A Short System of Practical Arithmetic: Compiled from the Best Authorities; to which is Annexed a Short Plan of Book-keeping. The Whole Designed for the Use of Schools |
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... pounds only to the quarter of a hundred weight ; because this practice now generally obtains in business , among merchants and traders in the United - States , and has moreover been established in Maine by legislative enactment ...
... pounds only to the quarter of a hundred weight ; because this practice now generally obtains in business , among merchants and traders in the United - States , and has moreover been established in Maine by legislative enactment ...
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... pound Division teach ? Rehearse the Rule . What does Case second direct ? What Case third ? Tell the Note before examples in Average Judgment , What is observed of Duodecimals ? Give the Rule for multiplying them . What are Fractions ...
... pound Division teach ? Rehearse the Rule . What does Case second direct ? What Case third ? Tell the Note before examples in Average Judgment , What is observed of Duodecimals ? Give the Rule for multiplying them . What are Fractions ...
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... pounds , & c . at ditto ? How serve at 5 or 7 per cent . ? What the Short Rule for Federal Money , at 6 per cent ... pound Interest by Decimals ? How find Amount of an Annuity at Compound Interest ? How its Present Worth at ditto ? What ...
... pounds , & c . at ditto ? How serve at 5 or 7 per cent . ? What the Short Rule for Federal Money , at 6 per cent ... pound Interest by Decimals ? How find Amount of an Annuity at Compound Interest ? How its Present Worth at ditto ? What ...
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... pounds a year ; the three preceding but 586 pounds a year ; and before that but 364 pounds a year . With what sum did he begin busi- Ans . 7167 pounds . ness ? 7. Trajan's bridge over the Danube is said to have had twenty piers to ...
... pounds a year ; the three preceding but 586 pounds a year ; and before that but 364 pounds a year . With what sum did he begin busi- Ans . 7167 pounds . ness ? 7. Trajan's bridge over the Danube is said to have had twenty piers to ...
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... pound · S · £ · Is one farthing , or one fourth ; or one half ; Shilling . Pound . is one halfpenny , three farthings , or three fourths ... Pounds * 4 Quarters MONEY , WEIGHTS , MEASURES , & c . 27 Tables Of Money, Weights, and Measures,
... pound · S · £ · Is one farthing , or one fourth ; or one half ; Shilling . Pound . is one halfpenny , three farthings , or three fourths ... Pounds * 4 Quarters MONEY , WEIGHTS , MEASURES , & c . 27 Tables Of Money, Weights, and Measures,
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2qrs 3qrs 3qts acres amount annex annum answer APPLICATION Bought breadth bushels called cask ciphers circumference compound interest contain cord cost cube cubic David Davis denominator diameter difference dimes divide the product dividend division divisor dollars DRY MEASURE ells equal errours EXAMPLES farthings Federal Money feet long figure frustum gain gallons geometrical series given number given sum Hallowell hogsheads hundred improper fraction inches integer Jonathan Worth last product length less lowest terms miles mills mixed number months multiplicand multiply New-England currency NOTE number of terms payment pence pound sterling pounds present worth principal proportion quantity quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder right hand rods Rule of Three RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply shillings sold solid content square root stick of timber subtract tare tret triangle TROY WEIGHT VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine yards
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Page 152 - Operations with Fractions A) To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator.
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 180 - To the remainder, bring down the first figure in the next period, and call it the dividend. 4. Involve the root to the next inferior power to that which is given, and multiply it by the number denoting the given power for a divisor.
Page 135 - Subtract the principal from the last amount, and the remainder will be the compound interest. EXAMPLES.
Page 186 - ... sought. 3. Multiply the terms of the geometrical series together belonging to those indices, and make the product a dividend, 4. Raise the first term to a power whose index is one less than the number of the terms multiplied, and make the result a divisor. 5. Divide, and the quotient is the term sought. EXAMPLES. 4. If the first of a geometrical series be 4, and the ratio 3, what is the 7th term ? 0, 1, 2, 3, Indices.
Page xv - Write down the numbers, the less under the greater, placing units under units, tens under tens, &c. and draw a line under them.
Page 122 - As the sum of the several products, Is to the whole gain or loss ; So is each man's particular product, To his particular share of the gain or loss.
Page 113 - If 8 men can build a wall 20 feet long, 6 feet high and 4 feet thick, in 12 days ; in what time will 24 men build one 200 feet long, 8 feet high, and 6 feet thick ? 8 : 12 : : 20x6x4 24: 200x8x6 80 (lays, Jlns.
Page 138 - DISCOUNT. DISCOUNT is an allowance made for the payment of any sum of money before it becomes due, and is the difference between that sum, due sometime hence, and its present worth. The present worth of any sum or debt due some time hence, is such a...
Page 215 - The frustum of a pyramid is what remains after the top is cut off by a plane parallel to the base, and is...