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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Page 37
... 1 chain , 66 ch . 80 Chains 66 1 mile , 6f m . * Hand , is a term used in measuring the height of horses ; fathom , the depth of water ; and a league , distance at sea . The American mile equals 5280 feet . French , Italian REDUCTION . 37.
... 1 chain , 66 ch . 80 Chains 66 1 mile , 6f m . * Hand , is a term used in measuring the height of horses ; fathom , the depth of water ; and a league , distance at sea . The American mile equals 5280 feet . French , Italian REDUCTION . 37.
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... RULE FOR STATING . Place that number for the third term , which is of the same name with the answer . Then consider , from the nature of the question , whether the answer is required to be 85 SINGLE RULE OF THREE . Single Rule of Three,
... RULE FOR STATING . Place that number for the third term , which is of the same name with the answer . Then consider , from the nature of the question , whether the answer is required to be 85 SINGLE RULE OF THREE . Single Rule of Three,
Page 87
... term : if greater , place the greater of the other given numbers on the left , for the second term ; and the less , on the left of this , for the first term . But if the answer is required to be less than the third term , place the less ...
... term : if greater , place the greater of the other given numbers on the left , for the second term ; and the less , on the left of this , for the first term . But if the answer is required to be less than the third term , place the less ...
Page 91
... term which is of the same kind with the term sought , for the third term . Complete a statement in the Sin- gle Rule , as already taught , with this third term and each pair of similar terms : reduce the third term to its lowest denom ...
... term which is of the same kind with the term sought , for the third term . Complete a statement in the Sin- gle Rule , as already taught , with this third term and each pair of similar terms : reduce the third term to its lowest denom ...
Page 92
... term sought is acres ; therefore , 56 acres must be the third term ; and , as 24 men will mow more grass in 38 days than 8 men in 6 days , the 24 must be placed for the second term , and the 8 for the first . 2. If 24 pounds of bread be ...
... term sought is acres ; therefore , 56 acres must be the third term ; and , as 24 men will mow more grass in 38 days than 8 men in 6 days , the 24 must be placed for the second term , and the 8 for the first . 2. If 24 pounds of bread be ...
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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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