The Federal Calculator: Or, A Concise System of Practical ArithmeticThe author, 1828 - 137 pages |
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... kind of supplement to the fore- going rules , for the purpose of affording the learner an op- portunity for exercising his judgment , in the method of op- eration , without having any particular rule before him . Every teacher who has ...
... kind of supplement to the fore- going rules , for the purpose of affording the learner an op- portunity for exercising his judgment , in the method of op- eration , without having any particular rule before him . Every teacher who has ...
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... kind with the dividend , and always less than the divisor . RULE . 1. Assume as many figures on the left hand of the divi- dend as contain the divisor once or oftener ; find how many times they contain it , and place the answer as the ...
... kind with the dividend , and always less than the divisor . RULE . 1. Assume as many figures on the left hand of the divi- dend as contain the divisor once or oftener ; find how many times they contain it , and place the answer as the ...
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... kind of Supple- ment to the simple rules . The denominations are exhibited in the following TABLE . b 10 Mills m . Cent ct . 10 Cents Dime d . make one 10 Dimes 10 Dollars Dollar D. or $ . [ Eagle E. By the foregoing table , it is plain ...
... kind of Supple- ment to the simple rules . The denominations are exhibited in the following TABLE . b 10 Mills m . Cent ct . 10 Cents Dime d . make one 10 Dimes 10 Dollars Dollar D. or $ . [ Eagle E. By the foregoing table , it is plain ...
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... always being of the same kind with the dividend ; and so with the other remainders . 3. In £ 234 15s . 10d . 2qr , how many farthings ? Ans . 225402 4. In 225402 farthings , how many pounds ? Ans 4 REDUCTION 3333 REDUCTION. ...
... always being of the same kind with the dividend ; and so with the other remainders . 3. In £ 234 15s . 10d . 2qr , how many farthings ? Ans . 225402 4. In 225402 farthings , how many pounds ? Ans 4 REDUCTION 3333 REDUCTION. ...
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... kind ; reduce the several sorts of coin to the lowest denomination mentioned , and add them to- gether for a divisor : then reduce the money given into the same denomination for a dividend , and the quotient arising from the division ...
... kind ; reduce the several sorts of coin to the lowest denomination mentioned , and add them to- gether for a divisor : then reduce the money given into the same denomination for a dividend , and the quotient arising from the division ...
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20 cents 2qrs 3qrs 50 cents acres Addition Alligation amount annex arithmetical series Arithmetick axle bbls Bought cents per bushel cents per lb cents per yard circumference cloth cost common denominator composite number compound interest contain cords cube root cubick currency cyphers decimal diameter divide dividend Division divisor EXAMPLES exceed 12 farthings Federal Money feet 4 inches feet long gain GEORGE SOMERS given number given quantity hogsheads hundred improper fraction integer interest JOHN BIRD last quotient left hand length lever lowest terms measure miles mixed number months multiplicand payments pence Place the numbers proceed QUESTIONS quotient figure Reduce remainder right hand figure rood Rule of Three SAMUEL CHASE shillings sides square root sugar Suppose tare Three Inverse trett TROY WEIGHT VULGAR FRACTIONS weight whole numbers worth yards of cloth