The British Youth's Instructor: Or, A New and Easy Guide to Practical Arithmetic ...S. Crowder, and M. Richardson, and B. Collins, 1765 - 338 σελίδες |
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... say fifteen pounds , fixteen fhillings , and three pence ? Take this then for a rule , Tyro , that that is the beft method of expreffion , that is the fhorteft , freest , and most natural . Therefore , tho ' the aforefaid num- bers run ...
... say fifteen pounds , fixteen fhillings , and three pence ? Take this then for a rule , Tyro , that that is the beft method of expreffion , that is the fhorteft , freest , and most natural . Therefore , tho ' the aforefaid num- bers run ...
Σελίδα 29
... say it be not customary to use cy- phers in Addition of Money , yet , in Weights and Measures they are often made ufe of , and the Learner may take his own fancy , that teaches himself ; but it is my opi- nion that Mafters in general ...
... say it be not customary to use cy- phers in Addition of Money , yet , in Weights and Measures they are often made ufe of , and the Learner may take his own fancy , that teaches himself ; but it is my opi- nion that Mafters in general ...
Σελίδα 30
... say I have , and therefore fhould be obliged to you to fhew me . Philo . That I will ; but first of all it will be proper to fhew you some Contractions made use of both in books and bills . 1. Of contracted Words , and what they fignify ...
... say I have , and therefore fhould be obliged to you to fhew me . Philo . That I will ; but first of all it will be proper to fhew you some Contractions made use of both in books and bills . 1. Of contracted Words , and what they fignify ...
Σελίδα 63
... say 3 from there remains 1 . PROO F. 4 I prove this , as before directed , faying , 2 farthings and 3 is farthings , which is 1 farthing above a penny , and I carry a penny to 8 is 9 , and 8 is 17 pence , 5 above 12 , and I carry 1 to ...
... say 3 from there remains 1 . PROO F. 4 I prove this , as before directed , faying , 2 farthings and 3 is farthings , which is 1 farthing above a penny , and I carry a penny to 8 is 9 , and 8 is 17 pence , 5 above 12 , and I carry 1 to ...
Σελίδα 76
... saying , 4 times 9 is 36 , which 6 I fet under the 2 , or Tens Place of the first line and carry 3 ; and then I fay , 4 times 8 is 32 , and 3 that I carried is 35 , placing the 5 under the 6 , and the 3 quite out towards the left hand ...
... saying , 4 times 9 is 36 , which 6 I fet under the 2 , or Tens Place of the first line and carry 3 ; and then I fay , 4 times 8 is 32 , and 3 that I carried is 35 , placing the 5 under the 6 , and the 3 quite out towards the left hand ...
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Σελίδα 275 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Σελίδα 185 - Up starts a hare before my two greyhounds. The dogs, being light of foot, did fairly run, Unto her fifteen rods, just twenty-one. The distance that she started up' before Was fourscore sixteen rods just, and no more.
Σελίδα 321 - Or, in measuring boards, you may multiply the length in feet by the breadth in inches, and divide the product by 12 ; the quotient will give the answer in square feet, etc. 21x18 Thus, in the last example, =31^sq. ft., as before. 12 5. If a board be 8 inches wide, how much in length will make a foot square ? RULE.— Divide 144 by the width; thus, 8)144 Ans.
Σελίδα 200 - CUSTOM HOUSE ALLOWANCES. THE only allowances which are made in the weight of goods, at the Custom-Houses of the United States, are tare, and draft or scalage. Tare is an allowance made for the weight of the box, bag, hogshead, cask, &c. which contains the goods, and it is either at so much per cent, or at so much per box, &c. or the real or actual tare.
Σελίδα 295 - ... the following : — RULE. — Multiply the principal by the rate per cent, and this product by the number of years.
Σελίδα 69 - A boy had a thousand marbles,and he lost at 3 different times at play, each 175, and at another time 150 ; how many has he still in hand ? Ans.
Σελίδα 101 - Dividend, fee how often the firft Figure of the Divifor is contained in the firft Figure of the Dividend, and...
Σελίδα 146 - A rich nobleman has 5 villages, in every village 3 ftreets, in every ftreet a do2en houfes, in every houfe 5 rooms, in every room 2 bureaus, in every bureau 12 drawers, in every drawer 4 bags, every bag...
Σελίδα 188 - If 40 poles in length and 4 in breadth, make an acre, what must be the length to make an acre, when the breadth is 15 poles ? Ans. 10 poles, 3yd.
Σελίδα 12 - ... 1. Place the numbers under each other, so that the units may stand under units, tens under tens, &c., and draw a line under them. 2. Add up the figures in the row of units, and find how many tens are contained in their sum. 3. Write down what remains above the tens, or if nothing remains, a cipher, and carry as many ones to the next row as there were tens.