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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... third Year of the In- dependence of the United States of America , A. D. 1809 , JOSEPH CRUKSHANK , of the said District , hath deposited in this Office the Title of a Book , the Right whereof he claims as Proprietor , in the words fol ...
... third Year of the In- dependence of the United States of America , A. D. 1809 , JOSEPH CRUKSHANK , of the said District , hath deposited in this Office the Title of a Book , the Right whereof he claims as Proprietor , in the words fol ...
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... third , and seven hundred and seventy - nine in a fourth , what number is there in them all ? answer 7235 6 Admit a boy had 357 nuts given him at one time , 127 at another , 78 at another , 378 at another , 57 at another ; how many had ...
... third , and seven hundred and seventy - nine in a fourth , what number is there in them all ? answer 7235 6 Admit a boy had 357 nuts given him at one time , 127 at another , 78 at another , 378 at another , 57 at another ; how many had ...
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... Third , The quotient , or number sought . Fourth , The remainder ( if any ) which must be less than the devisor , and of the same name with the dividend . Simple division is of two kinds , viz . short and long . SHORT . SHORT DIVISION ...
... Third , The quotient , or number sought . Fourth , The remainder ( if any ) which must be less than the devisor , and of the same name with the dividend . Simple division is of two kinds , viz . short and long . SHORT . SHORT DIVISION ...
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... third 4 dollars 7 mills , and lastly , 19 dollars 4 cents ; query the whole expenditure ? answer 123D . 797m . 2 How much Federal money equals 1 English guinea , 2 French crowns , and 3 Spanish pistoles ? answer 18D . 186m . 3 Add 250 ...
... third 4 dollars 7 mills , and lastly , 19 dollars 4 cents ; query the whole expenditure ? answer 123D . 797m . 2 How much Federal money equals 1 English guinea , 2 French crowns , and 3 Spanish pistoles ? answer 18D . 186m . 3 Add 250 ...
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... third time 471 Os 9d . and the remainder is 371 14s 6d .; what was the sum borrowed ? answer 122l 12s 5d . 6 Bought 3 horses for 16l 17s 4d . each , and two cows for 51 14s 7d . each , and three bushels of wheat for 18s 10d .; what is ...
... third time 471 Os 9d . and the remainder is 371 14s 6d .; what was the sum borrowed ? answer 122l 12s 5d . 6 Bought 3 horses for 16l 17s 4d . each , and two cows for 51 14s 7d . each , and three bushels of wheat for 18s 10d .; what is ...
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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.
Page 173 - ... above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and then deduct from the...
Page 30 - TABLE. 60 seconds (") make 1 minute,...'. 60 minutes " 1 degree, . . . °. 30 degrees " 1 sign S. 12 signs, or 360°,
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?