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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... did he receive , and how many more did his uncle give him than his cousins ? QUESTION . 23. In what should the scholar be well versed before proceed- ing any further ? 3. Samuel bought a book for 15 cents , and 16 EXERCISES IN NUMERATION .
... did he receive , and how many more did his uncle give him than his cousins ? QUESTION . 23. In what should the scholar be well versed before proceed- ing any further ? 3. Samuel bought a book for 15 cents , and 16 EXERCISES IN NUMERATION .
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... bought a book for 15 cents , and sold it for 17 , how many cents did he gain ? 4. If a boy pay 15 cents for a book , 10 for a knife , and 6 for a dozen apples , how many cents does he pay in all , and how many more for the book than for ...
... bought a book for 15 cents , and sold it for 17 , how many cents did he gain ? 4. If a boy pay 15 cents for a book , 10 for a knife , and 6 for a dozen apples , how many cents does he pay in all , and how many more for the book than for ...
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... bought 2 dresses ; for one she paid 7 dollars , for the other , 13 dollars ; how much more did the last cost than the first , and how much did she pay for both ? = It shows Signs . A cross is the sign of addition . that the numbers ...
... bought 2 dresses ; for one she paid 7 dollars , for the other , 13 dollars ; how much more did the last cost than the first , and how much did she pay for both ? = It shows Signs . A cross is the sign of addition . that the numbers ...
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... bought five firkins of butter , one firkin contained 150 pounds , another 60 , another 75 , another 98 , another 125. How much did they all contain ? Ans . 508 . 14. There were five churches erected , one in which cost 16,500 dollars ...
... bought five firkins of butter , one firkin contained 150 pounds , another 60 , another 75 , another 98 , another 125. How much did they all contain ? Ans . 508 . 14. There were five churches erected , one in which cost 16,500 dollars ...
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... bought sixpence worth of candies and nine- pence worth of hazelnuts . How much more did he give for the hazelnuts than for the candies ? 3. Henry was 10 years old when his mother died , his sister was 6. How much older was Henry than ...
... bought sixpence worth of candies and nine- pence worth of hazelnuts . How much more did he give for the hazelnuts than for the candies ? 3. Henry was 10 years old when his mother died , his sister was 6. How much older was Henry than ...
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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.