A New System of Arithmetic: In which is Explained and Applied to Practical Purposes, in Addition to the Ordinary Rules of Operation, the Principle of Canceling ... |
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... Payments , 234 235 Involution , 239 · Evolution , 241 Extraction of the Square Root , Extraction of the Cube Root , 243 253 Arithmetical Progression , 261 Geometrical Progression , Alligation , Position , Double Position , Promiscuous ...
... Payments , 234 235 Involution , 239 · Evolution , 241 Extraction of the Square Root , Extraction of the Cube Root , 243 253 Arithmetical Progression , 261 Geometrical Progression , Alligation , Position , Double Position , Promiscuous ...
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... pay you ? 3 + 4 + 5 = how many ? If you pay away 6 cents at one time , 4 at another , and 3 at another , how many do you pay away ? 6 + 4 + 3 = how many ? If you buy twelve apples for 9 cents , and a pint of chesnuts for 4 , how many ...
... pay you ? 3 + 4 + 5 = how many ? If you pay away 6 cents at one time , 4 at another , and 3 at another , how many do you pay away ? 6 + 4 + 3 = how many ? If you buy twelve apples for 9 cents , and a pint of chesnuts for 4 , how many ...
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... pay for the whole , and what did he receive for the whole . Ans . Paid $ 270 ; received $ 305 . 34. Add together three hundred and seventy - five thousand and sixty - five ; nine hundred thousand and three 24 ADDITION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS .
... pay for the whole , and what did he receive for the whole . Ans . Paid $ 270 ; received $ 305 . 34. Add together three hundred and seventy - five thousand and sixty - five ; nine hundred thousand and three 24 ADDITION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS .
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... pay him ? Ans . $ 820 . Sums requiring in their solution , the application of both Addi- tion and Subtraction . 38. I hold in my is due $ 70 interest . possession a note for $ 560 , on which there On the back are two endorsements ; one ...
... pay him ? Ans . $ 820 . Sums requiring in their solution , the application of both Addi- tion and Subtraction . 38. I hold in my is due $ 70 interest . possession a note for $ 560 , on which there On the back are two endorsements ; one ...
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... pay for the horse ? What would the horse have cost them , had they paid only 7 dollars each ? If they had paid 8 each ? 11 ? 10 ? 12 ? 6 ? If a man travel 5 miles in 1 hour , how far will he travel in 7 hours ? in 5 hours ? in 9 hours ...
... pay for the horse ? What would the horse have cost them , had they paid only 7 dollars each ? If they had paid 8 each ? 11 ? 10 ? 12 ? 6 ? If a man travel 5 miles in 1 hour , how far will he travel in 7 hours ? in 5 hours ? in 9 hours ...
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Page 15 - ... one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty thirty forty fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety one hundred two hundred three hundred four hundred five hundred...
Page 277 - If 8 men can build a wall 20 feet long, 6 feet high and 4 feet thick, in 12 days ; in what time will 24 men build one 200 feet long, 8 feet high, and 6 feet thick ? 8 : 12 : : 20x6x4 24: 200x8x6 80 (lays, Jlns.
Page 290 - ... above the upper deck; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and shall then deduct from the...
Page 119 - Now .} of f- is a compound fraction, whose value is found by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 209 - DISCOUNT. DISCOUNT is an allowance made for the payment of money before it is due. The present worth of a debt payable at some future time, without interest, is such a sum of money as will, if put at interest for the given time, amount to the debt.
Page 291 - ... shall be deemed the true contents or tonnage of such ship or vessel; and if such ship or vessel be single-decked, take the length and breadth, as above directed, deduct from the said length...
Page 67 - TABLE. 4 nails, (na.) or 9 inches, make 1 quarter, marked qr. 4 quarters, or 36 inches, - 1 yard, - - - - yd. 3 quarters, ------ 1 ell Flemish, - - E. Fl 5 quarters, ------ 1 ell English, - - EE 6 quarters, ------ 1 ell French, - - E. Fr 27.
Page 123 - RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Page 252 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 5 - If 6 men in 16 days of 9 hours each build a wall 20 feet long, 6 feet high, and 4 feet thick, in how many days of...