Practical Arithmetic: In Four Books ... Extracted from the Large and Entire Treatise, and Adapted to the Commerce of Ireland as Well as that of Great Britain ...Graisberry & Campbbll [!], 1813 - 348 σελίδες |
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... repetition of tens would occasion obscurity and confusion , different terms are used to express the local value of figures , as by the following : TABLE TABLE I. Name Third Period . Second Period . First 10 Book I. Whole Numbers .
... repetition of tens would occasion obscurity and confusion , different terms are used to express the local value of figures , as by the following : TABLE TABLE I. Name Third Period . Second Period . First 10 Book I. Whole Numbers .
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... term millions to stand for a thousand housand , and then proceed to name the next 5 places suc- cessively , by prefixing to the word millions the same . terms , in order as in the 5 places after units ; and so on in a continual rotation ...
... term millions to stand for a thousand housand , and then proceed to name the next 5 places suc- cessively , by prefixing to the word millions the same . terms , in order as in the 5 places after units ; and so on in a continual rotation ...
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... term end ? Answ . Anno 1936 . 2. 18. A snail in getting up a pole , only 20 feet high , was observed to climb eight feet every day ; but every night it came down again four feet . In what time by this method did he reach the top of the ...
... term end ? Answ . Anno 1936 . 2. 18. A snail in getting up a pole , only 20 feet high , was observed to climb eight feet every day ; but every night it came down again four feet . In what time by this method did he reach the top of the ...
Σελίδα 76
... be in stating the question , or abstracting the numbers out of the words in the question , and placing them down in their proper order . Now Now two of the three given terms are homogeneal , 70 Book I. The Rule of Three Direet .
... be in stating the question , or abstracting the numbers out of the words in the question , and placing them down in their proper order . Now Now two of the three given terms are homogeneal , 70 Book I. The Rule of Three Direet .
Σελίδα 77
... terms are homogeneal , or of the same kind , one of which * asks or moves the ques- tion , and is to be put in the third ... term which moves the question bath generally some words like these before it , viz . What will ? What cost ? How ...
... terms are homogeneal , or of the same kind , one of which * asks or moves the ques- tion , and is to be put in the third ... term which moves the question bath generally some words like these before it , viz . What will ? What cost ? How ...
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2qrs 3grs 3qrs aliquant aliquot annuity annum Answ Application Arithmetical barrels Bought bushel caracts casks cent CHAP cloth compound interest cost crown cube root cyphers decimal demand discount divers denominations divide dividend divisor Dublin ells equal Examples farthings feet Find the amount Flemish gain gallon geometrical progression given fraction given number given sum given to find greater gross guilders hath hogshead hundred improper fraction inches Irish last term less lesser livres Logarithm merchant miles milreas mixt number months multiplicand Multiply neat number of terms Oqrs ounce paid payable pence piece pound sterling proportion quantity question quotient quotient figure ready money reas reduce remainder repetend resolvend Rule of Three sell shillings sold square root stivers stone subtract sugar Suppose Table Tare third trett vulgar fraction weight whole number wine yards
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Σελίδα 137 - Upon this, they called a truce, and agreed that the £ of the whole, left by A at first, should be equally divided among them. How much of the prize, after this distribution, remained with each of the competitors ? •«»»• AVA A; jfiflflfe B; jfoflfc C; i£ff& D; 85.
Σελίδα 132 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Σελίδα 303 - In any continued geometrical progression, the product of the two extremes is equal to the product of any two means...
Σελίδα 288 - Suppose a ladder 40 feet long be so planted as to reach a window 33 feet from the ground, on one side of the street, and without moving it at the foot, will...
Σελίδα 130 - Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator.
Σελίδα 221 - When the principal, amount, and time are given to find the rate per cent.
Σελίδα 320 - To Divide One Number by Another, Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and obtain the antilogarithm of the difference.
Σελίδα 324 - Suppose there is a mast erected, so that i of its length stands in the ground, 12 feet of it in the water, and £ of its length in the air, or above water ; 1 demand the whole length ? Anti.
Σελίδα 105 - If a man performs a journey in 5 days, when the day is 12 hours long, in how many days will he perform it when the day is but 10 hours long?* Jlns.
Σελίδα 150 - ... performed by removing the separatrix in the dividend, so many places towards the left hand as there are cyphers in the divisor.