A New System of Arithmetic, on the Cancelling Plan: Embracing the Rules of Three, Single and Double, Direct and Inverse; Barter; Loss and Gain; Reduction, Multiplication and Division of Fractions; Exchange of Currencies; Interest; and All Proportional Questions in One Rule Applicable to the Whole. The Process Greatly Simplified and Abridged |
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... rods can 8 men build in 27 days ? 2. If a man can travel 240 miles in 12 days , when the days are 12 hours long , how far can he travel in 27 days , when the days are 16 hours long ? 3. A merchant bartered 58 cwt . of sugar , at 63d ...
... rods can 8 men build in 27 days ? 2. If a man can travel 240 miles in 12 days , when the days are 12 hours long , how far can he travel in 27 days , when the days are 16 hours long ? 3. A merchant bartered 58 cwt . of sugar , at 63d ...
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... 12 678345 126789123 23 908764584768 27678 632976 PRACTICAL EXAMPLES . 9. What will 432 barrels of flour cost , at 14 dollars a barrel ? Answer , 6048 dollars . 10. How many rods in 84 miles , there being 320 rods in a mile ? Answer , 26880 ...
... 12 678345 126789123 23 908764584768 27678 632976 PRACTICAL EXAMPLES . 9. What will 432 barrels of flour cost , at 14 dollars a barrel ? Answer , 6048 dollars . 10. How many rods in 84 miles , there being 320 rods in a mile ? Answer , 26880 ...
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... rods in a mile . 66327 rods ? Answer , 1148 . How many miles in Answer , 207870 . 9. How many miles from Boston to ... 12. Divide 342871 by 7000 . 10000 ) 1898 6421 Answer , 1898,6421 Operation . 7000 342 871 Answer , 48,6871 In this ...
... rods in a mile . 66327 rods ? Answer , 1148 . How many miles in Answer , 207870 . 9. How many miles from Boston to ... 12. Divide 342871 by 7000 . 10000 ) 1898 6421 Answer , 1898,6421 Operation . 7000 342 871 Answer , 48,6871 In this ...
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... 12 inches 3 feet 5 yards , or 16 feet , 1 foot , ft . 1 yard , yd . 1 rod , or pole , rd . 40 rods , 8 furlongs 3 miles 69 miles 66 1 furlong , fur . 1 mile , mi . " " 1 league , lea . 66 1 degree , deg . 360 degrees 1 circle of the ...
... 12 inches 3 feet 5 yards , or 16 feet , 1 foot , ft . 1 yard , yd . 1 rod , or pole , rd . 40 rods , 8 furlongs 3 miles 69 miles 66 1 furlong , fur . 1 mile , mi . " " 1 league , lea . 66 1 degree , deg . 360 degrees 1 circle of the ...
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... 12 × 12 = 144 square inches . Three feet in length make a yard . A square yard is a square measuring 3 feet on each ... rods quarters " 1ell French , E.F. 4 roods " 1 Ell Scotch , E.S. 640 acres 10 square chains make 1 acre , 6400 chains 37,2 ...
... 12 × 12 = 144 square inches . Three feet in length make a yard . A square yard is a square measuring 3 feet on each ... rods quarters " 1ell French , E.F. 4 roods " 1 Ell Scotch , E.S. 640 acres 10 square chains make 1 acre , 6400 chains 37,2 ...
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12 days 12 hours long 12 rods 2qrs 3qrs acres amount annuity Answer barrel barter bought bushels called cancelling ciphers circumference cloth cost column common difference composite number compound interest contained cords cube root currency days are 12 decimal fraction denominator diameter discount divided dividend Division divisor dollars equal EXAMPLES farthings Federal Money figure gain gallons given number guineas horse hundred improper fraction inches John Newton least common multiple length lowest terms merator merchant miles mixed number months multiply New-England New-York number of terms Operation paid pence pound present worth produced term proportion quantity QUESTIONS quotient rate per cent ratio receive Reduce remainder right hand rods sell shillings side sold square root subtract sugar Troy Weight units Vulgar Fractions weight wheat whole number yard cost yards of cloth
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Page 60 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 180 - 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 true time required.
Page 36 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 191 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 53 - TABLE. 10 Mills =1 Cent. 10 Cents =1 Dime. 10 Dimes =1 Dollar. 10 Dollars =1 Eagle.
Page 255 - America, to be paid to the said or his certain attorney, executors, administrators, or assigns: to which payment well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly by these presents.
Page 203 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 105 - Divide by any number that will divide two or more of the given numbers without a remainder, and set the quotients, together with the undivided numbers, in a line beneath.
Page 194 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.
Page 217 - If the errors are alike, divide the difference of the products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be th.e answer. But if the errors are unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, for the answer.