Arithmetic: In which the Principles of Operating by Numbers are Analytically Explained and Synthetically Applied : Illustrated by Copious Examples : Designed for the Use of Schools and Academies

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Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1848 - Arithmetic - 312 pages
 

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Page 236 - 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 146 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 234 - Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due, then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the answer.
Page 84 - 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 92 - The least common denominator of two or more fractions is the least common multiple of their denominators.
Page 265 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 196 - What is the interest of $216'80, at 7 per cent., for 1 month ? for 2 months ? — — 3 mo. ? 4 mo. ? — 5 mo. ? 6 mo. ? 7 mo. ? 8 mo. ? 9 mo. ? 10 mo.? — — 11 mo.?
Page 295 - A's money was twice B's ; what stock had each ? ' Ans. $500. 34. A man was hired 50 days, receiving $'75 for every day he worked, and forfeiting $'25 for every day he was idle; he received 827'50 ; how many days did he work ? . Ans.
Page 279 - RULE.* — Multiply the sum of the extremes by the number of terms, and half the product will be the answer.
Page 234 - ... 8 months ; what is the equated time for the payment of the whole? Ans.

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