The Private Instructor, Or Mathematics Simplified: Comprising Every Thing Necessary in Arithnetic, Book-keeping, Conveyancing, Mensuration, and Guaging, to Form and Complete the Man of Business. The Whole Upon an Improved Plan ... |
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... quarters are equal to one yard . Minus , or less : the sign of subtraction ; as 8-2-6 , that is , 8 lessened by 2 is equal to 6 . + Plus or more : the sign of addition ; as 4 + 3 = 7 , that is , 4 added to 3 is equal to 7 . × Multiplied ...
... quarters are equal to one yard . Minus , or less : the sign of subtraction ; as 8-2-6 , that is , 8 lessened by 2 is equal to 6 . + Plus or more : the sign of addition ; as 4 + 3 = 7 , that is , 4 added to 3 is equal to 7 . × Multiplied ...
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... quarter ; Four quarters make one hundred ; Twenty hundred make one ton . WILLIAM PATTERSON , Speaker of the House of Representatives . JACOB KERN , Speaker of the Senate . APPROVED - The fifteenth day of April , Anno Domini , eighteen ...
... quarter ; Four quarters make one hundred ; Twenty hundred make one ton . WILLIAM PATTERSON , Speaker of the House of Representatives . JACOB KERN , Speaker of the Senate . APPROVED - The fifteenth day of April , Anno Domini , eighteen ...
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... quarter , pound , ounce , and dram . 16 Drams ( dr . ) equal 1 ounce , - Oz . lb. 1 quarter of a hundred , qr . 16 Ounces 66 1 pound , 25 Pounds 66 4. Quarters 66 1 hundred , 20 Hundred 66 1 - ton , C. T. Examples . 1. In 16 T. 4 C. 3 ...
... quarter , pound , ounce , and dram . 16 Drams ( dr . ) equal 1 ounce , - Oz . lb. 1 quarter of a hundred , qr . 16 Ounces 66 1 pound , 25 Pounds 66 4. Quarters 66 1 hundred , 20 Hundred 66 1 - ton , C. T. Examples . 1. In 16 T. 4 C. 3 ...
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... quarters . 4. Reduce 10 C. 3 qrs . 12 lbs . , to pounds . 5. In 5 tons , how many pounds , ounces , and drams ? Ans . 1087 . Ans . 10000 lbs .; 160000 oz .; 2560000 drs . 6. Reduce 51004 drams to ounces . 7. Bring 16430 ounces to pounds ...
... quarters . 4. Reduce 10 C. 3 qrs . 12 lbs . , to pounds . 5. In 5 tons , how many pounds , ounces , and drams ? Ans . 1087 . Ans . 10000 lbs .; 160000 oz .; 2560000 drs . 6. Reduce 51004 drams to ounces . 7. Bring 16430 ounces to pounds ...
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... quarter , as is also the case in some other States : in such locations the following table should be used— 16 Drams 16 Ounces equal 1 ounce . 66 1 pound . 28 Pounds 66 4 Quarters 66 1 quarter of a hundred . 1 hundred weight . 20 Hundred ...
... quarter , as is also the case in some other States : in such locations the following table should be used— 16 Drams 16 Ounces equal 1 ounce . 66 1 pound . 28 Pounds 66 4 Quarters 66 1 quarter of a hundred . 1 hundred weight . 20 Hundred ...
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acres aforesaid Alexander Harper amount Answer avoirdupois barrel Bought breadth bushels cash in full cask cents per pound Chester county circumference containing cost cube root cubic Davis Mahan decimal denominator discount divide dividend divisor dolls drams Ducat dwts equal Examples federal money figures Funchal furlongs gain gallons George Price given grains hand and seal heirs and assigns hereby horse hundred and thirty-six hundred dollars improper fraction interest lars length maravedies measure miles moidore months Multiply neat weight Note ounces paid payment pecks pennyweights perches Peter Fulton piece poles quantity quarters quarts quotient rate per cent received Reduce remainder roods RULE scalage Sealed and delivered side sold specific gravity square root subtract sundries tare term thousand eight hundred township unto VULGAR FRACTIONS whereof whole number wish to know yards
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