The North American Practical School Arithmetic: Particularly Adapted to the Mercantile, Mechanical, and Agricultural Business of the United States |
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... mean time , when there are debits and credits . RULE 1. - Find the time , as in Case L. , Ex . 4 , for each amount , for both debits and credits . 2. - Multiply each amount by its own time , and divide the difference between the sum of ...
... mean time , when there are debits and credits . RULE 1. - Find the time , as in Case L. , Ex . 4 , for each amount , for both debits and credits . 2. - Multiply each amount by its own time , and divide the difference between the sum of ...
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... means . MENSURATION . MENSURATION is the art of measuring . In Mensuration , there are three particulars of primary importance ; these are length , breadth , and depth , or thickness . Length is the distance from one point or end to ...
... means . MENSURATION . MENSURATION is the art of measuring . In Mensuration , there are three particulars of primary importance ; these are length , breadth , and depth , or thickness . Length is the distance from one point or end to ...
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... means many corners . The pentagon has five corners . The hexagon has six corners . The octagon has eight corners . The circle is bounded by a curved line , every part of which is equally distant from the center . The ellipsis has a ...
... means many corners . The pentagon has five corners . The hexagon has six corners . The octagon has eight corners . The circle is bounded by a curved line , every part of which is equally distant from the center . The ellipsis has a ...
Page 204
... 14. How much for 6 round sticks of timber , 30 ft . 6 in . long , the mean diameter 18 inches , at 12 cents per cubic foot ? Ans . $ 40.42 + 15. How much for 6 sticks of timber , 21 204 ARITHMETIC . Miscellaneous Examples.
... 14. How much for 6 round sticks of timber , 30 ft . 6 in . long , the mean diameter 18 inches , at 12 cents per cubic foot ? Ans . $ 40.42 + 15. How much for 6 sticks of timber , 21 204 ARITHMETIC . Miscellaneous Examples.
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... mean price . RULE . As the whole composition is to any part , so is the total value to the value of that part . What ... mean rate , what is the rule ? PROOF . - The total value , at the mean 18 * ALLIGATION . 209 Alligation.
... mean price . RULE . As the whole composition is to any part , so is the total value to the value of that part . What ... mean rate , what is the rule ? PROOF . - The total value , at the mean 18 * ALLIGATION . 209 Alligation.
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12 feet 20 feet acres 2 roods Bought bush bushels cent per annum cents per lb circle whose diameter circumference common denominator compound interest cost cube root diagonal Divide dividend divisor dollars dwts ells EXAMPLES Federal money feet 6 inches feet long figure Find the amount Find the area Find the compound Find the interest Find the solid Find the square Find the value gain or loss gallons given number hhds improper fraction integers least common multiple lowest terms method of finding miles mills mixed number moidores months Multiply number of terms payment perpendicular pieces poles pound pounds sterling present worth Proof PROOF.-As PROOF.-By quotient rate per cent Reduce remainder rhombus RULE RULE.-Multiply shillings simple fraction sold solid contents square root Sterling subtract sugar tare triangle VULGAR FRACTIONS weight whole number York cur
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Page 43 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator for a new numerator, under which draw a line and place the denominator. EXAMPLES. 9. Reduce 2| to an improper fraction.
Page 139 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 11 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...
Page 34 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 43 - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number, — RULE : Divide the numerator by the denominator ; the quotient will be the whole or mixed number.
Page 217 - PROBLEM I. The first term, the last term, and the number of terms being given, to find the sum of all the terms.
Page 216 - ... dollars. How many days did he work, and how many days was he idle ? Ans.
Page 46 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 193 - Pythagoras' theorem states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides.
Page 215 - If the errors are alike, divide the difference of the products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer.