Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged; Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic: Adapted to the United States |
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... GAIN , a rule by which merchants and traders discover their profit or loss in buying and selling their goods : it also in- structs them how to rise or fall in the price of their goods , so as to gain or lose so much per cent . or ...
... GAIN , a rule by which merchants and traders discover their profit or loss in buying and selling their goods : it also in- structs them how to rise or fall in the price of their goods , so as to gain or lose so much per cent . or ...
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... gain 13 dol- lars in the whole ? Ans . 69cts . 2m . + II . To know what is gained or lost per cent . RULE . 7 First see what the gain or loss is by subtraction ; then As the price it cost is to the gain or loss :: so is 100l . or $ 100 ...
... gain 13 dol- lars in the whole ? Ans . 69cts . 2m . + II . To know what is gained or lost per cent . RULE . 7 First see what the gain or loss is by subtraction ; then As the price it cost is to the gain or loss :: so is 100l . or $ 100 ...
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... gain or loss , & c . EXAMPLES . 1. Bought 164 yards of broadcloth , at 14s . 6d . per yd . ready money , and sold the same again for 154l . 10s . on 6 months credit ; what did I gain by the whole ; allow- ing discount at 6 per cent . a ...
... gain or loss , & c . EXAMPLES . 1. Bought 164 yards of broadcloth , at 14s . 6d . per yd . ready money , and sold the same again for 154l . 10s . on 6 months credit ; what did I gain by the whole ; allow- ing discount at 6 per cent . a ...
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... gain S0 per cent . ? Ans . 12cts . 8m . 6. Bought 90 gallons of wine at 1 dol . 20 cts . per gall . but by accident 10 gallons leaked out , at what rate must I sell the remainder per gallon to gain upon the whole prime cost , at the ...
... gain S0 per cent . ? Ans . 12cts . 8m . 6. Bought 90 gallons of wine at 1 dol . 20 cts . per gall . but by accident 10 gallons leaked out , at what rate must I sell the remainder per gallon to gain upon the whole prime cost , at the ...
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... gain 15 per cent . what shall I gain per cent . if I sell it at os . per ard ? S. £ . S. £ . As 5 : 115 6 : 138 Ans . gained 38 per cent . 2. If I retail rum at 1 dollar 50 cents per gallon and thereby gain 25 per cent . what shall I ...
... gain 15 per cent . what shall I gain per cent . if I sell it at os . per ard ? S. £ . S. £ . As 5 : 115 6 : 138 Ans . gained 38 per cent . 2. If I retail rum at 1 dollar 50 cents per gallon and thereby gain 25 per cent . what shall I ...
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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.