A Practical Treatise on Arithmetic: Wherein Every Principle Taught is Explained in a Simple and Obvious Manner; Containing Numerous Questions, and Combining the Useful Properties of Former Works, with the Modern Improvements. Being a Complete System. To which is Added, a Description of Book-keeping, with Examples for Practice |
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... which he professes to do ; it will likewise pre- vent his guessing at a method of solving any question , since he must presently give the reasons for each operation . CONTENTS . Numeration , Addition , Subtraction , • • 6 PREFACE .
... which he professes to do ; it will likewise pre- vent his guessing at a method of solving any question , since he must presently give the reasons for each operation . CONTENTS . Numeration , Addition , Subtraction , • • 6 PREFACE .
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... Subtraction , • • Multiplication , 36 Division , Promiscuous Questions in Addition , Subtraction , Multi- plication and Division , Fractions , or Common Fractions , . Decimal Fractions , · Promiscuous Questions in Fractions , Ratio ...
... Subtraction , • • Multiplication , 36 Division , Promiscuous Questions in Addition , Subtraction , Multi- plication and Division , Fractions , or Common Fractions , . Decimal Fractions , · Promiscuous Questions in Fractions , Ratio ...
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... SUBTRACTION . LESSON 17 . To be performed in the mind . 1. Augustus had 4 apples , but he soon after dropped 2 and lost them ; how many had he left ? 2. Benjamin has 6 cents and Samuel 4 ; which has the most ... SUBTRACTION . Subtraction,
... SUBTRACTION . LESSON 17 . To be performed in the mind . 1. Augustus had 4 apples , but he soon after dropped 2 and lost them ; how many had he left ? 2. Benjamin has 6 cents and Samuel 4 ; which has the most ... SUBTRACTION . Subtraction,
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... you take 32 from 40 ? 26 from 35 ? 57 from 72 ? 62 from 70 ? 200 from 300 150 from 230 ? Note . - After learning the following table , lessons 17 and 18 should be reviewed . 2 from 3 leaves 1 2 from 4 leaves 2 SUBTRACTION . 29.
... you take 32 from 40 ? 26 from 35 ? 57 from 72 ? 62 from 70 ? 200 from 300 150 from 230 ? Note . - After learning the following table , lessons 17 and 18 should be reviewed . 2 from 3 leaves 1 2 from 4 leaves 2 SUBTRACTION . 29.
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... SUBTRACTION TABLE . Note . - Questions in this table should not be asked in rotation , because when they are so ... subtracted . Make the learner observe this . 8 from 9 leaves 1 8 from 10 leaves 2 8 from 11 leaves 3 8 from 12 leaves 4 8 ...
... SUBTRACTION TABLE . Note . - Questions in this table should not be asked in rotation , because when they are so ... subtracted . Make the learner observe this . 8 from 9 leaves 1 8 from 10 leaves 2 8 from 11 leaves 3 8 from 12 leaves 4 8 ...
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acres alloy amount Answer apiece apples barrels bill bill of exchange bought breadth bushels butter called carats cask cents a pound common fraction compound interest compound numbers cone containing cost cube root cubic feet cubic ft cylinder decimal fraction denominator diameter divide dividend divisor dollars equal exchange Explain how example figure frustrum fulcrum gallons gals gold greatest common divisor heaps hogshead hundred improper fraction insured last term length LESSON lever merchant miles molasses months multiply number of terms obtain OPERATION ounces paid payment perform example piece premium present worth prism progression by quotient proportion pwts pyramid quantity quarts receive remainder rods sell share shillings silver Slate sold Spanish dollars specific gravity square root subtract surface tens thousand Troy Weight units vessel weight whole numbers wide yard
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Page 9 - Cardinal numbers: 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...
Page 256 - These are usually accounted six in number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw.
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Page 337 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 268 - There are five things in arithmetical progression, any three of which being given, the other two may be found : — 1st. The first term. ' 2d. The last term. 3d. The number of terms. 4th. The common difference. 5th. The sum of al!
Page 233 - That number, which multiplied by itself will produce a certain other number, is called the square root of this other number ; thus, 2 is the square root of 4, 5 the square root of 25, &c.
Page 70 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator.
Page 218 - The area of a triangle is equal to half the product of its base by its altitude.
Page 165 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced , add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total. If there be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due, to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above ; and in like manner from one payment to another till all the payments are absorbed ; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
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