Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged; Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic: Adapted to the United States |
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... stands in , viz . any figure in the place of units , represents only its sim- ple value , or so many ones , but in the second place , or NOTE . Although a cypher standing alone signifies noth- ing ; yet when it is placed on the right ...
... stands in , viz . any figure in the place of units , represents only its sim- ple value , or so many ones , but in the second place , or NOTE . Although a cypher standing alone signifies noth- ing ; yet when it is placed on the right ...
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... stand under units , tens under tens , & c . and draw a line under them . 2. Begin at the right hand , and take each figure in the lower line from the figure above it , and set down the re- mainder . 3. If the lower figure is greater ...
... stand under units , tens under tens , & c . and draw a line under them . 2. Begin at the right hand , and take each figure in the lower line from the figure above it , and set down the re- mainder . 3. If the lower figure is greater ...
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... stand him in ? Ans . 178 pipes unsold , and they stand him în 1797 dols . SUBTRACTION OF FEDERAL MONEY . RULE . Place the numbers according to their value ; that is , ollars under dollars , dimes under dimes , cents under eents , & c ...
... stand him in ? Ans . 178 pipes unsold , and they stand him în 1797 dols . SUBTRACTION OF FEDERAL MONEY . RULE . Place the numbers according to their value ; that is , ollars under dollars , dimes under dimes , cents under eents , & c ...
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... stand , and their sum will be the total product . EXAMPLES . What number is equal to 47 times 365 ? Multiplicand 365 Multiplier 4 7 2555 1460 Ans . 17155 product Multiplicand , 37864 34293 47042 Multiplier , 209 74 91 340776 75728 ...
... stand , and their sum will be the total product . EXAMPLES . What number is equal to 47 times 365 ? Multiplicand 365 Multiplier 4 7 2555 1460 Ans . 17155 product Multiplicand , 37864 34293 47042 Multiplier , 209 74 91 340776 75728 ...
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... stand in the work ; and this sum , when the work is right will be equal to the dividend . A third method of proof by excess of nines is as follows , viz . 1. Cast the nines out of the divisor and place the excess on the left hand . 2 ...
... stand in the work ; and this sum , when the work is right will be equal to the dividend . A third method of proof by excess of nines is as follows , viz . 1. Cast the nines out of the divisor and place the excess on the left hand . 2 ...
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100 dollars 2qrs 3qrs acres annex annuity annum answer arithmetical series barter Bought bushels compound interest contain cyphers Deduct demand dimes divide the product dividend divisor dols equal EXAMPLES federal money Find the value gain or loss gallon geometrical series given number given quantity given sum gross hundred improper fraction inches least common least common multiple left hand lowest terms measure merchant miles mills milreas mixed numbers months multiplicand Multiply the given neat weight New-England currency New-Jersey NOTE number of shillings number of terms paid payment pence pound pound sterling present worth principal quotient rate per cent ratio ready money Reduce remainder Required the interest right hand rods Rule of Three s. d. gr sell separatrix shillings simple interest sold solid feet Sqrs square root sterling subtract subtrahend tare third trett VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine
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Page 82 - ... from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 184 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 180 - Find the greatest square number in the first or left hand period, place the root of it at the right hand of the given number, (after the manner of a quotient in division) for the first figure of the root, and...
Page 226 - RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth, divide the last product by 2150,425 the solid inches in a statute bushel, and the quotient will be ti»e answer.
Page 175 - COMPUTE the interest on the principal sum, from the time when the interest commenced to the first time when a payment was made, which exceeds either alone or in conjunction with the preceding payments (if any) the interest at that time due: add that interest to the principal, and from the sum subtract the payment made at that time, together with the preceding payments (if any) and the remainder forms a new principal ; on which, compute and subtract the interest, as upon the first principal: and proceed...
Page 213 - A farmer being asked how many sheep he had, answered, that he had them in five fields, in the first he had...
Page 151 - When it is required to find how many of the first sort of coin, weight or measure, mentioned in the question, are equal to a given quantity of the last.
Page 220 - To measure a parallelogram or long square. RULE.— Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area, or superficial content, in the same name as that in which the dimension was taken, whether inches, feet, or rods, etc.
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