ans . 133 Ans . 1. Divide 17 by 78 VULGAR FRACTIONS .
... of a pound . Ans . £ 6 . 55 Division of Vulgar Fractions . RULE . Prepare the fractions when necessary , invert the divisor , and proceed as in Multiplication . 123 Ans . 133 Ans . 1. Divide 17 by 78 VULGAR FRACTIONS .
Page 82
... divisor . NOTE 1. If the divisor and dividend have both the same number of de- cimal parts , the quotient will be a whole number . 2. If the dividend has not so many places of decimals as are in the di- visor , then so many cyphers must ...
... divisor . NOTE 1. If the divisor and dividend have both the same number of de- cimal parts , the quotient will be a whole number . 2. If the dividend has not so many places of decimals as are in the di- visor , then so many cyphers must ...
Page 83
... divisor . Thus , 378410 - 378.4 3784100 37.84 f 3784 1000 3.784 378410000 = 3784 Contracted Division . RULE . -What ever place of the dividend corresponds with the units place of the divifor , at the setting out of the divifion , the ...
... divisor . Thus , 378410 - 378.4 3784100 37.84 f 3784 1000 3.784 378410000 = 3784 Contracted Division . RULE . -What ever place of the dividend corresponds with the units place of the divifor , at the setting out of the divifion , the ...
Page 84
... divisor is set down to ex- plain the operation ; but you need 99.310 only dafh every figure rejected , 297 as you proceed to fhew it is omit- ted . 9/13 9 Remainder 12. Divide 6109.2674 by 240.649 and let there be 4 places of decimals ...
... divisor is set down to ex- plain the operation ; but you need 99.310 only dafh every figure rejected , 297 as you proceed to fhew it is omit- ted . 9/13 9 Remainder 12. Divide 6109.2674 by 240.649 and let there be 4 places of decimals ...
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... divisor . 30/1800 64 • 170 To little by 30 . 2 60 A. 66 B. Ans . } 74 C. --- 200 Proof . 60 Answer for A. 2. An inquisitive beau asked a young lady how many yards of cloth fhe had in her loom ; fhe humourously answered , it is half ...
... divisor . 30/1800 64 • 170 To little by 30 . 2 60 A. 66 B. Ans . } 74 C. --- 200 Proof . 60 Answer for A. 2. An inquisitive beau asked a young lady how many yards of cloth fhe had in her loom ; fhe humourously answered , it is half ...
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15 days 50 cents acres amount annuity anſwer Bought bufhel carats Carolina cent per annum Change coft compound intereft cube root cyphers decimal denomination divide dividend divifion divifor dollars dols drams Elijah H equal Examples faid fame fecond feet fhare fhillings fhould firft firſt fquare root French Livres fterling fuch gallons given fum given number grofs Guilders half yearly hhds improper fraction inches laft lefs Livres Meaſure merator merchant miles Minuend mixed number mixture worth Moidores months muft multiplicand Multiply muſt nett ounces pence perfon pound Practical Questions prefent worth principal Proof proportion purchaſe quantity quotient rate per cent ratio involved Reduce remainder right hand figures RULE.-Multiply Shillings square Sterling Subtraction Subtrahend Suppofe Table tare Thouſands United Virginia currency Vulgar Fractions weight whole number yards of cloth
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Page 74 - RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Page 75 - To reJuce a fraction of one denomination to the fraction of another, but greater, 'retaining the same value. RULE. Reduce the given fraction to a compound one by comparing it with all the denominations between it and that denomination you would reduce it to ; then reduce that compound fraction to a simple one, by Case V.
Page 160 - A person bought a chaise, horse, and harness, • for £60 ; the horse came to twice the price of the harness, and the chaise to twice the price of the horse and harness ; what did he give for each?
Page 128 - Divide the interest last found by the time, and the quotient will be the rate per cent.
Page 171 - L. per annum, payable yearly, amount to in 4 years at 5 per cent?
Page 128 - Is to one hundred pounds or dollars, So is the interest of the principal, for the given time, To the interest of 100...
Page 159 - POSITION. POSITION is a rule which, by false or supposed numbers, taken at pleasure, discovers the true ones required. — It is divided into two parts, Single or Double. SINGLE POSITION RULE.-— 1.