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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... remainder , if there be any , must be set down , and the quotient must be carried to the next higher denomination . Q. How must the left hand , or highest de- nomination be added ? A. It must be added up , and the whole amount set down ...
... remainder , if there be any , must be set down , and the quotient must be carried to the next higher denomination . Q. How must the left hand , or highest de- nomination be added ? A. It must be added up , and the whole amount set down ...
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... remainder 1 ; and you must set down the 1 , the remainder , under the column of farthings , and add , or carry , the one , the quotient , to the next column , the pence , the next higher de nomination , because four farthings are equal ...
... remainder 1 ; and you must set down the 1 , the remainder , under the column of farthings , and add , or carry , the one , the quotient , to the next column , the pence , the next higher de nomination , because four farthings are equal ...
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... remainder 46 ; you must set down the remainder , the 46 , under the column of seconds , and add , or carry , the two , the quotient , to the column of minutes , the next higher denomina- tion , because sixty seconds are equal to one ...
... remainder 46 ; you must set down the remainder , the 46 , under the column of seconds , and add , or carry , the two , the quotient , to the column of minutes , the next higher denomina- tion , because sixty seconds are equal to one ...
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... remainder 21 ; you must set down the remainder , the 21 , under the column of hours , and add , or carry , the two , the quotient , to the column of days , the next higher denomination , because twenty - four hours are equal to one day ...
... remainder 21 ; you must set down the remainder , the 21 , under the column of hours , and add , or carry , the two , the quotient , to the column of days , the next higher denomination , because twenty - four hours are equal to one day ...
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... remainder 64 ; you must set down the remainder , the 64 , under the column of days , and add , or carry , the one , the quotient , to the column of years , the next higher denomination , because three hundred and sixty - five days are ...
... remainder 64 ; you must set down the remainder , the 64 , under the column of days , and add , or carry , the one , the quotient , to the column of years , the next higher denomination , because three hundred and sixty - five days are ...
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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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