Pike's System of Arithmetic Abridged: To which are Added Appropriate Questions, for the Examination of Scholars; and a Short System of Book-keeping |
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... common arithme- ticks have been compiled . Several years of laborious study were devoted to the work by its author , and on its first appear- ance , it obtained a very high reputation . Others have built upon his foundation , and their ...
... common arithme- ticks have been compiled . Several years of laborious study were devoted to the work by its author , and on its first appear- ance , it obtained a very high reputation . Others have built upon his foundation , and their ...
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... common schools , or of private learners ; containing also , many new and practical illustrations of the more important rules . For this purpose , several improve- ments suggested by instructors of schools and academies have been ...
... common schools , or of private learners ; containing also , many new and practical illustrations of the more important rules . For this purpose , several improve- ments suggested by instructors of schools and academies have been ...
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... common method , it is believed to be the more correct and useful . Some of the old and obsolete rules of Tare and Trett , & c . have been omitted , and the Duties and Custom - House Allowances of our own country substituted . Several ...
... common method , it is believed to be the more correct and useful . Some of the old and obsolete rules of Tare and Trett , & c . have been omitted , and the Duties and Custom - House Allowances of our own country substituted . Several ...
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... , the scholar will find in the CIPHERING- Book , published in connexion with this volume , a variety of very useful tables , and several not found in common arithmeticks . EXPLANATION OF ARITHMETICAL SIGNS . Signs . Two parallel horizontal.
... , the scholar will find in the CIPHERING- Book , published in connexion with this volume , a variety of very useful tables , and several not found in common arithmeticks . EXPLANATION OF ARITHMETICAL SIGNS . Signs . Two parallel horizontal.
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... still called graius , being the least weight now in common use ; and from thence the rest are com- puted . 88. What is Troy Weight ? -89 . What are its denominations ? NOTE . Gold is tried by fire , and reckoned 42 COMPOUND ADDITION .
... still called graius , being the least weight now in common use ; and from thence the rest are com- puted . 88. What is Troy Weight ? -89 . What are its denominations ? NOTE . Gold is tried by fire , and reckoned 42 COMPOUND ADDITION .
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aliquot amount annexed answer Avoirdupois bushels called carats cask ciphers column common denominator common measure compound interest contained cord wood cost cube root denom diameter divide the product dividend division divisor dollars draft or scalage Dudley Leavitt equal EXAMPLES farthings Federal Money find the value gain or loss gallons given number given sum greater half hundred improper fraction inches last quotient least common multiple left hand period Leger less lowest terms method millions mills mixed number months multiplicand multiply NOTE number of yards ounces payment pence pennyweight principal proceed Proof proportion question quotient figure rate per cent reduce remainder right hand figure rule for finding Rule of Three RULE.-Multiply shillings side simple numbers square root subtract subtrahend Table tare third term thousand VULGAR FRACTIONS weight whole number write yards of cloth
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Page 75 - Operations with Fractions A) To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator.
Page 171 - Find the greatest square number in the first or left hand period, place the root of it at the right hand of the given number, (after the manner of a quotient in division) for the first figure of the root, and the square number under the period, and subtract it therefrom, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend.
Page 184 - ... 7. Bring down the first figure of the next period to the remainder for a new dividend, to which find a new divisor as before, and in like manner proceed till the whole be finished.
Page 72 - Divide by any number that will divide two or more of the given numbers without a remainder, and set the quotients, together with the undivided numbers, in aline beneath.
Page 122 - Subtract the original principal from the last amount, and the remainder will be the Compound Interest for the whole time.
Page 196 - As the distance between the body to be raised or balanced, and the fulcrum or prop, is to the distance between the prop and the point where the power is applied ; so is the power to the weight which it will balance.