Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged, Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic, Adapted to the United States |
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... dividend but if the blank fall under the first or second term , the proportion is inverse ; then multiply the third and fourth térms together for a divisor , and the other three for a dividend , and the quotient will be the answer ...
... dividend but if the blank fall under the first or second term , the proportion is inverse ; then multiply the third and fourth térms together for a divisor , and the other three for a dividend , and the quotient will be the answer ...
Page 150
... dividend , and the right hand for a divisor , and the quo- tient will be the answer . EXAMPLES . 1. If 100 lb. English make 95 lb. Flemish , and 19 lb. Flemish 25 lb. at Bologna ; how many pounds English are equal to 50 lb. at Bologna ...
... dividend , and the right hand for a divisor , and the quo- tient will be the answer . EXAMPLES . 1. If 100 lb. English make 95 lb. Flemish , and 19 lb. Flemish 25 lb. at Bologna ; how many pounds English are equal to 50 lb. at Bologna ...
Page 151
... dividend . EXAMPLES . 1. If 24 lb. at New - London make 20 lb. at Amsterdam , and 50 lb. at Amsterdam 60 lb. at Paris ; how many at Paris are equal to 40 at New - London ? Left . Right . 24 20 50 = 60 20 × 60 × 40 = 48000 40 24 × 50 ...
... dividend . EXAMPLES . 1. If 24 lb. at New - London make 20 lb. at Amsterdam , and 50 lb. at Amsterdam 60 lb. at Paris ; how many at Paris are equal to 40 at New - London ? Left . Right . 24 20 50 = 60 20 × 60 × 40 = 48000 40 24 × 50 ...
Page 180
... dividend , and it will be the second figure in the root . 5. Subtract the product from the dividend , and to the remainder join the next period for a new dividend . 6. Double the figures already found in the root , for a new divisor ...
... dividend , and it will be the second figure in the root . 5. Subtract the product from the dividend , and to the remainder join the next period for a new dividend . 6. Double the figures already found in the root , for a new divisor ...
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... remainder bring down the next period , calling this the dividend . 4. Multiply the square of the quotient by 300 , calling the divisur . 5. Seek how often the divisor may be had in BYOLUTION , OR EXTRACTION as ROOTS . 189.
... remainder bring down the next period , calling this the dividend . 4. Multiply the square of the quotient by 300 , calling the divisur . 5. Seek how often the divisor may be had in BYOLUTION , OR EXTRACTION as ROOTS . 189.
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100 dollars 2qrs annex annuity annum answer Anthony Billings barter Bought bushels cloth compound interest contain cube root cyphers Deduct demand dimes divide the product dividend divisor dols equal EXAMPLES federal money figure Find the value gain or loss gallon given number given sum gross guineas hhds hogshead hundred improper fraction inches least common least common multiple left hand lowest terms measure miles mills milreas mixed numbers months Multiply the given neat weight New-England currency New-Jersey New-York currency NOTE Nova-Scotia currency number of shillings paid payment pence piece pound pound sterling present worth principal quotient rate per cent ratio ready money Reduce remainder Required the interest right hand rods Rule of Three sell separatrix simple interest sold solid feet Sqrs square root sterling subtract subtrahend sugar tare third Thomas Grosvenor trett VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine