 | James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 pages
...odd. Write the number of farthings in the given pence and farthings in the second and third places; increasing their number by 1 when it exceeds 12, and by 2 when it exceeds 36. When there are no shillings, or only one shilling, in the given sum, a cipher must be written in the... | |
 | James S. Russell - Arithmetic - 1847 - 340 pages
...3qr. to the decimal of a pound. 23O. ILLUSTRATION OF THE MODE OF REDUCING ENGLISH MONEY BY INSPECTION. Shillings, pence, and farthings, may be reduced to the decimal of a pound ; or, a decimal of a pound, to shillings, pence, and farthings, more expeditiously by inspection, as... | |
 | Rufus Putnam - Arithmetic - 1849 - 402 pages
...interest of £1 for the given time, and reduce the decimal in the result to shillings, pence, ac NOTE. Shillings, pence and farthings, may be reduced to the decimal of a pound by the following RULE. Write half the shillings as tenths, and if there is an odd shilling, call it 5... | |
 | Rufus Putnam - Arithmetic - 1850 - 274 pages
...call it 5 thousandths ; write the farthings in the given pence and farthings as so many thousandths, increasing their number by 1 when it exceeds 12, and by 2 when it exceeds 36 ; and add the numbers. 26. What is the interest of £54 17s. 9Jd., for 1 yr. 5 mo. 15 d., at 6 per cent.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...shillings, pence, and farthings, by inspection. in the third place, if there be but one, and increasing the number by 1 when it exceeds 12, and by 2 when it exceeds 36. The sum of the whole will be the decimal required. EXAMPLES. 1. Find the decimal of 15s. 9£d. by inspection.... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1851 - 384 pages
...exactly, it may be done either by reducing the shillings and pence to the fraction or decimal of a pound,1 or by multiplying 1 per a Shillings, pence, and farthings...of these two values will be the decimal required. To reduce the decimal of a pound to shillings, pence and farthings, cent. of each denomination, by... | |
 | James Robinson (Jr.) - Arithmetic - 1851 - 336 pages
...farthings in the given pence and farthings in the second and third places; increasing their number ly 1 when it exceeds 12, and by 2 when it exceeds 36. When there are no shillings, or only one shilling, in the given sum, a cipher must be written in the... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1853 - 380 pages
...than one figures and the single figure in the third place, if there be but one, and increasing the number by 1 when it exceeds 12, and by 2 when it exceeds 36. The sum of the whole will be the decimal required. EXAMPLES. 1. Find the decimal of 15s. 9fd. by inspection.... | |
 | Horace Mann, Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1857 - 398 pages
...reducing the shillings and pence to the fraction or decimal of a pound,* or by multiplying 1 per * Shillings, pence, and farthings may be reduced to...farthings to farthings, increasing their number by 1, whenit exceeds 12, and by 2, when it exceeds 36, and call the result thousandths. The sum of these... | |
 | Horace Mann, Pliny Earle Chase, Phiny Earie Chase - Arithmetic - 1857 - 394 pages
...reducing the shillings and pence to the fraction or decimal of a pound,1 or by multiplying 1 per * Shillings, pence, and farthings may be reduced to...of shillings by 5, and call the product hundredths. Seduce the pence and farthings to farthings, increasing their number by I, whenit exceeds 12, and by... | |
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... when they are less than ten shillings ; but if they amount to ten shillings or more, they are considered as another pound. If it is desired to compute the percentage exactly, it may be done either by reducing the shillings and pence to the fraction... 
