Elements of Arithmetic: For Schools and Academies. In which Decimal and Integral Arithmetic are Combined, and Taught Inductively, on the System of Pestalozzi. Part second |
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... * My obligations are particularly due to SAMUEL ALSOP , Principal of Friends ' Select School , and WILLIAM J. LEWIS , Teacher of the Mathematical School in Fourth street .. tion , although scholars of a decided mathematical taste will ( 5 )
... * My obligations are particularly due to SAMUEL ALSOP , Principal of Friends ' Select School , and WILLIAM J. LEWIS , Teacher of the Mathematical School in Fourth street .. tion , although scholars of a decided mathematical taste will ( 5 )
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... Principal is the sum on which the interest is paid . The Rate is the percentage paid annu- ally . It is regulated by statute , the usual rate being 6 per cent . * The Amount is the sum of principal and in- terest . When interest is ...
... Principal is the sum on which the interest is paid . The Rate is the percentage paid annu- ally . It is regulated by statute , the usual rate being 6 per cent . * The Amount is the sum of principal and in- terest . When interest is ...
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... principal by the number of days , and divide by 6000 ; the quotient will be the interest at 6 per cent . For any other rate than 6 per cent . , compute the interest in the same manner , and add or subtract such part as may be required ...
... principal by the number of days , and divide by 6000 ; the quotient will be the interest at 6 per cent . For any other rate than 6 per cent . , compute the interest in the same manner , and add or subtract such part as may be required ...
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... principal by the even number of months , and if there is an odd month , add 30 to the number of days . Divide the days by 6 , and multiply of 1 per cent . by the quotient . If there are any remaining days , * take as many 60ths of 1 per ...
... principal by the even number of months , and if there is an odd month , add 30 to the number of days . Divide the days by 6 , and multiply of 1 per cent . by the quotient . If there are any remaining days , * take as many 60ths of 1 per ...
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... principal . This is the equitable rule for all periods of time , but the following is the LEGAL RULE . * If any payment exceeds the interest due , deduct it from the amount , and compute interest on the balance . If the payment is less ...
... principal . This is the equitable rule for all periods of time , but the following is the LEGAL RULE . * If any payment exceeds the interest due , deduct it from the amount , and compute interest on the balance . If the payment is less ...
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Page 18 - Remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier.
Page 177 - To find the solidity of a cylinder. RULE. — Multiply the area of the base by the altitude, and the product will be the solidity.
Page 30 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 106 - PROBLEM II. Any number of different things being given, to find how many changes can be made out of them by taking a given number of the things at a time.
Page 27 - RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Page 106 - To find the number of Permutations or changes, that can be made of any given number of things, all different from each other.- . RULE. Multiply all the terms of the natural series of numbers, from one up to the given number, continually together, and the last product will be the answer required.
Page 9 - ... say one and one are two, two and one are three, three and one are four, four and one are five, five and one are six, six and two are eight ; in this way they go on until they are desired to stop.
Page 207 - A farmer has a stack of hay, from which he sells a quantity which is to the quantity remaining, as 4 to 5. He then uses 15 loads and finds that the quantity left, is to the quantity sold, as 1 to 2. Required the number of loads at first in the stack.
Page 130 - RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and add 1 to the quotient.
Page 117 - All numbers between 1000 or 103, antj iQO0000 or 100», will have two figures in their root. And generally, if we divide a cube into periods of three figures each, by placing a point over units, and one over every third figure from units, the number of points will show the number of figures in the root. EXAMPLES FOR THE BOARD. In order properly to understand the principles of the cube root, the student should be provided with the following blocks : 1. A cubical block, each side measuring 3 inches,...