Temple's Arithmetick: A Concise Introduction to Practical Arithmetick: in which All the Rules that Occur in Common Business are Applied to the Federal Currency ... |
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100 dollars 25 cents 50 cents 50 dollars A's gain A's share acres amount annex a cipher Arithmetick bought cents and mills comma common denominator compound interest cord wood decimal fraction divided equally divisor drams DUODECIMALS eight EXAMPLES farthings FEDERAL MONEY feet of cord figures are dollars find the interest gain or loss gallons hogsheads improper fraction inches long inches wide interest of 48 interest of ditto left hand figures lower denomination lowest terms middle term miles mixed number multiplicand nine Note number of months ounces pence per yard pounds principal proceed quantity quotient rate per cent Reduce remainder right hand figure Rule of Three shillings Single Rule sold square subtract third term thousand three hundred TROY WEIGHT twelve VULGAR FRACTIONS whole number worth yards cost yards of cloth
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Page 97 - Multiply the principal by the number of days, and divide the product by 6; then point off as in the preceding rule.
Page 84 - But, if the blank fall under the first or second term, multiply the first, second, and fifth terms into each other for a dividend, and the third and fourth for a divisor ; the quotient will be the answer.
Page 83 - Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into.
Page 16 - Cut off- as many figures from the right hand of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor. The remaining figures of the dividend will be the quotient, and those cut off the remainder.
Page 87 - Or, as the whole stock, is to the whole gain or loss, So is each man's particular stock, To his particular share of the gain or loss.
Page 24 - Time. 60 seconds (S.) make 1 minute, marked M. 60 minutes, 1 hour, h. 24 hours, 1 day, d. 7 days, . 1 week, w. 4 weeks, 1 month, mo. 13 months, 1 day and 6 hours, 1 Julian year, yr. Thirty days hath September, April, June and November ; February twenty-eight alone, all the rest have thirtyone.
Page 61 - To divide one fractional quantity by another. RULE. Multiply the denominator of the divisor by the numerator of the dividend, for the numerator ; and the numerator of the divisor by the denominator of the dividend, for the denominator.
Page 60 - Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator.
Page 54 - 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 43 - ... 2far. RULE.— Divide as in division of simple numbers, each denomination in its order, beginning with the highest. If there be a remainder, reduce it to the next lower denomination, adding in the number already of this denomination, if any, and divide as before. Proof. — The same as in simple numbers. NOTE. — When the divisor and dividend are...