The American Arithmetic: Adapted to the Currency of the United States. Compiled for the Use of SchoolsC. Norris & Company and sold at their bookstore; sold also by E. Little & Company, Newburyport, and by the principal booksellers in New England, 1812 - Arithmetic - 231 pages |
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... method of making taxes , as is generally practised in the state of New Hampshire ; and have added many oth- er new problems in different parts of the work which will be useful and entertaining . I have spent much time , and been at no ...
... method of making taxes , as is generally practised in the state of New Hampshire ; and have added many oth- er new problems in different parts of the work which will be useful and entertaining . I have spent much time , and been at no ...
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... the month ) and then write down the other numbers under those of the same denomination ; subtract , and the remainder is the dif ference between the two dates . N. B. By this method each month is considered to COMPOUND SUBTRACTION . 35.
... the month ) and then write down the other numbers under those of the same denomination ; subtract , and the remainder is the dif ference between the two dates . N. B. By this method each month is considered to COMPOUND SUBTRACTION . 35.
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... method each month is considered to con- tain only 30 days , which would perhaps be exact enough for business ; although 5 days would be lost in a year . Examples . 1. What is the difference of time between the 16th day cof February 1800 ...
... method each month is considered to con- tain only 30 days , which would perhaps be exact enough for business ; although 5 days would be lost in a year . Examples . 1. What is the difference of time between the 16th day cof February 1800 ...
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... to gether ? As 15 : 1 :: 120 : 8 30 : 1 :: 120 : 4 45 : 1 :: 120 : 2 60 : 1 :: 120 : 2 163 Cisterns min . cistern min . sec . As 16 120 1 7 12 Ans . METHOD OF MAKING TAXES . The first thing requisite in 68 SINGLE RULE OF THREE DIRECT .
... to gether ? As 15 : 1 :: 120 : 8 30 : 1 :: 120 : 4 45 : 1 :: 120 : 2 60 : 1 :: 120 : 2 163 Cisterns min . cistern min . sec . As 16 120 1 7 12 Ans . METHOD OF MAKING TAXES . The first thing requisite in 68 SINGLE RULE OF THREE DIRECT .
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... METHOD OF MAKING TAXES . The first thing requisite in making taxes is to know the rate at which polls and rateable estates are valued by the laws of the state . Which , according to the statute in force in New - Hampshire in 1811 , were ...
... METHOD OF MAKING TAXES . The first thing requisite in making taxes is to know the rate at which polls and rateable estates are valued by the laws of the state . Which , according to the statute in force in New - Hampshire in 1811 , were ...
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Page 121 - Separate the given number into periods of two figures each, beginning at the right hand: the period on the left will often contain but one figure.
Page 92 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 189 - RULE. — To the square of the bung diameter add the square of the head diameter ; multiply the sum by the length, and the product by .0014 for ale gallons, or by .0017 for wine gallons.
Page 80 - Place the numbers on the same line, and divide by the least number that will divide two or more of them without a remainder, and set down in a line below the quotients and the undivided numbers.
Page 60 - 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 79 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 7 - Multiplication; and denotes that all the numbers, between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus 9X9 signifies that 9 is to be multiplied by 9, or 9X9X9 must be multiplied.
Page 165 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 94 - RULE. Multiply the principal by the rate per cent, and •that product by the number of years : the last product...
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