The National Arithmetic ...: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods, in which the Principles of Arithmetic are Explained ... Containing Also Practical Systems of Mensuration, Guaging, Geometry, and Book-keeping; Forming a Complete Merchantile Arithmetic ... |
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... distance from Bradford to Salem is 22 miles , from Salem to Marblehead 4 miles ; what is the whole distance ? 26. From Lowell to Haverhill is 20 miles , from Haverhill to Newburyport is 14 miles ; what is the whole distance ? 27. A boy ...
... distance from Bradford to Salem is 22 miles , from Salem to Marblehead 4 miles ; what is the whole distance ? 26. From Lowell to Haverhill is 20 miles , from Haverhill to Newburyport is 14 miles ; what is the whole distance ? 27. A boy ...
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... distance from Haverhill to Boston is 30 miles , to Salem is 22 ; how much farther is it to Boston than Salem ? 19. I have a book of 75 pages , I have read 60 of them ; how many remain to be read ? 20. I have a field of 48 rows of corn ...
... distance from Haverhill to Boston is 30 miles , to Salem is 22 ; how much farther is it to Boston than Salem ? 19. I have a book of 75 pages , I have read 60 of them ; how many remain to be read ? 20. I have a field of 48 rows of corn ...
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... distance from Haverhill to Boston is 30 miles ; and if a man travel 6 miles an hour , how long will he be in going this distance ? Ans . 5 hours . 9. The annual revenue of a gentleman being $ 8395 , how much per day is that equivalent ...
... distance from Haverhill to Boston is 30 miles ; and if a man travel 6 miles an hour , how long will he be in going this distance ? Ans . 5 hours . 9. The annual revenue of a gentleman being $ 8395 , how much per day is that equivalent ...
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... DISTANCES . make 66 66 CC 66 1 Link . 1 Pole . 1 Chain . 1 Furlong 1 Mile . Link . 7 92 1 192 25 Pole . 1 Chain . 792 100 = 1 7920 1000 = 40 = 10 Furlong . = 1 Mile 63360 8000 320 = 80 = 8 = 1 1728 Inches 27 Feet SOLID MEASURE . make 1 ...
... DISTANCES . make 66 66 CC 66 1 Link . 1 Pole . 1 Chain . 1 Furlong 1 Mile . Link . 7 92 1 192 25 Pole . 1 Chain . 792 100 = 1 7920 1000 = 40 = 10 Furlong . = 1 Mile 63360 8000 320 = 80 = 8 = 1 1728 Inches 27 Feet SOLID MEASURE . make 1 ...
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... DISTANCES . m. 17 . 18 . A. R. p . ft . in . A. R. p . ft . 761 3 37 260 125 38 1 39 272 131 2 16 135 112 61 3 38 167 613 1 14 116 131 35 3 19 198 161 3 13 116 123 47 3 16 271 321 2 31 97 96 86 2 13 198 47 3 19 91 48 46 1 14 269 2038 1 ...
... DISTANCES . m. 17 . 18 . A. R. p . ft . in . A. R. p . ft . 761 3 37 260 125 38 1 39 272 131 2 16 135 112 61 3 38 167 613 1 14 116 131 35 3 19 198 161 3 13 116 123 47 3 16 271 321 2 31 97 96 86 2 13 198 47 3 19 91 48 46 1 14 269 2038 1 ...
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Page 144 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total. If there be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above ; and, in like manner, from one payment to another, till all the payments are absorbed ; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Page 200 - 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) for the first figure of the root, and the square number, under the period, and subtract it therefrom, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend.
Page 38 - 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 267 - ... above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and...
Page 141 - COMPUTE the interest on the principal sum, from the time when the interest commenced to the first time when a payment was made, which exceeds either alone or in conjunction with the preceding payments (if any) the interest at that time due: add that interest to the principal, and from the sum subtract the payment made at that time, together with the preceding payments (if any) and the remainder forms a new principal ; on which, compute and subtract the interest, as upon the first principal: and proceed...
Page 29 - 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 105 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number...
Page 172 - Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the first, and the quotient is the answer in the same denomination to which the third is reduced. If any thing remains after division, reduce it to the next lowest denomination, and divide as before.
Page 230 - If the errors are alike, divide the difference of the products by the difference of the errors, and the'quotienl will be the answer.
Page 184 - Is when the several shares of stock are continued in trade an equal term of time. RULE. As the whole stock is to the whole gain or loss : so is each man's particular stock, to his particular share of the gain or loss.