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Page 68
The forward wheels of a wagon are 14 . feet in ciscumference , and the hind
wheels 15 foc : and 9 inches ; how many more times will the forward wheels turn
round than che hind wheels , in running from Boston to New - York , in being 248
...
The forward wheels of a wagon are 14 . feet in ciscumference , and the hind
wheels 15 foc : and 9 inches ; how many more times will the forward wheels turn
round than che hind wheels , in running from Boston to New - York , in being 248
...
Page 82
Y * They are s New - England , New - York , and l . . Virginia , North Carolina . )
Kentucky , and Tennessee . Rule . - 1 . When the sum consists of pounds only ,
annex a cipner to the pounds , and divide by half the number of shillings in a
dollar ...
Y * They are s New - England , New - York , and l . . Virginia , North Carolina . )
Kentucky , and Tennessee . Rule . - 1 . When the sum consists of pounds only ,
annex a cipner to the pounds , and divide by half the number of shillings in a
dollar ...
Page 83
New - Hampshire , & c . currency , to Spanish milled dollars , or federal money . £
345 10 114 - 20 d . - 12 ) 11 , 2500 6 ) 6910 , 9375 . , 9375 decimal . $ 1151 ,
8229 + Ans . 4 . Reduce 1051 . 14s . 3 ; d . New - York and North - Carolinu ...
New - Hampshire , & c . currency , to Spanish milled dollars , or federal money . £
345 10 114 - 20 d . - 12 ) 11 , 2500 6 ) 6910 , 9375 . , 9375 decimal . $ 1151 ,
8229 + Ans . 4 . Reduce 1051 . 14s . 3 ; d . New - York and North - Carolinu ...
Page 84
12 . Change 2411 . New - England , & c . currency , into fo . deral money . Ans . $
803 , 33 cts . 1 : 3 . Bring 201 . 18s . 5 ; d . New - England currency , inte dollars .
Ans . $ 69 , 74 cts . 64 m . + . 1 . 1 . Reduce 4681 . New - York currency to federal
...
12 . Change 2411 . New - England , & c . currency , into fo . deral money . Ans . $
803 , 33 cts . 1 : 3 . Bring 201 . 18s . 5 ; d . New - England currency , inte dollars .
Ans . $ 69 , 74 cts . 64 m . + . 1 . 1 . Reduce 4681 . New - York currency to federal
...
Page 86
Nova - Scotia currency , to dollars 55 , 525 decimal value . ... To reduce Federal
Money to the currency of ( New - England , ) RULE _ Multiply the given sum by , 3
, and the Kentucky , and es product will be pounds ... New - York , and d ) Rule .
Nova - Scotia currency , to dollars 55 , 525 decimal value . ... To reduce Federal
Money to the currency of ( New - England , ) RULE _ Multiply the given sum by , 3
, and the Kentucky , and es product will be pounds ... New - York , and d ) Rule .
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acres added allowing amount annum answer Bought Bring bushels called cent ciphers cloth common compound containing continue cost cube currency decimal demand denominator difference dimes Divide dividend divisor dollars dols equal EXAMPLES farthings federal money feet figure fraction gain gallon give given given number given sum greater gross half hundred inches interest left hand less loss lowest MEASURE merchant miles millions mills mixed months Multiply neat nine paid payment pence period piece pound present principal proportion quantity question quotient ratio received Reduce remainder right hand rods root RULE sell share shillings simple sold solid square stand sterling subtract sugar TABLE tare term third thousand units weight whole numbers wine worth yards
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Page 162 - 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 162 - 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 as above...
Page 190 - If the errors are alike, divide the difference of the products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer.
Page 154 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Page 185 - The first term, the last term (or the extremes) and the ratio given, to find the sum of the series RULE. Multiply the last term by the ratio, and from the product subtract the first term...
Page 124 - When the debtor keeps the annuity in his own hands beyond the time of payment, it is said to be in arrears. The sum of all the annuities for the time they have been foreborne, together with the interest due on each, is called the amount.
Page 177 - Alligation Alternate. ALLIGATION MEDIAL, Is when the quantities and prices of several things are given, to find the' mean price of the mixture compounded of those things.
Page 159 - The amount, principal, and rate per cent, given, to find the time. RULE. Subtract the principal from the amount; divide the remainder by the product of the ratio and principal; and the quotient -will be the time. EXAMPLES. 1. In what time will 950 dols. 75 cts. amount to 1235 dollars, 97,5 cents, at 6 per cent, per annum ? From the amount 81235,975 Take the principal 950,75 950,75x06=57,0450)285,2250(5 years, Ans.
Page 91 - Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the first term; and the quotient will be the answer to the question, in the same denomination you left the second term in, which may be brought into any other denomination required.
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| Title | Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged : Being a Plain and Practical System of Arithmetick Adapted to the United States |
| Author | Nathan Daboll |
| Contributor | Andrus, Woodruff & Gauntlett |
| Publisher | Andrus, Woodruff & Gauntlett, 1813 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 240 pages |
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