Cobb's Explanatory Arithmetick, Number Two: Containing the Compound Rules, and All that is Necessary of Every Other Rule in Arithmetick for Practical Purposes and the Transactions of Business ... |
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... Farthing . 4 farthings qr . make 1 penny , d . 12 pence 20 shillings 1 shilling , s . 1 pound , £ TIME . The denominations of time are , Year , Month , Week , Day , Hour , Minute , and Second . 60 seconds , sec . make 1 minute , min ...
... Farthing . 4 farthings qr . make 1 penny , d . 12 pence 20 shillings 1 shilling , s . 1 pound , £ TIME . The denominations of time are , Year , Month , Week , Day , Hour , Minute , and Second . 60 seconds , sec . make 1 minute , min ...
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... farthings un- der farthings , pence under pence , & c . Beginning with the lowest denomination , the farthings , you must say , 3 and 2 are five , that is , five farthings ; you must divide the amount , the 5 , by 4 , because four ...
... farthings un- der farthings , pence under pence , & c . Beginning with the lowest denomination , the farthings , you must say , 3 and 2 are five , that is , five farthings ; you must divide the amount , the 5 , by 4 , because four ...
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... farthings , and as soon as we have four , ( not ten , ) we come to one , that is , one penny : then we count on to the next denomination , which is twelve pen- nies , and we call one , that is , one shilling : then , again , we count on ...
... farthings , and as soon as we have four , ( not ten , ) we come to one , that is , one penny : then we count on to the next denomination , which is twelve pen- nies , and we call one , that is , one shilling : then , again , we count on ...
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... farthings , we write qr . This description of the notation of sterling money , contains , and illustrates the principle on which the notation of all money , of whatever country , of all measures , and of all weights , is conducted . The ...
... farthings , we write qr . This description of the notation of sterling money , contains , and illustrates the principle on which the notation of all money , of whatever country , of all measures , and of all weights , is conducted . The ...
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... Far- THINGS the fourths of the penny . Hence it is , that when you have twelve pennies , you call them a shil- ling ; and when you have reckoned up twenty shil- lings you call them a pound : but the pound being the WHOLE , you count ...
... Far- THINGS the fourths of the penny . Hence it is , that when you have twelve pennies , you call them a shil- ling ; and when you have reckoned up twenty shil- lings you call them a pound : but the pound being the WHOLE , you count ...
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Arithmetick borrow bushels carry the quotient cents and five cipher column of cents column of days column of pounds Compound Addition Compound Interest Compound Substraction cost cube root currency decimal dimes divide the amount dividend divisor dollars drachms DRY MEASURE equal EXAMPLES For Theoretical EXPLANATIONS farthings federal money feet figures five mills four gain gallon given number given sum higher denomination hogshead hundred-weight hundredths improper fraction inches integer left hand lower line lowest denomination MEASURE merator merchant bought miles moidores multiply nett weight ounces payment pence pints present worth quantity quarts quires Reduce remainder right hand denomination Rule of Three shillings Simple Division Simple Substraction Slate sold square root substract the lower tare TARE AND TRET tenths Theoretical Exercise third term thousandths Three Direct tion tret TROY WEIGHT upper line Vulgar Fractions wheat whole amount whole numbers
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Page 117 - 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. This product becomes the numerator of the result and the denominator remains the same, eg, 2 (5x3) + 2 15 + 2 17 3" 3 3 " 3 To change an improper fraction to a mixed number, simply divide the numerator by the denominator.
Page 209 - Double the figures already found in the root for a new divisor, (or, bring down your last divisor for a new one, doubling the right hand figure of it,) and from these find the next figure in the root, as last directed, and continue the operation in the same manner, till you have brought down all the periods.
Page 209 - ... place the root of it at the right hand of the given number, (after the manner of a quotient in division) for the first figure of the root, and the square number under the period, and subtract it therefrom, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend.
Page 174 - L«JS requiring more, is when the third term is less than the first, and requires the fourth term to be greater than the second. RULE.
Page 167 - Single Rule of Three Direct teaches, by having; three numbers given, to find a fourth, that shall have the same proportion to the third, as the second has to the first.
Page 158 - Cast the interest on the several payments, from the time they were paid, to the time of...
Page 174 - Inverse, teaches by having three numbers given to find a fourth, which shall have the same proportion to the second, as the first has to the third.