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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... shillings ? What part for three shillings ? What part for four shillings ? What part for five shillings ? What part for six shillings ? What part for seven shillings ? What part for eight shillings ? How much for nine shillings ? How ...
... shillings ? What part for three shillings ? What part for four shillings ? What part for five shillings ? What part for six shillings ? What part for seven shillings ? What part for eight shillings ? How much for nine shillings ? How ...
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... shilling . A sixteenth is called , in N. E. , four - pence - half - penny ; in N. Y. , six - pence . How many cents are there in a dime , or tenth of a dollar ? In a half - dime ? Note . - The above moneys are represented by silver ...
... shilling . A sixteenth is called , in N. E. , four - pence - half - penny ; in N. Y. , six - pence . How many cents are there in a dime , or tenth of a dollar ? In a half - dime ? Note . - The above moneys are represented by silver ...
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... shillings , pence and farthings : in the first and second editions of this work , I neglected that method of ... shillings ( 4 ) LAWFUL MONEY . make 66 I penny , marked 1 shilling , gr . d . 66 8 . 6 ( 1 pound , £ * . Questions . - 1 ...
... shillings , pence and farthings : in the first and second editions of this work , I neglected that method of ... shillings ( 4 ) LAWFUL MONEY . make 66 I penny , marked 1 shilling , gr . d . 66 8 . 6 ( 1 pound , £ * . Questions . - 1 ...
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... - CASE IV . LAWFUL MONEY . RULE . ( 1 ) Divide the price by the quantity , the quo- tient is the answer ; if pounds , shillings , and pence are in the price , ( 2 ) divide the highest denomination 58 COMPOUND DIVISION .
... - CASE IV . LAWFUL MONEY . RULE . ( 1 ) Divide the price by the quantity , the quo- tient is the answer ; if pounds , shillings , and pence are in the price , ( 2 ) divide the highest denomination 58 COMPOUND DIVISION .
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... shillings and pence are in the price , how do you divide ? EXAMPLES . 1. If 24 oxen cost £ .246 16s . 6d . , how much must be paid for one ? £ . d . 24 ) 246 24 16 6 ( £ .10 5s . 8d . 6 20 24 ) 136 ( 5s . 120 16 12 24 ) 198 ( 8 192 6 4 ...
... shillings and pence are in the price , how do you divide ? EXAMPLES . 1. If 24 oxen cost £ .246 16s . 6d . , how much must be paid for one ? £ . d . 24 ) 246 24 16 6 ( £ .10 5s . 8d . 6 20 24 ) 136 ( 5s . 120 16 12 24 ) 198 ( 8 192 6 4 ...
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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.