A New System of Arithmetic, on the Cancelling Plan: Embracing the Rules of the Three, Single and Double, Direct and Inverse; Barter; Loss and Gain; Reduction; Multiplication and Division of Fractions; Exchange of Currencies; Interest; and All Proportional Questions in One Rule Applicable to the Whole. The Process Greatly Simplified and Abridged |
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... Answer . By comparing 6 men with 3 men , we find the relative amount of wall which 6 men would build ; then , by multiplying the ratio of 6 to 3 , into 12 , which stands for rods , the name of the answer , we obtain the positive amount ...
... Answer . By comparing 6 men with 3 men , we find the relative amount of wall which 6 men would build ; then , by multiplying the ratio of 6 to 3 , into 12 , which stands for rods , the name of the answer , we obtain the positive amount ...
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... Answer , 2311 dollars . 3. A merchant , on settling his accounts , finds himself in debt to A $ 100 ; to B 60 ; to C 78 ; to D 80 ; to E 447 ; how much does he owe in all ? Answer , 765 dollars . 4. From the creation of the world to the ...
... Answer , 2311 dollars . 3. A merchant , on settling his accounts , finds himself in debt to A $ 100 ; to B 60 ; to C 78 ; to D 80 ; to E 447 ; how much does he owe in all ? Answer , 765 dollars . 4. From the creation of the world to the ...
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... Answer , 92 miles . 11. Lafayette was born in the year 1757. He died at the In what year did he die ? age of 78 . Ans . 1835 . 12. A man sold five oxen , each weighing 864 pounds , how much did they all weigh ? Answer , 4320 . 13. How ...
... Answer , 92 miles . 11. Lafayette was born in the year 1757. He died at the In what year did he die ? age of 78 . Ans . 1835 . 12. A man sold five oxen , each weighing 864 pounds , how much did they all weigh ? Answer , 4320 . 13. How ...
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... answer may be obtained by setting down 85 five times , and adding them up , thus : 85 85 85 85 It will be seen , by examining this operation , that 85 the product of five times five units is two tens and five units , —and five times ...
... answer may be obtained by setting down 85 five times , and adding them up , thus : 85 85 85 85 It will be seen , by examining this operation , that 85 the product of five times five units is two tens and five units , —and five times ...
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... Answer , 12772 dolls . 32. What number is that of which 8 , 9 , 11 , are factors ? Answer , 792 . 33. If 80 men dig a canal in 94 days , how many men could dig the same in one day ? Answer , 7520 . 34. How many shillings ought 7520 men ...
... Answer , 12772 dolls . 32. What number is that of which 8 , 9 , 11 , are factors ? Answer , 792 . 33. If 80 men dig a canal in 94 days , how many men could dig the same in one day ? Answer , 7520 . 34. How many shillings ought 7520 men ...
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Page 103 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 41 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 221 - 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 208 - Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the equated time, nearly.
Page 97 - TABLE. 10 Mills =1 Cent. 10 Cents =1 Dime. 10 Dimes =1 Dollar. 10 Dollars =1 Eagle.
Page 307 - America, to be paid to the said or his certain attorney, executors, administrators, or assigns: to which payment well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly by these presents.
Page 270 - ... 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...
Page 85 - 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 a line beneath.
Page 251 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 223 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.