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... operations by After means of these objects , he should be directed to perform the same by the force of memory , and he will , in this way , soon become familiar with fun- damental principles of Arithmetic , and his judgment , as it ...
... operations by After means of these objects , he should be directed to perform the same by the force of memory , and he will , in this way , soon become familiar with fun- damental principles of Arithmetic , and his judgment , as it ...
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... operations . * Practical Arithmetick is the method of applying these rules to the solu- tion of questions and the transaction of business . In entering upon the study of Arithmetick , the first objects which de- mand the student's ...
... operations . * Practical Arithmetick is the method of applying these rules to the solu- tion of questions and the transaction of business . In entering upon the study of Arithmetick , the first objects which de- mand the student's ...
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... operations . Each of these rules is of two kinds , simple and compound . They are simple when the numbers employed are all of one sort , or denomination ; and compound when the numbers employed are of different denominations . After ...
... operations . Each of these rules is of two kinds , simple and compound . They are simple when the numbers employed are all of one sort , or denomination ; and compound when the numbers employed are of different denominations . After ...
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... operation may sometimes appear to be right , for if we change the places of any two figures in the sum , the result will still be the same . This method depends upon a property of the number 9 , which belongs to no other number , except ...
... operation may sometimes appear to be right , for if we change the places of any two figures in the sum , the result will still be the same . This method depends upon a property of the number 9 , which belongs to no other number , except ...
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... operation has been rightly perform- ed , cut off the upper line of figures , and add the three lower lines as already taught , setting their sum , 8406 , below a line drawn under the first amount , with each figure directly under the ...
... operation has been rightly perform- ed , cut off the upper line of figures , and add the three lower lines as already taught , setting their sum , 8406 , below a line drawn under the first amount , with each figure directly under the ...
Common terms and phrases
2qrs additions amount annex answer Arithmetick barrel bush bushels called Cash cents ciphers circumference column composite number cube root currency day-book diameter different denominations dimes divide dividend Division divisor dollars DRY MEASURE equal Examples expressed Federal Money feet gallon given number given sum given to find half hence hundred improper fraction inches least common multiple left hand length less measure method of proof miles mills minuend mixed number moidore months multiplicand Multiply nine number of terms payment pence and farthings pound by inspection present worth principal proceed proportion quantity QUESTIONS Reduce remainder right hand rods Rule of Three RULE.-Multiply separatrix shillings side Simon Pond simple interest square root subtract subtrahend sugar supposed tare third term tion trett TROY WEIGHT velocity Vulgar Fraction weight whole number write yards cost
Popular passages
Page 163 - I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises ; that they are free of all incumbrances ; that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said David to hold as aforesaid.
Page 164 - He shall not waste the goods of his said Master nor lend them unlawfully to any.
Page 128 - Given the first term, last term, and common difference, to find the number of terms. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number of terms.
Page 65 - ... second and third places ; observing to increase the second place by 5, if the shillings be odd, and the third place by 1, when the farthings exceed 12, and by 2 when they exceed 37.
Page 162 - I do covenant with the said Elvin Fairface, his heirs and assigns, that I am lawfully seized in fee of the afore granted premises: That they are free of all incumbrances : That I have good right to...
Page 104 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 55 - To reduce fractions of different denominators to equivalent fractions having a common denominator. RULE.! Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator.
Page 127 - ... the terms, RULE. Multiply the sum of the extremes by the number of terms, and half the product will be the sum of the terms.
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Page 98 - DISCOUNT. DISCOUNT is an allowance made for the payment of any sum of money before it becomes due ; and is the difference between that sum due some time hence, and its present worth. The present worth of any sum, due some time hence, is such a sum, as, if put to interest, would in that time, and at the rate per cent.