Cobb's Explanatory Arithmetick, Number Two: Containing the Compound Rules and All that is Necessary of Every Other Rule in Arithmetic for Practical Purposes ... to which is Annexed a Practical System of Book-keeping |
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... Farthing . 4 farthings qr . make 1 penny , d . 12 pence - 20 shillings - 1 shilling , s . · - 1 pound , £ TIME . The denominations of time are , Year , Month , Week , Day , Hour , Minute , and Second . 60 seconds , sec . make 1 minute ...
... Farthing . 4 farthings qr . make 1 penny , d . 12 pence - 20 shillings - 1 shilling , s . · - 1 pound , £ TIME . The denominations of time are , Year , Month , Week , Day , Hour , Minute , and Second . 60 seconds , sec . make 1 minute ...
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... farthings un- der farthings , pence under pence , & c . Beginning with the lowest denomination , the farthings , you must say , 3 and 2 are five , that is , five farthings ; you must divide the amount , the 5 , by 4 , because four ...
... farthings un- der farthings , pence under pence , & c . Beginning with the lowest denomination , the farthings , you must say , 3 and 2 are five , that is , five farthings ; you must divide the amount , the 5 , by 4 , because four ...
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... farthings , and as soon as we have four , ( not ten , ) we come to one , that is , one penny : then we count on to the next denomination , which is twelve pen- nies , and we call one , that is , one shilling : then , again , we count on ...
... farthings , and as soon as we have four , ( not ten , ) we come to one , that is , one penny : then we count on to the next denomination , which is twelve pen- nies , and we call one , that is , one shilling : then , again , we count on ...
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... farthings , we write qr . This description of the notation of sterling money , contains , and illustrates the principle on which the notation of all money , of whatever country , of all measures , and of all weights , is conducted . The ...
... farthings , we write qr . This description of the notation of sterling money , contains , and illustrates the principle on which the notation of all money , of whatever country , of all measures , and of all weights , is conducted . The ...
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... Far- THINGS the fourths of the penny . Hence it is , that when you have twelve pennies , you call them a shil- ling ; and when you have reckoned up twenty shil- lings you call them a pound : but the pound being the WHOLE , you count ...
... Far- THINGS the fourths of the penny . Hence it is , that when you have twelve pennies , you call them a shil- ling ; and when you have reckoned up twenty shil- lings you call them a pound : but the pound being the WHOLE , you count ...
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Arithmetick borrow bushels carry the quotient cents and five cipher column of cents column of days column of pounds Compound Addition Compound Interest Compound Substraction cost cube root currency dimes divide the amount dividend divisor dollars drachms DRY MEASURE equal EXAMPLES For Theoretical EXPLANATIONS farthings federal money figures five mills four gain gallon given number given sum higher denomination hogshead hundred-weight hundredths improper fraction inches integer left hand lower line lowest denomination MEASURE merator merchant bought miles moidores multiply nett weight ounces payment pence pints present worth quantity quarts quires Reduce remainder right hand denomination Rule of Three s. d. qr shillings Simple Division Simple Substraction Slate sold square root substract the lower tare TARE AND TRET tenths Theoretical Exercise third term thousandths Three Direct tion tret TROY WEIGHT upper line Vulgar Fractions wheat whole amount whole numbers
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Page 160 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total. If there, be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above; and, in like manner, from one payment to another, till all the payments are absorbed ; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Page 160 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. " If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
Page 154 - ... 3d. If there be parts of a year, as months and days, work for the months by the aliquot parts of a year...
Page 13 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 212 - Separate the given number into periods of three figures each, by putting a point over the unit figure, and every third figure beyond the place of units. 2. Find the greatest cube in the left hand period, and put its root in the quotient. 3.
Page 117 - Operations with Fractions A) To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator. This product becomes the numerator of the result and the denominator remains the same, eg, 2 (5x3) + 2 15 + 2 17 3" 3 3 " 3 To change an improper fraction to a mixed number, simply divide the numerator by the denominator.
Page 132 - Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals, in the product, as there are decimals in the multiplicand and multiplier. If there be not so many figures in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers.
Page 168 - Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the first term; and the quotient will be the answer...
Page 174 - Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into.
Page 11 - Scale: 4 farthings (far.) = 1 penny (d.); 12 pence = 1 shilling (s.) ; 20 shillings — 1 pound (£). 156.