Arithmetic, in All Its Parts, Vulgar and Decimal: As Also, Tables of Coins, Weights and Measures Used in Different Countries. With Interest and Annuities, Simple and Compound. Extraction of Roots, Mensuration of Planes and Solids, and Notes on the Gregorian Kalendar ... |
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acres alfo amount Anfr annuity annum anſwer baſe becauſe bolls breadth C's gain cafe caft cent coft confift coſt crowns cube root cyphers decimal Denominator diameter difcompt difference divide Dividend Divifion Divifor drachms Engliſh epact equal example faid fame farthings fecond feet feven feveral fhall fhare fhillings fhould fide figure filver fimple intereft fingle firft firlot firſt folid fome fquare root fraction ftand ftone fubtract fuch fuppofe gain'd given number guineas half hath improper fraction inches integer laft laſt leffer lefs length meaſure merks Scots miles mixed number moidores months muft Multiplicand multiply multiply'd muſt obferve ounces paid pence piece pint pound PROB quantity queſtion Quotient reduced remainder right hand RULE Scots ell ſquare ſtand Ster ſtock thefe theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Troy uſe Vulgar Fractions weight whofe whole number wine gallons yards
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Page 389 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 344 - As three times three do three ; But after ten and half ten years, We man and wife had been, Her age came up as near to mine, As eight is to sixteen.
Page 381 - To find the value of a fraction in the known parts of the integer, as of coin, weight, measure, fyc.
Page 347 - There is a fish whose head is 8 feet long, his tail is as long as his head and half his body, and his body is as long as his head and tail ; what is the whole length of the fish.
Page 362 - If you take away 5 from my years, and divide the remainder by 8, the quotient will be $ of your age; but if you add 2 to your age, and multiply the whole by 3, and then subtract 7 from the product, you will have the number of the years of my age. What was the age of the father and son ? Ans., 53 and 18.
Page 556 - ... of Inches, and run that Extent along the Board, from End to End, you may find how many Feet that Board contains ; or you may cut off from that Board any Number of Feet defir'd. For this Purpofe there is a Line...
Page 457 - Л landed man two daughters had, And both were very fair ; He gave to each a piece of land, One round, the other square.
Page 462 - Year chance to be juft ~ .1 or ^ of a Year, then the beft way will be to Reduce the Odd Time into Days, and. then work with the Decimal Parts of a Year that are equivalent to thofe Number of Days.
Page 558 - If a piece of timber be 22 inches deep, and 15 inches broad, how much in length will make a foot?
Page 188 - A man was hired 50 days on these conditions. — that, for every day he worked, he should receive $ '75, and, for every day he was idle, he should forfeit $ '25 ; at the expiration of the time, he received $ 27'50 ; how many days did he work...