Practical and Mental Arithmetic on a New Plan: In which Mental Arithmetic is Combined with the Use of the Slate : Continuing a Complete System for All Practical Purposes Being in Dollar and Cents |
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12 inches 50 cents acres amount apiece apples barrel bbls breadth broadcloth bushels bushels of rye called ciphers cloth cost common fraction compound interest containing cord feet corn cube root decimal derive the following difference divide dividend divisor dollars duodecimals equal example Exercises federal money feet high feet long feet wide figure following RULE foot gain gallons greatest common divisor hence hogshead illustrations we derive improper fraction interest of $60 least common multiple leaves length lowest terms miles mills mixed number molasses months multiply Note OPERATION oranges ounces payment pence pints pound present worth principal proceed proportion pupil quarts quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder Rufus shillings Slate sold solid feet square feet square rods square root subtract third term whole number write yards of cloth
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Page ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 208 - A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord; and a cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile.
Page 21 - Decedents," and to repeal said original sections, -and to repeal sections one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), seven (7), eight...
Page 244 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient, increased by 1 , will be the answer.
Page 53 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 235 - 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 76 - ... yards, 1 rod, pole, or perch, rd. 40 rods, 1 furlong, fur. 8 furlongs, - . 1 mile, m. 3 miles, 1 league, leo.
Page 107 - Divide the denominator by the whole number, when it can be done without a. remainder.
Page 114 - Divide by any number that will divide two or more of the given numbers without a remainder, and set the quotients, together with the undivided numbers, in a line beneath.
Page 79 - 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.