Practical and Mental Arithmetic, on a New Plan: In which Mental Arithmetic is Combined with the Use of the Slate ... To which is Added, a Practical System of Book Keeping |
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... derive the following RULE . Q. How do you write the numbers down ? A. Units under units , tens under tens , & c . with a line underneath . Q. At which hand do you begin to add ? A. The right . Q. If the amount of any column be 9 , or ...
... derive the following RULE . Q. How do you write the numbers down ? A. Units under units , tens under tens , & c . with a line underneath . Q. At which hand do you begin to add ? A. The right . Q. If the amount of any column be 9 , or ...
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... derive the following RULE . Q. How do you write the numbers down ? A. The less under the greater Q. How do you place units , tens , & c . ? A. Units under units , tens under tens , & 34 ARITHMETIC .
... derive the following RULE . Q. How do you write the numbers down ? A. The less under the greater Q. How do you place units , tens , & c . ? A. Units under units , tens under tens , & 34 ARITHMETIC .
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... derive the following RULE . Q. How are the terms to be place . ! ? A. The less under the greater , with units under units , tens under tens , & c . Q. At which hand do you begin to multiply ? A. At the right hand . Q. How are the ...
... derive the following RULE . Q. How are the terms to be place . ! ? A. The less under the greater , with units under units , tens under tens , & c . Q. At which hand do you begin to multiply ? A. At the right hand . Q. How are the ...
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... derive the following RULE . Q. How do you write the numbers down , and multiply ? A. As in TX . Q. Where do you write the first figure in each product ? A. Directly under its multiplier . Q. How do you proceed next ? A. Add all the ...
... derive the following RULE . Q. How do you write the numbers down , and multiply ? A. As in TX . Q. Where do you write the first figure in each product ? A. Directly under its multiplier . Q. How do you proceed next ? A. Add all the ...
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... you proceed to prove the foregoing example ? A. I would multiply 219 ( the quo- tient ) by 3 ( the divisor ) , making 657 ( the dividend ) - therefore right . From the illustrations now given , we derive the following SIMPLE DIVISION . 45.
... you proceed to prove the foregoing example ? A. I would multiply 219 ( the quo- tient ) by 3 ( the divisor ) , making 657 ( the dividend ) - therefore right . From the illustrations now given , we derive the following SIMPLE DIVISION . 45.
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Page 209 - 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 79 - In 2 ? In 3 ? In 4? In 5? In 6? In 7? In 8? In 9? In 10? In 11 ? 5. How many times is 6 contained in 1 ? In 2 ? In 3 ? In 4? In 5? In 6?
Page 257 - 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 267 - Hence, to find the present worth of any annuity, at 5 or 6 per cent...
Page 261 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient, increased by 1 , will be the answer.
Page 271 - A's income $400 ; A spends $300; B $450. 11. There is a fish whose head is 8 feet long, his tail is as long as his head and half...
Page 44 - The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which we divide. The Quotient is the number of times...
Page 210 - But if any payments be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on the principal sum due on the obligation, for one year, add it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid, from the time it was paid, up to the end of the year ; add it to the sum paid, and deduct that sum from the principal and interest, added...
Page 176 - Divide the given interest by the interest of the given sum, at 1 per cent, for the given time ; the quotient will be the required rate.