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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... Miles 12345678 167890 767676 343434 72567890 737373 076757 464748 14685341 74747474 373737 304067 827160 644765 168905 161718 47474747 473060 321046 360606 Sum total . 221821130 || 5 1 209475452 Proof . 221821130 1234567 3676432 8765043 ...
... Miles 12345678 167890 767676 343434 72567890 737373 076757 464748 14685341 74747474 373737 304067 827160 644765 168905 161718 47474747 473060 321046 360606 Sum total . 221821130 || 5 1 209475452 Proof . 221821130 1234567 3676432 8765043 ...
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... miles , from thence to Petersburg 10 , how far diftant is Petersburg from Richmond ? Anfwer - 25 miles . Your horfe is worth two hundred dollars , your chaise 450 , and the harness 60 dollars , how much are they all worth ? 4 . Anfwer ...
... miles , from thence to Petersburg 10 , how far diftant is Petersburg from Richmond ? Anfwer - 25 miles . Your horfe is worth two hundred dollars , your chaise 450 , and the harness 60 dollars , how much are they all worth ? 4 . Anfwer ...
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... miles , would go it in 68 days , how many miles muft he travel each day ? Anfwer - 50 . 10. Several boys went to gather peaches , and collected 5130 , which when fhared among them , each had 855 ; how many boys were in company ? Answer ...
... miles , would go it in 68 days , how many miles muft he travel each day ? Anfwer - 50 . 10. Several boys went to gather peaches , and collected 5130 , which when fhared among them , each had 855 ; how many boys were in company ? Answer ...
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... Mile 3 Miles · I League m . 2 . or miles I Degree deg . 60. Geographic 691 Statute 360 Degrees the circumference of the earth . This measure is used to measure lengths or diftances . deg . 1. fur . p . 9 45 7 31 8 46 6 32 Examples . yd ...
... Mile 3 Miles · I League m . 2 . or miles I Degree deg . 60. Geographic 691 Statute 360 Degrees the circumference of the earth . This measure is used to measure lengths or diftances . deg . 1. fur . p . 9 45 7 31 8 46 6 32 Examples . yd ...
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... miles , 8 poles , how far diftant is Richmond from Cumber land Court - houfe . Answer - 57M . 6 fur . Land Meafure . THE DENOMINATIONS ARE ; 9 Square feet ( ft . ) make 1 Yard jd . 30+ Yards 1 Perch P. 40 Perches 1 Rood Ro . 4 Roods ...
... miles , 8 poles , how far diftant is Richmond from Cumber land Court - houfe . Answer - 57M . 6 fur . Land Meafure . THE DENOMINATIONS ARE ; 9 Square feet ( ft . ) make 1 Yard jd . 30+ Yards 1 Perch P. 40 Perches 1 Rood Ro . 4 Roods ...
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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.