Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged; Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic: Adapted to the United States |
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... called the separatrix . Decimals are counted from the left towards the right hand , and each figure takes its value by its distance from the unit's place ; if it be in the first place after units , ( or separating point ) it signifies ...
... called the separatrix . Decimals are counted from the left towards the right hand , and each figure takes its value by its distance from the unit's place ; if it be in the first place after units , ( or separating point ) it signifies ...
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... called Inter est upon Interest . RULE . Find the interest for a year , and add it to the principal , which call the amount for the first year ; find the interest of this amount , which add as before , for the amount of the second , and ...
... called Inter est upon Interest . RULE . Find the interest for a year , and add it to the principal , which call the amount for the first year ; find the interest of this amount , which add as before , for the amount of the second , and ...
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... called the amount . If an annuity is bought off , or paid all at once at the beginning of the first year , the price which is paid for it is called the present worth . To find the amount of an annuity at simple interest . 1 RULE . 1 ...
... called the amount . If an annuity is bought off , or paid all at once at the beginning of the first year , the price which is paid for it is called the present worth . To find the amount of an annuity at simple interest . 1 RULE . 1 ...
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... called the greatest common measure . 7. A number , which can be measured by two or more numbers , is called their common multiple : and if it be the least number that can be so measured , it is called the least common multiple : thus ...
... called the greatest common measure . 7. A number , which can be measured by two or more numbers , is called their common multiple : and if it be the least number that can be so measured , it is called the least common multiple : thus ...
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... called powers . The number denoting the height of the power , is called the index , or exponent of that power . EXAMPLES What is the 5th power of 8 . 8 the root or 1st power . 8 64 2d power , or square . 8 512 3d power , or cube . 8 ...
... called powers . The number denoting the height of the power , is called the index , or exponent of that power . EXAMPLES What is the 5th power of 8 . 8 the root or 1st power . 8 64 2d power , or square . 8 512 3d power , or cube . 8 ...
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100 dollars 2qrs 3qrs acres annuity annum answer arithmetical series barter Bought breadth bushels compound interest contain cyphers decimal Deduct demand diameter dimes divide the product dividend divisor dols equal EXAMPLES federal money Find the value gain or loss gallon geometrical series given number given sum gross hundred improper fraction least common least common multiple left hand lowest terms measure merchant miles mills milreas mixed numbers months multiplicand Multiply the given neat weight New-England currency New-Jersey NOTE number of shillings number of terms paid payment pence pound pound sterling present worth principal quotient rate per cent ratio ready money Reduce remainder Required the interest right hand rods Rule of Three s. d. gr sell separatrix simple interest sold solid feet Sqrs square root sterling subtract subtrahend sugar tare third trett VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine
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Page 36 - RULE.* 1. Place the numbers so that those of the same denomination may stand directly under each other. 2. Add the first column or denomination together, as in whole numbers; then divide the sum by as many of the same denomination as make one of the next greater...
Page 21 - Subtract the subtrahend from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend, with which proceed as before ; and so on, till the whole is finished.
Page 96 - Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the first term ; 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.
Page 183 - Involve the root to the next inferior power to that which is given, and multiply it by the number denoting the given power for a divisor.
Page 216 - To measure a parallelogram or long square. RULE.— Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area, or superficial content, in the same name as that in which the dimension was taken, whether inches, feet, or rods, etc.
Page 162 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 21 - Place the least number under the greatest, so that units may stand under units, tens under tens, &c. and draw a line under them. 2. Begin at the right hand, and take each figure in the lower line from the figure above it, and set down the remainder. 3.
Page 191 - RULE.* — Multiply the sum of the extremes by the number of terms, and half the product will be the answer.
Page 226 - July next, foreign gold and silver coins shall pass current as money within the United States, and be a legal tender for the payment of all debts and demands...
Page 151 - A single, simple, or proper fraction, is when the numerator is less than the denominator, as 4 3 | -|f , &c.