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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... Hundreds Thousands Tens of thousands Hundreds of thousands Millions Hundreds of millions Tens of millions 2 1 One 1 Twenty one 3 2 1Three hundred and 21 , 4 3 2 1 Four thousand and 321 5,4 3 2 1 Fifty four thousand and 321 6 5,4 3 2 1 Six ...
... Hundreds Thousands Tens of thousands Hundreds of thousands Millions Hundreds of millions Tens of millions 2 1 One 1 Twenty one 3 2 1Three hundred and 21 , 4 3 2 1 Four thousand and 321 5,4 3 2 1 Fifty four thousand and 321 6 5,4 3 2 1 Six ...
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... hundred . 2000 Two thousand . 20,000 Twenty thousand . 200,000 Two hundred thousand . 2,000,000 Two millions . To know the value of any number of figures . RULE 1. Numerate from the right hand to the left , by saying units , tens , hundreds ...
... hundred . 2000 Two thousand . 20,000 Twenty thousand . 200,000 Two hundred thousand . 2,000,000 Two millions . To know the value of any number of figures . RULE 1. Numerate from the right hand to the left , by saying units , tens , hundreds ...
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... hundred and twenty . 4. One hundred and twenty - six . 5. Ten thousand three hundred and twenty . 6. One million two hundred and twenty thousand , three hundred and forty - five . 7. Two billions , twenty seven millions , three hundred ...
... hundred and twenty . 4. One hundred and twenty - six . 5. Ten thousand three hundred and twenty . 6. One million two hundred and twenty thousand , three hundred and forty - five . 7. Two billions , twenty seven millions , three hundred ...
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... hundreds under hundreds , & c . Begin at the right hand , or unit's place , and take each figure in the lower line from the one above it , and set down the remainder . If either of the lower figures be greater than the one above it ...
... hundreds under hundreds , & c . Begin at the right hand , or unit's place , and take each figure in the lower line from the one above it , and set down the remainder . If either of the lower figures be greater than the one above it ...
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... hundred and seventy - nine , take three hundred and seventy - five . 6. Take twenty - five thousand , nine hundred and twenty- three , from forty - four thousand , five hundred and twenty . 7. What number must be subtracted from 2081 ...
... hundred and seventy - nine , take three hundred and seventy - five . 6. Take twenty - five thousand , nine hundred and twenty- three , from forty - four thousand , five hundred and twenty . 7. What number must be subtracted from 2081 ...
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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.