A Short System of Practical Arithmetic: Compiled from the Best Authorities [etc.].Glazier, Masters & Company, 1829 |
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... greater number of practical examples , especially in the ground - rules , and by the introduction of many new rules , in order to furnish our Schools with a methodical and comprehensive Treatise of Practical Arithmetic . Works of this ...
... greater number of practical examples , especially in the ground - rules , and by the introduction of many new rules , in order to furnish our Schools with a methodical and comprehensive Treatise of Practical Arithmetic . Works of this ...
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... greater ; then run your eye along , in the same line , towards the right hand , till you find the number from which the other is to be taken ; and exactly over this last , in the top line , you will find the difference ; as , 6 from 15 ...
... greater ; then run your eye along , in the same line , towards the right hand , till you find the number from which the other is to be taken ; and exactly over this last , in the top line , you will find the difference ; as , 6 from 15 ...
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... greater . It is simple subtrac- tion if the numbers are of one denomination ; as , 5 feet taken from 8 feet , will leave 3 feet . The greater number is called the minuend , or sub- stratum ; the less , the subtrahend ; and the number ...
... greater . It is simple subtrac- tion if the numbers are of one denomination ; as , 5 feet taken from 8 feet , will leave 3 feet . The greater number is called the minuend , or sub- stratum ; the less , the subtrahend ; and the number ...
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... greater number is 4320 ; I demand the less . Ans . 3524 . 15. Supposing a man to have been born in the year 1762 ; how old was he in 1806 ? Ans . 44 . 16. Suppose a man to have been 78 years old in the year 1806 ; in what year was he ...
... greater number is 4320 ; I demand the less . Ans . 3524 . 15. Supposing a man to have been born in the year 1762 ; how old was he in 1806 ? Ans . 44 . 16. Suppose a man to have been 78 years old in the year 1806 ; in what year was he ...
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... greater depreciation of their paper currencies . Still , though the pound was valued accordingly to this paper medium , it was , in every Colony , reckoned at twenty shillings , as in Eng- land . Thus , a Spanish dollar being worth 4s ...
... greater depreciation of their paper currencies . Still , though the pound was valued accordingly to this paper medium , it was , in every Colony , reckoned at twenty shillings , as in Eng- land . Thus , a Spanish dollar being worth 4s ...
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18 inches 2qrs 3qrs 3qts acres amount annex annum answer APPLICATION April Bought breadth broadcloth bushels called cask ciphers circumference compound interest contain cord cost cube cubic David Davis denominator diameter difference dimes divide the product dividend division divisor dollars DRY MEASURE equal errours EXAMPLES farthings Federal Money feet long figure frustum gain gallons geometrical series given number given sum Hallowell hogsheads hundred improper fraction integer Jonathan Worth last product length less lowest terms miles mills mixed number months multiplicand multiply neat weight New-England currency NOTE number of terms payment pence pound sterling pounds present worth principal proportion quantity quotient ratio Reduce remainder right hand rods Rule of Three RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply shillings sold solid content square root stick of timber subtract tare thick thousand TROY WEIGHT VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine yards
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Page 152 - Operations with Fractions A) To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator.
Page 21 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 181 - RULE.* — Multiply the sum of the extremes by the number of terms, and half the product will be the answer.
Page 202 - To measure a Parallelogram, or long square. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area or superficial content.
Page 180 - Find the first figure of the root by trial, and subtract its power from the" left hand period of the given number. 5. To the remainder bring down the first figure in the next period, and call it the dividend. 4. Involve the root to the next inferior power to that which is given, and multiply, it by the number denoting the given power, for a divisor.
Page 119 - Is when the several shares of stock are continued in trade an equal term of time. RULE. As the whole stock is to the whole gain or loss : so is each man's particular stock, to his particular share of the gain or loss.
Page 153 - To reduce an improper fraction to its equivalent whole or mixed number. RULE.* Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quotient will be the whole or mixed number required.
Page 135 - Subtract the principal from the last amount, and the remainder will be the compound interest. EXAMPLES.
Page 193 - A man was hired 50 days on these conditions. — that, for every day he worked, he should receive $ '75, and, for every day he was idle, he should forfeit $ '25 ; at the expiration of the time, he received $ 27'50 ; how many days did he work...
Page 142 - RULE.—Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the equated time.* • , EXAMPLES.