The American Arithmetic: In which the Principles of Numbers are Explained and Illustrated by a Great Variety of Practical Questions |
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25 dollars amount of $1 annex annuity broadcloth bushels cents a pound Change ciphers circle circumference common denominator compound interest contained cost cube root cubic feet decimal fraction diameter difference discount divided dividend divisor expressed farthings federal money feet in length find the number following rule frustum gallons geometrical series given number given sum greater number Hence hundred hundredths improper fraction inches least common multiple lower denomination miles mills mixed number months multiplicand multiply number of days number of dollars number of square number of terms number of things ounces paid payable payment pence poll tax present worth prime factors pwts quantity quotient ratio Reduce remainder rods second power shillings side simple fraction sold solid specific gravity square feet square root subtract surface tens third power thousandths units weight whole amount whole number width write yards of cloth
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Page 235 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, &c.
Page 174 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due.
Page 282 - But if any payments be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on the principal sum due on the obligation, for one year, add it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid, from the time it was paid, up to the end of the...
Page 159 - A wall to be built to the height of 27 feet, was raised to the height of 9 feet by 12 men in 6 days : how many men must be employed to finish the wall in 4 days at the same ruts.- of working 1 31.
Page 168 - ... 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 6 years 7 years 8 years 9 years 10 years 11 years 12 years...
Page 18 - January 31, February 28, March 31, April 30, May 31, June 30, July 31, August 31, September 30, October 31, November 30, December 31.
Page 97 - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number, — RULE : Divide the numerator by the denominator ; the quotient will be the whole or mixed number.
Page 113 - Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor.
Page 313 - ... 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 then deduct from the...
Page 85 - The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, and 24.