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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... Notes , & c . , when partial payments have been made , Mechanical Powers , 273 Mathematical Problems , 277 189 ... NOTE , read 2 + 3 = 5 2 3 3 3 3 , and 3 × 3 = 9 × 27 = 243 . ARITHMETIC . ARITHMETIC is the science of numbers . It ...
... Notes , & c . , when partial payments have been made , Mechanical Powers , 273 Mathematical Problems , 277 189 ... NOTE , read 2 + 3 = 5 2 3 3 3 3 , and 3 × 3 = 9 × 27 = 243 . ARITHMETIC . ARITHMETIC is the science of numbers . It ...
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... NOTE . It is called Simple Addition , because the numbers are all of one denomination ; that is , all dollars , or all cents . When the num- bers are pounds , shillings , pence , & c . the denominations are differ- ent . If one man owe ...
... NOTE . It is called Simple Addition , because the numbers are all of one denomination ; that is , all dollars , or all cents . When the num- bers are pounds , shillings , pence , & c . the denominations are differ- ent . If one man owe ...
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... note , p . 19. ) The object in Subtraction is to take the whole subtra- hend from the whole minuend . Whenever the numbers are small , the operation may be performed in the mind ; but when they are large , it is better to write them ...
... note , p . 19. ) The object in Subtraction is to take the whole subtra- hend from the whole minuend . Whenever the numbers are small , the operation may be performed in the mind ; but when they are large , it is better to write them ...
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... NOTE . We take from the left hand place , because the right can never contain enough . We take but 1 , because 1 is always sufficient . 2. From seven thousand and five , take six thousand seven hundred and forty - six . Operation . 7005 ...
... NOTE . We take from the left hand place , because the right can never contain enough . We take but 1 , because 1 is always sufficient . 2. From seven thousand and five , take six thousand seven hundred and forty - six . Operation . 7005 ...
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... NOTE . The word factor signifies an agent , or doer : it is derived from the Latin word factum , which signifies a deed , or thing done . A person employed to do business for another , is called an agent , or factor . Hence when two num ...
... NOTE . The word factor signifies an agent , or doer : it is derived from the Latin word factum , which signifies a deed , or thing done . A person employed to do business for another , is called an agent , or factor . Hence when two num ...
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12 hours long 12 rods acres amount Answer barrel barter bought bushels called cancelling ciphers circumference cloth cost column common difference compound interest contained cords cube root currency decimal fraction denominator diameter discount divided dividend Division divisor dollars dominical letter equal EXAMPLES factors farthings federal money feet foot frac gain gallons given number guineas horse hundred hundredths improper fraction inches least common multiple length less merator miles mixed number months multiplicand multiply New-England NOTE number of terms Operation paid pence perpendicular pound present worth PROB produced term Proportion quantity QUESTIONS quotient ratio receive Reduce remainder right hand rods shillings side sold solid square root subtract tens tenths thousandths tion Troy Weight unit's place units vulgar fraction weight whole number write yard cost yards of cloth
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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.
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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.
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