The Scholar's Arithmetic; Or, Federal Accountant ...: The Whole in a Form and Method Altogether New, for the Ease of the Master, and the Greater Progress of the ScholarJohn Prentiss, (proprietor of the copy-right) and sold at his book-store, wholesale and retail.--Sold also by the principal booksellers in New-England, and at the Rensselaer book-store, Troy, N.Y., 1807 - Arithmetic - 216 pages |
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... NOTE 1. SHOULD the Learner find any difficulty in giving an answer to the above questions , he is advised to turn back and consult his Rule , with its Illus- trations . NOTE . 2. In treating of the Rules of Arithmetic the Scholar , in ...
... NOTE 1. SHOULD the Learner find any difficulty in giving an answer to the above questions , he is advised to turn back and consult his Rule , with its Illus- trations . NOTE . 2. In treating of the Rules of Arithmetic the Scholar , in ...
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... NOTE . THE reason of borrowing ten , will appear if we consider , that , when two numbers are equally increased by adding the same to both , their dif- ference will be equal . Thus , the difference between 3 and 5 is 2 ; add the number ...
... NOTE . THE reason of borrowing ten , will appear if we consider , that , when two numbers are equally increased by adding the same to both , their dif- ference will be equal . Thus , the difference between 3 and 5 is 2 ; add the number ...
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... NOTE . In case of borrowing ten , it is a matter of indifference , as it respects the operation , whether we suppose 10 to be added to the upper figure , and from the sem subtract the lower figure and set down the difference ; or , as ...
... NOTE . In case of borrowing ten , it is a matter of indifference , as it respects the operation , whether we suppose 10 to be added to the upper figure , and from the sem subtract the lower figure and set down the difference ; or , as ...
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... NOTE . In case of borrowing ten , it is a matter of indifference , as it respects the operation , whether we suppose 10 to be added to the upper figure , and from the sum subtract the lower figure and set down the difference ; or , as ...
... NOTE . In case of borrowing ten , it is a matter of indifference , as it respects the operation , whether we suppose 10 to be added to the upper figure , and from the sum subtract the lower figure and set down the difference ; or , as ...
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... NOTE . SHOULD the Multiplier or Multiplicand , either or both , be less than 9 , they are to be taken as the remainders . THE examples which follow are to be wrought and proved according to the illustrations already given . 4. Multiply ...
... NOTE . SHOULD the Multiplier or Multiplicand , either or both , be less than 9 , they are to be taken as the remainders . THE examples which follow are to be wrought and proved according to the illustrations already given . 4. Multiply ...
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3grs acres added addition amount annexed Answer bond bushels called cast cents and mills cloth cost column compound interest contained cube root cyphers Decimal Fractions demand diameter dividend Division divisor DRY MEASURE equal EXAMPLES Federal Money gain gallons given number given quantity given sum guineas hundred inches integer interest of Dolls last multiplier last quotient left hand length less number loss MEASURE method miles mills per yard minuend months multiplicand multiply NOTE OPERATION payment pence and farthings pounds proceed PROOF proportion pwts question quotient figure reduced remainder right hand figure Rule of Three Scholar separatrix share shew shillings side signifies sought square number square root subtract subtrahend superficial contents SUPPLEMENT suppose tens third term tion triple quotient triple square TROY WEIGHT Vulgar Fractions weight whole numbers yards cost yards of cloth
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