The Federal Calculator: Or, A Concise System of Practical ArithmeticThe author, 1828 - 137 pages |
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... third year of the Inde- pendence of the United States of America , WILLIAM SLO- COMB of the said District , has deposited in my office the title of a book , the right whereof he claims as author and proprie- tor , in the words following ...
... third year of the Inde- pendence of the United States of America , WILLIAM SLO- COMB of the said District , has deposited in my office the title of a book , the right whereof he claims as author and proprie- tor , in the words following ...
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... third , which shall contain either of the two given numbers as many times as the other contains a unit ; as 6 multiplied by 4 , or 4 times 6 b ] are 21. The given numbers spoken of together are called c ] Factors ; separately , the ...
... third , which shall contain either of the two given numbers as many times as the other contains a unit ; as 6 multiplied by 4 , or 4 times 6 b ] are 21. The given numbers spoken of together are called c ] Factors ; separately , the ...
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... third ? h What is the fourth ? i How should the given numbers stand for division ? j How is division proved ? k How may division be proved by casting out the 9s ? 7 When the divisor does not exceed 12 , how are you to proceed ? m When ...
... third ? h What is the fourth ? i How should the given numbers stand for division ? j How is division proved ? k How may division be proved by casting out the 9s ? 7 When the divisor does not exceed 12 , how are you to proceed ? m When ...
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... third , as the second does to the first . b The question may always be known to belong to the Rule of Three Direct , when more requires more , or less requires less . Or when the third term is greater than the first , and requires the ...
... third , as the second does to the first . b The question may always be known to belong to the Rule of Three Direct , when more requires more , or less requires less . Or when the third term is greater than the first , and requires the ...
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... in this rule may be variously stated . 20 yds . Ans . In all these examples , the number which asks the ques- ' tion , is obviously the one placed in the third term . 4. If 6s . buy 9 yards of cloth , SINGLE RULE OF THREE DIRECT . 55.
... in this rule may be variously stated . 20 yds . Ans . In all these examples , the number which asks the ques- ' tion , is obviously the one placed in the third term . 4. If 6s . buy 9 yards of cloth , SINGLE RULE OF THREE DIRECT . 55.
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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