The American Preceptor's Assistant: Containing a System of Practical Arithmetic Adapted to the Capacities of Youth |
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24 yards 9 mo acres adventured aliquot amount annuity Answer bond Bought breadth bushels casks cent per annum compound interest containing cube root decimal denomination diameter difference Divide dividend divisor dollars dolls dols doubloons eagles ell English English guineas equal EXAMPLES exchange Facit farthings Federal money feet French guinea gallons Geometrical Progression given number gross half yearly hhds improper fraction inches integers inverse Involve the ratio length less linen merchant miles mills Moidores Mult Multiply neat weight ounce payment pence Pennsylvania currency persons pieces pounds PRACTICAL QUESTIONS premium per cent present worth prime cost principal PROOF purchase quantity quarterly query quotient rate per cent Reduce remainder rule of three shillings sold square root sterling subtract sugar tare thence trett vessel VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine yards of cloth