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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Σελίδα v
... for the defign's fake , you will for- give those errors that have yet escaped my notice , and which you know are fo com- mon to a work of this fort ; tho ' I have taken A 3 taken care to correct all fuch , as I have DEDICATION .
... for the defign's fake , you will for- give those errors that have yet escaped my notice , and which you know are fo com- mon to a work of this fort ; tho ' I have taken A 3 taken care to correct all fuch , as I have DEDICATION .
Σελίδα vii
... therefore , to ferve you , treated upon most of the Rules of Arithmetic , and for the fake of those that live in the country in particular , I have given fome instructions A to to measure timber , or a common piece of ground.
... therefore , to ferve you , treated upon most of the Rules of Arithmetic , and for the fake of those that live in the country in particular , I have given fome instructions A to to measure timber , or a common piece of ground.
Σελίδα ix
... , and not fnarl at those who would eat the flesh quietly . I am , Kind READER , Your humble Servant , and Well - wisher , London , April 10 , 1765 . Daniel Fenning . A 5 ΤΟ TO THE PUBLIC . WE E whofe names are hereunto PREFACE . ix.
... , and not fnarl at those who would eat the flesh quietly . I am , Kind READER , Your humble Servant , and Well - wisher , London , April 10 , 1765 . Daniel Fenning . A 5 ΤΟ TO THE PUBLIC . WE E whofe names are hereunto PREFACE . ix.
Σελίδα 28
... those vacancies in the fhillings and pence , for moft people fill them up with cyphers ? Philo . I know it is the common cuftom of fchools , but it is a very idle one , nor is it fo fightly or conveni- ent ; for the cyphers hinder fight ...
... those vacancies in the fhillings and pence , for moft people fill them up with cyphers ? Philo . I know it is the common cuftom of fchools , but it is a very idle one , nor is it fo fightly or conveni- ent ; for the cyphers hinder fight ...
Σελίδα 37
... those fums . Philo . The fame as in Addition of Money , only you ftop ( as is plain by your table ) by different figures ; and for your further information , I fhall put over every row and denomination , the quantity you are to ftop at ...
... those fums . Philo . The fame as in Addition of Money , only you ftop ( as is plain by your table ) by different figures ; and for your further information , I fhall put over every row and denomination , the quantity you are to ftop at ...
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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.