The Theoretical and Practical Systematic Arithmetic; Or, Arithmetic Arranged in Its Natural Order: Being Adapted to Assist the Teacher in Training Pupils of All Ages to Habits of Strict and Careful Analysis |
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1hhd 1st REMARK 2d REMARK 2far 2pks 2qrs 2qts 3cwt 3far 3pks 3qrs 3qts 7fur acres amount annuity annum arithmetic barrels bought bushels called carats casks cent Change ciphers common denominator common difference common measure compound interest compound number contain cords cost cube root currency DECIMAL FRACTIONS discount Divide Division divisor dollars drams equal example farthings Federal money feet long gallons given number given sum grains hence hogshead hundred improper fraction last term least common dividend least common multiple length less Minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply nine number of terms ounces payment pence pennyweights percentage piece pint pound present worth principal proof Proper fraction proportion quantity quarts quotient ratio Reduce remainder RULE shillings simple sold square miles square root sterling Subtract subtrahend TABLE thousand unit figure vulgar fraction weight whole number wide Write yards
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Page 275 - 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 275 - But if any payment 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 131 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 132 - M. 60 minutes, 1 hour, h. 24 hours, 1 day, d. 7 days, . 1 week, w. 4 weeks, 1 month, mo. 13 months, 1 day and 6 hours, 1 Julian year, yr. Thirty days hath September, April, June and November ; February twenty-eight alone, all the rest have thirtyone.
Page 275 - ... 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 126 - SQUARE MEASURE. 144 square inches (sq. in.) make 1 square foot, sq. ft. 9 square feet " 1 square yard, sq. yd. 30| square yards " 1 square rod, P. 40 square rods
Page 132 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; February twenty-eight alone, All the rest have thirty-one; Except in Leap year, then is the time, When February has twenty-nine.
Page 82 - Divide the denominator of the fraction by the whole number, when it can be done without a remainder.
Page 122 - APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains (gr) . 1 scruple (3) 3 scruples 1 dram (3) 8 drams 1 ounce ( 5 ) 12 ounces .... 1 pound (fit)) Apothecaries' weight is used in prescriptions. Drugs are bought and sold by avoirdupois weight. The grain, the ounce, and the pound apothecaries' weight are the same as the corresponding denominations of troy weight.
Page 240 - I. Divide the coefficient of the dividend by the coefficient of the divisor.