Practical and Mental Arithmetic on a New Plan: In which Mental Arithmetic is Combined with the Use of the Slate : Containing a Complete System for All Practical Purposes Being in Dollars and Cents |
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... answers , left without assigning any value to them , reserving this particular for the discretion of the pupil , which he must necessarily exercise , in order to obtain the answer which follows , that being the aggregate of the whole ...
... answers , left without assigning any value to them , reserving this particular for the discretion of the pupil , which he must necessarily exercise , in order to obtain the answer which follows , that being the aggregate of the whole ...
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... answers to the following questions are to be given by writing them down on the slate at recitation , to test the pupil's knowledge of numbers from one to one hundred . 26. Write down in proper figures , Four ; Seven ; Eight ; Twelve ...
... answers to the following questions are to be given by writing them down on the slate at recitation , to test the pupil's knowledge of numbers from one to one hundred . 26. Write down in proper figures , Four ; Seven ; Eight ; Twelve ...
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... answers to the following questions on his slate at recitation . Q. How much does 1 , with 1 cipher annexed , stand for ? A. Ten . Q. Why ? A. Because the 1 is tens when I numerate . Numerate the 10 and see . Q. What does 1 with 3 ...
... answers to the following questions on his slate at recitation . Q. How much does 1 , with 1 cipher annexed , stand for ? A. Ten . Q. Why ? A. Because the 1 is tens when I numerate . Numerate the 10 and see . Q. What does 1 with 3 ...
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... answer the questions respecting the work , without looking on the book at recitation . Operation by Slate illustrated . 1. A man bought a cart for 25 dollars , a yoke of oxen for 69 dollars , and a plough for 7 dollars . What did he ...
... answer the questions respecting the work , without looking on the book at recitation . Operation by Slate illustrated . 1. A man bought a cart for 25 dollars , a yoke of oxen for 69 dollars , and a plough for 7 dollars . What did he ...
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... answers on his slate from the book , indirect answers will be given through the book , when that can conveniently be done : in other cases direct answers will be given . 2. A man bought a suit of clothes for 57 dollars , a pair of boots ...
... answers on his slate from the book , indirect answers will be given through the book , when that can conveniently be done : in other cases direct answers will be given . 2. A man bought a suit of clothes for 57 dollars , a pair of boots ...
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12 cents 12 leaves 50 cents acres amount bbls broadcloth bushels bushels of rye called ciphers cloth cost common denominator common fraction common multiple compound interest contained cord feet currency decimal decimal places derive the following dimes divide dividend divisor dollars drams equal example Exercises farthings federal money feet long feet wide figure following RULE gain gallons gals gills give greatest common divisor hence hogshead hundred illustrations we derive improper fraction James least common least common multiple leaves 11 lowest terms merchant bought miles mills mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply OPERATION oranges ounces pair cost payment pence pints pounds present worth proceed pwts quarts quotient ratio Reduce remainder Rufus shillings Slate sold solid feet square feet square rods subtract tens third term units whole number write yards of cloth
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Page 49 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 238 - Subtract the cube thus found from the said period, and to the remainder bring down the next period, and call this the dividend.
Page 133 - In the multiplication of decimal fractions, multiply as in whole numbers, and from the product point off so many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier counted together, and, if there are not so many figures in the product, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers.
Page 206 - A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord; and a cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile.
Page 21 - Decedents," and to repeal said original sections, -and to repeal sections one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), seven...
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Page 195 - But if any payments be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on the principal sum due on the obligation, for one year, add- it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid, from the time it was paid up to the end of the year; add it to the sum paid, and deduct that sum from the principal and interest, added as above...
Page 168 - ... 8 months ; what is the equated time for the payment of the whole ? Ans.
Page 241 - Hence, when the extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference, — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.