The American Tutor's Assistant Revised, Or, A Compendious System of Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Several Rules of that Useful Science, Concisely Defined, Methodically Arranged, and Fully Exemplified : the Whole Particularly Adapted to the Easy and Regular Instruction of Youth in Our American Schools |
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... answer in 1817 3 If a person have owing to him on bond 8077. in book accounts 10477. in bills and notes 861. and have in cash 4781. how much is the amount ? answer 2418 / . 4 Admit a bond to be 4687 dols . interest due thereon 178 dols ...
... answer in 1817 3 If a person have owing to him on bond 8077. in book accounts 10477. in bills and notes 861. and have in cash 4781. how much is the amount ? answer 2418 / . 4 Admit a bond to be 4687 dols . interest due thereon 178 dols ...
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... answer 181 . 2 A man was born in the year 1728 , what is his age in the year 1820 ? answer 92 3 A boy who had one thousand nuts sold 286 , gave away 60 and lost 437 ; how many had he left ? answer 217 4 There were 4 bags , containing ...
... answer 181 . 2 A man was born in the year 1728 , what is his age in the year 1820 ? answer 92 3 A boy who had one thousand nuts sold 286 , gave away 60 and lost 437 ; how many had he left ? answer 217 4 There were 4 bags , containing ...
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... answer 1525lbs . 7 Suppose A had owing to him on bond 4781. and interest due thereon 981. and received at two payments each 1997 . how much is unpaid ? answer 1781 . 8 A vintner bought 20 pipes of brandy , containing 2459 gallons , and ...
... answer 1525lbs . 7 Suppose A had owing to him on bond 4781. and interest due thereon 981. and received at two payments each 1997 . how much is unpaid ? answer 1781 . 8 A vintner bought 20 pipes of brandy , containing 2459 gallons , and ...
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... answer 67048164 4 Bought 342 bales of linen , in each bale 56 pieces , and in each piece 25 yards ; how many pieces and yards were therein ? answer 19152 pieces , 478800 yards . 5 A merchant bought 7 bales of cloth , in each bale 11 ...
... answer 67048164 4 Bought 342 bales of linen , in each bale 56 pieces , and in each piece 25 yards ; how many pieces and yards were therein ? answer 19152 pieces , 478800 yards . 5 A merchant bought 7 bales of cloth , in each bale 11 ...
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... answer 5 . 50221. to be must be the answer 271 . is 1763 , the answer 4785 multiplied by 7969 , answer 234 4 The quotient of an operation in division dividend 8435955 ; query the divisor ? 5 What number is that , which being the product ...
... answer 5 . 50221. to be must be the answer 271 . is 1763 , the answer 4785 multiplied by 7969 , answer 234 4 The quotient of an operation in division dividend 8435955 ; query the divisor ? 5 What number is that , which being the product ...
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Page 59 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 120 - RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Page 127 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 155 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
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Page 115 - Thirty days after sight of this my second of exchange, (first of the same tenor and date not paid) pay to Thomas Broker, or order, four thousand two hundred and twenty-six livres, twelve sols, and eight deniers, value received ; which place to account of Silas Stroud. To Thomas Lamot, Merchant, Bordeaux. How much sterling is the above bill, at 10i d.
Page 149 - Suppose a ladder 40 feet long be so planted as to reach a window 33 feet from the ground, on one side of the street, and without moving it at the foot, will reach a window on the other side 21 feet high ; what is the breadth of the street?