Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged, Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic, Adapted to the United States |
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... right hand , and take each figure in the lower line from the figure above it , and set down the re- mainder . 3. If the lower figure is greater than that above it , add ten to the upper figure ; from which number so in- creased , take ...
... right hand , and take each figure in the lower line from the figure above it , and set down the re- mainder . 3. If the lower figure is greater than that above it , add ten to the upper figure ; from which number so in- creased , take ...
Page 31
... right hand of either or both of the factors , neglect those cyphers ; then place the .significant figures under one another , and multiply by them only , and to the right hand of the product , place as many cyphers as were omitted in ...
... right hand of either or both of the factors , neglect those cyphers ; then place the .significant figures under one another , and multiply by them only , and to the right hand of the product , place as many cyphers as were omitted in ...
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... right hand in the product , as in the given price . EXAMPLES . 1. What will 35 yards of broad- cloth come to , at 8. d . c . m . 3. 4 9 6 per yard ?, S 5 480 104 8 8 Ans . 122 , 360 = 122 dol- [ lars 36 cents . 2. What cost $ 5 lb ...
... right hand in the product , as in the given price . EXAMPLES . 1. What will 35 yards of broad- cloth come to , at 8. d . c . m . 3. 4 9 6 per yard ?, S 5 480 104 8 8 Ans . 122 , 360 = 122 dol- [ lars 36 cents . 2. What cost $ 5 lb ...
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... right hand of the remainder ; after which , you must seek , multiply and subtract , till you have brought down every figure of the dividend . 1 PROOF . Multiply the divisor and quotient together and add the remainder if there be any to ...
... right hand of the remainder ; after which , you must seek , multiply and subtract , till you have brought down every figure of the dividend . 1 PROOF . Multiply the divisor and quotient together and add the remainder if there be any to ...
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... right will be equal to e dividend . A third method of proof by excess of nines is as follows , viz . 1. Cast the nines out of the divisor and place the excess n the left hand . 2. Do the same with the quotient and place it on the right ...
... right will be equal to e dividend . A third method of proof by excess of nines is as follows , viz . 1. Cast the nines out of the divisor and place the excess n the left hand . 2. Do the same with the quotient and place it on the right ...
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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