Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged; Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic: Adapted to the United States |
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... term is a demand ; and may be known by these or the like words before it , viz . What will ; What cost ? How many ... term of the same kind with the answer , or thing sought . 2. Bring the first and third terms to the same denom ination ...
... term is a demand ; and may be known by these or the like words before it , viz . What will ; What cost ? How many ... term of the same kind with the answer , or thing sought . 2. Bring the first and third terms to the same denom ination ...
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... term ; 6 yds . the same kind , is the first , and 9 dollars the second . 2. If 20 yards cost 30 dols . what cost 6 yards ? Fds . $ Yds . 20:30 :: 6 . 6 2,0 ) 18,0 Yds . $ Yds . 6 : 9 : 20 • 6 ) 180 Ans . $ 30 3. If 9 dollars will buy 6 ...
... term ; 6 yds . the same kind , is the first , and 9 dollars the second . 2. If 20 yards cost 30 dols . what cost 6 yards ? Fds . $ Yds . 20:30 :: 6 . 6 2,0 ) 18,0 Yds . $ Yds . 6 : 9 : 20 • 6 ) 180 Ans . $ 30 3. If 9 dollars will buy 6 ...
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... terms to the same name , & c . you may multiply and di- vide according to the rules in decimals ; or by the rules for multiplying and dividing Federal Money . EXAMPLES . 19. If 7 yds . of cloth cost 102 RULE OF THREE DIRECT .
... terms to the same name , & c . you may multiply and di- vide according to the rules in decimals ; or by the rules for multiplying and dividing Federal Money . EXAMPLES . 19. If 7 yds . of cloth cost 102 RULE OF THREE DIRECT .
Page 103
... may multiply and di- vide , as in whole numbers , and the quotient will express the answer in the least denomination mentioned in th second , or middle term . 1 EXAMPLES , 21. If S dollars will buy 7 yards RULE OF THREE DIRECT , 106.
... may multiply and di- vide , as in whole numbers , and the quotient will express the answer in the least denomination mentioned in th second , or middle term . 1 EXAMPLES , 21. If S dollars will buy 7 yards RULE OF THREE DIRECT , 106.
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... terms as in the Rule of Three Direct . 2. Multiply the first and second terms together , and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into . EXAMPLES . 1 ...
... terms as in the Rule of Three Direct . 2. Multiply the first and second terms together , and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into . EXAMPLES . 1 ...
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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.