Welch's Improved American Arithmetic: Adapted to the Currency of the United States : to which is Added a Concise Treatise on the Mensuration of Planes and Solids |
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... Compound Average Judgment , Commission , Bro- kerage , Insurance , Barter , Loss and Gain , Single and Double Position , Arithmetical and Geometrical Progression ; and a series of useful Miscellaneous Questions ; all arranged and well ...
... Compound Average Judgment , Commission , Bro- kerage , Insurance , Barter , Loss and Gain , Single and Double Position , Arithmetical and Geometrical Progression ; and a series of useful Miscellaneous Questions ; all arranged and well ...
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... Compound Addition , Multiplication , Average Judgment , " " " " " 9 99 Division , 99 Interest , Commission , Cube Root , Cylinder , and Cone , Cubical Figures , Currency , Decimal Fractions , Division of Decimals , Double Rule of Three ...
... Compound Addition , Multiplication , Average Judgment , " " " " " 9 99 Division , 99 Interest , Commission , Cube Root , Cylinder , and Cone , Cubical Figures , Currency , Decimal Fractions , Division of Decimals , Double Rule of Three ...
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... 428 ( EXAMPLES . 3 ) 4567 ( 4 ) 61234 ( 211 Ans . 1522 Ans . 153082 Ans . 5 ) 1234567 ) 246918 Ans . 6 ) 64567 ( 7 ) 12345 ( 8 ) 43213 ( 9 ) 764321 ( COMPOUND ADDITION . DEFINITION . - Compound Addition teaches ( 18 SHORT DIVISION .
... 428 ( EXAMPLES . 3 ) 4567 ( 4 ) 61234 ( 211 Ans . 1522 Ans . 153082 Ans . 5 ) 1234567 ) 246918 Ans . 6 ) 64567 ( 7 ) 12345 ( 8 ) 43213 ( 9 ) 764321 ( COMPOUND ADDITION . DEFINITION . - Compound Addition teaches ( 18 SHORT DIVISION .
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... COMPOUND ADDITION . DEFINITION . - Compound Addition teaches ( 1 ) to add different denominations together ; such as dollars , cents and mills ; tons , hundreds , quarters , pounds , & c . RULE . Write down ( 2 ) dollars under dollars ...
... COMPOUND ADDITION . DEFINITION . - Compound Addition teaches ( 1 ) to add different denominations together ; such as dollars , cents and mills ; tons , hundreds , quarters , pounds , & c . RULE . Write down ( 2 ) dollars under dollars ...
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... ? 3. Shillings a pound ? -4 . What money is this called ? * The value of a pound is different in different States , ( see exchange , ) but in all the New England States it is the same . EXAMPLES . £ . S. d . 123 19 10 20 COMPOUND ADDITION .
... ? 3. Shillings a pound ? -4 . What money is this called ? * The value of a pound is different in different States , ( see exchange , ) but in all the New England States it is the same . EXAMPLES . £ . S. d . 123 19 10 20 COMPOUND ADDITION .
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Page 81 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 64 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 214 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 84 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 109 - 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 equated time.* • , EXAMPLES.
Page 92 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 193 - RULE. — To the square of the bung diameter add the square of the head diameter ; multiply the sum by the length, and the product by .0014 for ale gallons, or by .0017 for wine gallons.
Page 149 - PROBLEM II. The first term, the last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1 , and the quotient will be the common diffcrenct.
Page 204 - There is an island 50 miles in circumference, and three men start together to travel the same way about it ; A goes 7 miles per day, B 8, and C 9 ; when will they all come together again, and how far will they travel ? Ans.
Page 163 - As 7 is to 22, so is the diameter to the circumference : or, as 22 is to 7, so is the circumference to the diameter.