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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... dividend , or fum to be divided . The divifor , or number by which you divide . The quotient , or anfwer , which fhews how many times the divifor is contained in the dividend . The remainder which is always leís than the divifor . If ...
... dividend , or fum to be divided . The divifor , or number by which you divide . The quotient , or anfwer , which fhews how many times the divifor is contained in the dividend . The remainder which is always leís than the divifor . If ...
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... dividend , and confider how many times the divifor is contained in as many figures of the dividend , as is neceffary , and place that number on the right of the dividend , for the firft figure of the quotient , multiply the divifor by ...
... dividend , and confider how many times the divifor is contained in as many figures of the dividend , as is neceffary , and place that number on the right of the dividend , for the firft figure of the quotient , multiply the divifor by ...
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... dividend , and place it to the right of the remainder , and proceed in the fame manner with the other figures in the dividend , until you bring them all down . PROOF . By multiplication , as in fhort divifion , or by ex- cefs of nines ...
... dividend , and place it to the right of the remainder , and proceed in the fame manner with the other figures in the dividend , until you bring them all down . PROOF . By multiplication , as in fhort divifion , or by ex- cefs of nines ...
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... dividend as many figures , which annex to the laft remainder . Examples . Dividend . Quotient . 1 Divifor 65100379432 ( 58 325 544 520 2432 Remainder . 2 Divide 3 1716131815252 by 412000 4 1742367426 by 6731000 16 SIMPLE DIVISION , 37 ...
... dividend as many figures , which annex to the laft remainder . Examples . Dividend . Quotient . 1 Divifor 65100379432 ( 58 325 544 520 2432 Remainder . 2 Divide 3 1716131815252 by 412000 4 1742367426 by 6731000 16 SIMPLE DIVISION , 37 ...
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... any ) as before , and fo on till the whole be divided . PROOF . Multiply the quotient by the divifor , when right , it will produce the dividend . 1 When the divifor exceeds 12 , try whether there are 40 COMPOUND DIVISION .
... any ) as before , and fo on till the whole be divided . PROOF . Multiply the quotient by the divifor , when right , it will produce the dividend . 1 When the divifor exceeds 12 , try whether there are 40 COMPOUND DIVISION .
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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.