The Western Calculator, Or, A New and Compendious System of Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Elementary Principles and Rules of Calculation in Whole, Mixed, and Decimal Numbers ... |
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100 dollars 16 feet 25 cents 9 inches acres amount annum arithmetical arithmetical progression barrels breadth bricks bushels cask cents per bushel cents per pound cents per yard ciphers common denominator compound compound interest cost cube root cubic currency decimal diameter discount dividend divisor dollars 50 cents dolls duodecimals equal EXAMPLES Federal money feet 6 inches feet 9 feet long figures foot gain gallons geometrical progression given number given sum half hogsheads hundred improper fraction inches broad inches long interest length lowest terms measure miles mills mixed number months Note number of terms ounces paid payment pence perches piece of ground principal proportion quantity quarter girt quotient Reduce remainder rods roods rule of three SECTION shillings side sold solid content square root subtract superficial tare thickness timber vulgar fraction wall weight whole numbers