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... questions adapted to minds as mature . Here it may be asked , " In what respect , then , is this different from that ? " To this question it is answered , In the execution of our common plan . The following are a few of the prominent ...
... questions adapted to minds as mature . Here it may be asked , " In what respect , then , is this different from that ? " To this question it is answered , In the execution of our common plan . The following are a few of the prominent ...
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... question frequently asked , " What is the use of so ma ny rules ? " " Why not proscribe them ? " The reader must here be reminded , that these rules are taught differently , in this system , from the common method . The pupil is first ...
... question frequently asked , " What is the use of so ma ny rules ? " " Why not proscribe them ? " The reader must here be reminded , that these rules are taught differently , in this system , from the common method . The pupil is first ...
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... question is , with regard to the ex- pediency of introducing them into our arithmetics , and not reserving them for ... questions his master , is wretched and refractory , until he can discover why he is to proceed in such and such a ...
... question is , with regard to the ex- pediency of introducing them into our arithmetics , and not reserving them for ... questions his master , is wretched and refractory , until he can discover why he is to proceed in such and such a ...
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... Questions on the foregoing - Bills of goods sold , Reduction - Tables of Money , Weight , Measure , & c Compound Addition , Compound Subtraction , Compound Multiplication , Compound Division , Questions on the foregoing , FRACTIONS ...
... Questions on the foregoing - Bills of goods sold , Reduction - Tables of Money , Weight , Measure , & c Compound Addition , Compound Subtraction , Compound Multiplication , Compound Division , Questions on the foregoing , FRACTIONS ...
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... Questions on the foregoing , Concise Rule for calculating Interest in New York State , Commission , Insurance , Stock , Loss and Gain , Time , Rate per cent . , and Amount , given , to find the Principal , Time , Rate per cent . , and ...
... Questions on the foregoing , Concise Rule for calculating Interest in New York State , Commission , Insurance , Stock , Loss and Gain , Time , Rate per cent . , and Amount , given , to find the Principal , Time , Rate per cent . , and ...
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12 cents 12 leaves 50 cents acres amount annexing apiece broadcloth bushels bushels of rye called ciphers cloth cost common fraction compound interest contained cord feet currency decimal places denom derive the following dimes divide dividend 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 least common denominator least common multiple leaves 11 lowest terms merchant bought miles mills mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply OPERATION oranges ounces payment pence pints pounds present worth principal proceed pupil pwts quarts rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder repetend Rufus separatrix shillings Slate sold solid feet square feet square rods subtract third term units whole number write yards of cloth
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Page ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
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...
Page 113 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 245 - 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.
Page 237 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 76 - Measure. 3 barley corns (bc) make 1 inch, marked in. 12 inches, 1 foot, ft. 3 feet, 1 yard, yd. 5^ yards, 1 rod, pole, or perch.
Page 210 - How many solid feet in a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high?
Page 71 - TABLE. 4 nails, (na.) or 9 inches, make 1 quarter, marked qr. 4 quarters, or 36 inches, - 1 yard, - - - - yd. 3 quarters, ------ 1 ell Flemish, - - E. Fl 5 quarters, ------ 1 ell English, - - EE 6 quarters, ------ 1 ell French, - - E. Fr 27.
Page 74 - TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, . . marked . . oz. 16 Ounces 1 Pound,* Ib. 28 Pounds 1 Quarter of a Hundred > Weight, $ V. 4 Quarters 1 Hundred Weight, . . cwt 20 Hundred Weight . 1 Ton, T.