The American Equater: Or, Arithmetic Simplified in which Equations are Used as a Substitute for Proportion |
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3qrs 50 cents 9 days amount ANNUM Answer avoirdupois ciphers compound interest cube root decillions decimal dimes direct ratio divided divisor dollars a barrel Dols drams eight equal equivalent denominate number EXAMPLES farthings feet long feet wide find the value foot long foot thick foot wide fourth furlongs gallons gills Given equation Given quantity gives grains hence hours a day hundred improper fractions integers interest inverse ratio lastly least common multiple left hand member loaves miles millions mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand multiplier negative quantities nonillions octillions order of units ounces partial dividend poles pounds cost principal proper fractions QUESTIONS FOR EXERCISE quintillions quired quotient reduced remainder Required equation Required quantity right hand member rods shilling Simple equation Solve sought square root square yards subtract subtrahend third tion vulgar fraction whole numbers yard cost yard long yard of cloth yard wide
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Page 125 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day...
Page 122 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) A bushel contains 2150.42 cubic inches.
Page 61 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 125 - 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 121 - TABLE. 16 drams, (drs.) make • 1 ounce, - marked - oz. 16 ounces ----- 1 pound, ----- Ib. 28 pounds ----- 1 quarter, ----- qr. 4 quarters ----- 1 hundred weight, - - cwt. 20 hundred weight - - 1 ton, ------ T.
Page 125 - make 1 minute, marked '. 60 minutes 1 degree, - - °. 30 degrees - - 1 sign, - - s. 12 signs or 360° 1 circle, - - c. cs o 1 = 12 = 360 = 21600 = 1296000 1= 30= 1800= 108000 1= 60= 3600 1= 60 EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce 5s. 29° 25
Page 18 - Decedents," and to repeal said original sections, -and to repeal sections one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), seven...
Page 121 - TABLE. 4 farthings (qrs.) make 1 penny, marked d. 12 pence - - - - 1 shilling, - - s. 20 shillings - - - - 1 pound, - - £. Note.
Page 124 - PAPER. 24 sheets make 1 quire. 20 quires " 1 ream. 2 reams " 1 bundle. 5 bundles
Page 53 - If the numerator and denominator of a fraction be multiplied by the same number, the value of the fraction will remain unchanged.