Arithmetic for schools, abridged from the author's 'Familiar explanation of arithmetic'. |
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abstract number acres aliquot amount breadth bushel called ciphers Compound contained cubic debt denomination discount divided exactly dividend divisor dwts example factors farthings feet find the L. C. M. Find the number Find the value following Ex fourth term frac¹ francs frns gain per cent gallons gals given number guineas hence hhds hundred hundredths improper fractions income length Long Division lowest terms miles millions minutes mixed numbers moidores months multiply obtained operation pence penny performed pounds prime profit proper fractions proportion pupil quantities question quotient rate per cent ratio RECURRING DECIMALS reduce remainder RULE selling shillings simple interest solid inches square mile square root square yard sterling subtract third term thousand tion TROY WEIGHT units vulgar fraction weight whole numbers worth write
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Page 150 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 228 - Bought a quantity of goods for £150 ready money and sold them again for £200 payable £ of a year hence ; what was the gain in ready money, allowing discount at 4£ per cent.
Page 225 - A cubic foot of water weighs 1000 oz. What is the weight of a cubic yard (in cwts.
Page 162 - If 5 men can reap a field whose length is 800 feet and breadth 700 feet in 3^ days of 14 hours each ; in how many days of 12 hours each can 7 men reap a field 1800 feet long and 960 broad?
Page 89 - RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Page 180 - ... gain 5 per cent. upon the prime cost of the 4 pipes ? 13. A person having bought goods for £20, sells half of them so as to gain 10 per cent.; for how much must he sell the remainder so as to gain 20 per cent. upon the whole ? 14. I bought 56 gallons of brandy at 22s.
Page 210 - ... surfaces and solids occurs.* Ex. I. Find the number of acres in a rectangular field, of which the length is 35 chains 72 links, and the breadth 24 chains 8 links.
Page 216 - The approximate square root of a fraction may be obtained by taking the square root of the numerator, and then of the denominator, and dividing the first result by the second. If the denominator is not a perfect square, it is better to reduce the fraction to an equivalent fraction whose denominator is a perfect square.
Page 158 - Given that the velocity of a falling body is proportional to the time...
Page 151 - Sir," said I, after puzzling a long time over "more requiring more and less requiring less" — "will you tell me why I sometimes multiply the second and third terms together and divide by the first — and at other times multiply the first and second and divide by the third?" "Why, because more requires more sometimes, and sometimes it requires less — to be sure. Haven't you read the rule, my boy?" " Yes, sir, I can repeat the rule, but I don't understand it.