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... answer to the queftion ; but where there is a remainder , it may be observed , that it goes fo much towards anoth- er time as it approaches the divifor ; thus , if the remainder be half the divifor , it will go half of a time more , and ...
... answer to the queftion ; but where there is a remainder , it may be observed , that it goes fo much towards anoth- er time as it approaches the divifor ; thus , if the remainder be half the divifor , it will go half of a time more , and ...
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... answer . * EXAMPLES . * As the learner , at prefent , is fuppofed to be unacquainted with the nature of fractions , and as the quotient is incomplete without the remainder ; I fhall here give a rule for finding the true remain- der ...
... answer . * EXAMPLES . * As the learner , at prefent , is fuppofed to be unacquainted with the nature of fractions , and as the quotient is incomplete without the remainder ; I fhall here give a rule for finding the true remain- der ...
Page 68
... answer . 9 3. If I happens to be the common meafure , the given numbers are prime to each other , and found to be incom- menfurable , or in their loweft terms . EXAMPLES , EXAMPLES . 1. What is the greatest common measure of 68 VULGAR ...
... answer . 9 3. If I happens to be the common meafure , the given numbers are prime to each other , and found to be incom- menfurable , or in their loweft terms . EXAMPLES , EXAMPLES . 1. What is the greatest common measure of 68 VULGAR ...
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... answer . } } antour . Or thus : Therefore 96 is the greateft common 288 ) 480 ( I 288 measure . and 192 ) 288 ( 1 96 } 288 the fame as before . 192 Com . meaf . 96 ) 192 ( 2 192 2 . 1429 456 46 3. Reduce to its lowest terms . 787 4 ...
... answer . } } antour . Or thus : Therefore 96 is the greateft common 288 ) 480 ( I 288 measure . and 192 ) 288 ( 1 96 } 288 the fame as before . 192 Com . meaf . 96 ) 192 ( 2 192 2 . 1429 456 46 3. Reduce to its lowest terms . 787 4 ...
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... answer . Reduce of a pound to the fraction of a Anf . gr . farthing . penny . Reduce of a guinea to the fraction of a Anf . d . 4 . Reduce of a moidore to the fraction of a shil- Anf . 13s . ling . 5 . Reduce of a ' t Avoirdupois to the ...
... answer . Reduce of a pound to the fraction of a Anf . gr . farthing . penny . Reduce of a guinea to the fraction of a Anf . d . 4 . Reduce of a moidore to the fraction of a shil- Anf . 13s . ling . 5 . Reduce of a ' t Avoirdupois to the ...
Common terms and phrases
3grs affumed root amount anfwer annuity annum Avoirdupois Bought bufhel cafe carats common difference cube root currency cyphers decimal denominator diſcount divide the product dividend divifion divifor Dollars equal EXAMPLES fame farthings fecond feet feries feven feveral fhall fhillings fhould fimple find the value firft term firſt fquare root ftand fubtract fuch gain gallon given fum given number given quantity greateſt grofs guineas improper fraction inches Integer laft laſt leaft lefs left hand Livres Livres Tournois lofs logarithm meaſure mixed number moidores months muft Mult multiplicand Multiply muſt Newyork number of terms pence pounds prefent worth principal PROB proportion purchaſe queftion quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder RULE Rule.-Multiply Southcarolina Subtrahend Suppofe TABLE tare third thofe thoſe thouſand triple TROY WEIGHT VULGAR FRACTIONS weight whofe whole numbers yards coft ΙΟ
Popular passages
Page 243 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number of terms.
Page 216 - Find the greatest square number in the first or left hand period, place the root of it at the right hand of the given number, (after the manner of a quotient in division...
Page 12 - I = One. II = Two. III = Three. IV = Four. V = Five. VI = Six. VII = Seven. VIII = Eight. IX = Nine. X = Ten. XI = Eleven.
Page 334 - To find the number of Permutations or changes, that can be made of any given number of things, all different from each other. RULE.
Page 73 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators, except its own, for a new numerator, and all the denominators into each other continually, for a common denominator.
Page 72 - Multiply all the numerators continually together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator, and they will form the simple fraction required.
Page 91 - ... therefore, divide as in whole numbers, and, from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 216 - Distinguish the given number into periods of two figures each, by putting a point over the place of units, another over the place of hundreds, and so on, which points show the number of figures the root will consist of. 2. Find the greatest square number in the first, or left hand period...
Page 10 - First, commit the words at the head of the table, viz. units, tens,^ hundreds, &c. to memory, then, to the simple value of each figure, join the name of its place, beginning at the left hand, and reading towards the right.
Page 224 - RULE. 1 . Separate the given number into periods of three figures each, by putting a point over the unit figure and every third figure bejond the place of units.