A New System of Arithmetic, on an Improved Plan ...J.P. Jewett & Company, 1859 |
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... GAIN ; REDUCTION ; MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION OF FRACTIONS ; EXCHANGE OF CURRENCIES ; INTEREST ; i AND ALL PROPORTIONAL QUESTIONS , IN ONE RULE APPLICABLE TO THE WHOLE . THE PROCESS GREATLY SIMPLIFIED AND ABRIDGED . BY CHARLES G ...
... GAIN ; REDUCTION ; MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION OF FRACTIONS ; EXCHANGE OF CURRENCIES ; INTEREST ; i AND ALL PROPORTIONAL QUESTIONS , IN ONE RULE APPLICABLE TO THE WHOLE . THE PROCESS GREATLY SIMPLIFIED AND ABRIDGED . BY CHARLES G ...
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... gain for its author that for which he labored , unless it finally proves to be what it professes . Im- provement is the " charmed word " of the age . It rings hourly in the ear of the multitude . The strong wind bears it onward , and ...
... gain for its author that for which he labored , unless it finally proves to be what it professes . Im- provement is the " charmed word " of the age . It rings hourly in the ear of the multitude . The strong wind bears it onward , and ...
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... gain the assent of the pupil to a truth , and it is often quite another to give him a practical understanding of it . It is a fact too little realized , that much time is consumed in going over ground , from which no practical knowledge ...
... gain the assent of the pupil to a truth , and it is often quite another to give him a practical understanding of it . It is a fact too little realized , that much time is consumed in going over ground , from which no practical knowledge ...
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... 203 Discount .......... Bank Discount .... Loss and Gain ........ Stock Barter ..... ............ .......... 302 Astronomical Problems .............. 303 Of Balls and Shells .................. 304 305 206 Piling of Balls ........ ........
... 203 Discount .......... Bank Discount .... Loss and Gain ........ Stock Barter ..... ............ .......... 302 Astronomical Problems .............. 303 Of Balls and Shells .................. 304 305 206 Piling of Balls ........ ........
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... gain ; and if with the gain he pays 4 men , to whom he is in debt , equal sums , what does each receive ? Ans . 46 dollars . 14. How many square feet in a board 12 feet long , and 2 feet wide ? It is evident that a board 12 feet long ...
... gain ; and if with the gain he pays 4 men , to whom he is in debt , equal sums , what does each receive ? Ans . 46 dollars . 14. How many square feet in a board 12 feet long , and 2 feet wide ? It is evident that a board 12 feet long ...
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Page 37 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 105 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 156 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 321 - America, to be paid to the said or his certain attorney, executors, administrators, or assigns: to which payment well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly by these presents.
Page 167 - If 30 men can perform a piece of work in 11 days, how many men will accomplish another piece of work, 4 times as large, in a fifth part of the time ? . Ans.
Page 72 - Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator ; or divide the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and multiply the quotient by the numerator.
Page 63 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of...
Page 217 - Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the equated time, nearly.
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Page 11 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...