Practical and Mental Arithmetic ...D. Burgess & Company, 1839 |
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Practical and Mental Arithmetic: On a New Plan, in Which Mental Arithmetic ... Roswell C. Smith No preview available - 2017 |
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12 leaves 25 cents 50 cents acres amount apiece bbls broadcloth bushels bushels of rye called ciphers cloth cost common denominator common fraction common multiple compound interest contained cord feet cube currency decimal derive the following dimes divide dividend divisor dollars drams equal example Exercises farthings federal money feet long feet wide figure following RULE gain gallons gals gills greatest common divisor hence hogshead hundred illustrations we derive improper fraction least common least common multiple leaves 11 length lowest terms merchant bought miles mills mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply OPERATION oranges ounces payment pence pints pounds present worth proceed pupil pwts quarts quotient ratio Reduce remainder separatrix shillings Slate sold solid feet square feet square rods subtract tens third term units whole number write yards of cloth
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Page 257 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 222 - How many solid feet in a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high?
Page 263 - Multiply the last term by the ratio, from the product subtract the first term, and divide the remainder by the ratio, less 1; the quotient will be the sum of the series required.
Page 251 - Point off the given number into periods of two figures each, by putting a dot over the units, another over the hundreds, and so on.
Page 121 - Divide by any number that will divide two or more of the given numbers without a remainder, and set the quotients, together with the undivided numbers, in a line beneath.
Page 82 - In 3 ? In 4 ? In 5 ? In 6? In 7? In 8? In 9? In 10? In 20? In 50? In 100?
Page 207 - Find the amount of the principal, from the time the interest commenced to the time of settlement, and likewise the amount of each payment, from the time it was paid to the time of settlement ; then deduct the amount of the several payments from the amount of the principal.