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... yards of cloth , one yard of cloth is the unit , and six the number ; in twenty dollars , one dollar is the unit , and twenty the number . The amount of tea , cloth , and money , is in each case compared with its own unit , which is one ...
... yards of cloth , one yard of cloth is the unit , and six the number ; in twenty dollars , one dollar is the unit , and twenty the number . The amount of tea , cloth , and money , is in each case compared with its own unit , which is one ...
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... yards , or miles . Thus , 4 dollars , 8 dollars , and 10 dollars , is a simple number . 15 pounds , 30 pounds , and 54 pounds , is a simple number . When the kind of unit is not expressed , the numbers are always simple numbers . Thus ...
... yards , or miles . Thus , 4 dollars , 8 dollars , and 10 dollars , is a simple number . 15 pounds , 30 pounds , and 54 pounds , is a simple number . When the kind of unit is not expressed , the numbers are always simple numbers . Thus ...
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... yards or parts of yards , & c . To those numbers which are composed of the same kind of unit we have given the name of Simple Numbers . COMPOUND NUMBERS are those which are composed of units of different kinds . Thus , 8 dollars 5 cents ...
... yards or parts of yards , & c . To those numbers which are composed of the same kind of unit we have given the name of Simple Numbers . COMPOUND NUMBERS are those which are composed of units of different kinds . Thus , 8 dollars 5 cents ...
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... yard ? How many nails in a yard ? How many inches ? Write the signs . 107 . " LONG MEASURE . 3 barleycorns make 1 inch . 12 inches 66 1 foot . 3 feet -66 1 yard . 5 yards 66 1 rod , perch or pole . Sign r . or p . 40 rods 66 1 furlong ...
... yard ? How many nails in a yard ? How many inches ? Write the signs . 107 . " LONG MEASURE . 3 barleycorns make 1 inch . 12 inches 66 1 foot . 3 feet -66 1 yard . 5 yards 66 1 rod , perch or pole . Sign r . or p . 40 rods 66 1 furlong ...
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... yard , foot , inch and barleycorn . Q. Repeat long measure . For what purpose used ? What are the units in it ? How many furlongs in a mile ? How many yards ? How many feet ? How many feet in a yard ? How many inches ? How many yards in ...
... yard , foot , inch and barleycorn . Q. Repeat long measure . For what purpose used ? What are the units in it ? How many furlongs in a mile ? How many yards ? How many feet ? How many feet in a yard ? How many inches ? How many yards in ...
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acres altitude amount annuity arithmetical arithmetical series bar iron barrels bushels called Carolina cash ciphers column common difference compound interest compound numbers contains cost cube root cubic feet cubic inches decimal fraction decimal places denominator divide dividend division dollars drachms DRY MEASURE equal EXAMPLES expressed Extract the cube Extract the square federal money figures Find the interest find the number Find the solidity following RULE fourth term gallons geometrical given number given principal greatest common divisor halves Hence hhds higher unit hundred hundredths improper fraction lowest terms measure miles mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand number of terms OPERATION ounces pence pounds proportion quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder Repeat shillings Sign simple numbers South Carolina square feet square root square yards subtract tenths thousandths Troy weight Vulgar Fractions whole number
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Page 77 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 67 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 230 - Hence, when the first term, number of terms, and ratio of an increasing series are give?i, to find the last term, RULE!. Multiply the first term by the ratio raised to a power one less than the number of terms. NOTE 1.
Page 54 - When the divisor is 10, 100, 1000, &c., cut off from the right hand of the dividend as many figures as there are ciphers in the divisor ; the...
Page 209 - Which proves that the square of a number composed of tens and units contains, the square of the tens plus twice the product of the tens by the units, plus the square of the units.
Page 70 - ... until nothing remains. The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor.
Page 19 - We will deal with them in a different order from that in which they appear in the prayer of the application, and take the use of lighted Candles on the Communion Table, at times when such Candles are not wanted, for the purpose of giving light, in the first instance, because with reference to that part of the case it appears to their Lordships that the affidavits do not make out...
Page 60 - When any thing is divided into two equal parts, one of the parts is called one...
Page 72 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator.
Page 188 - RULE. — Divide the given interest by the interest of the given sum at 1 per cent. for the given time, and the quotient will be the rate per cent. required.