Call's Decimal Arithmetic: On a New and Improved Plan Throughout, Comprising Several New Methods of Computing Simple Intersts, Duodecimals, and a Great Improvement in Multiplication and Division...L. A. Fletcher, 1842 - 192 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα iii
... present his system to the public . Knowing that a complete system of arithmetic would be required , in order to render his book useful and acceptable to the public , he engaged the subscri- ber to act as editor in preparing a book for ...
... present his system to the public . Knowing that a complete system of arithmetic would be required , in order to render his book useful and acceptable to the public , he engaged the subscri- ber to act as editor in preparing a book for ...
Σελίδα vi
... present work we have endeavored to be more con- sistent in our arrangement , than the generality of authors have been . The scholar is here taught to work Decimals , at the same time he ciphers in whole numbers . HISTORY OF ARITHMETIC ...
... present work we have endeavored to be more con- sistent in our arrangement , than the generality of authors have been . The scholar is here taught to work Decimals , at the same time he ciphers in whole numbers . HISTORY OF ARITHMETIC ...
Σελίδα viii
... present day . " The Sieve of Eratosthenes deserves to be noticed in a history of Arithmetic , both as an object of curiosity , and as an invention of some importance in the theory of fractions . This Sieve , as it is whimsically called ...
... present day . " The Sieve of Eratosthenes deserves to be noticed in a history of Arithmetic , both as an object of curiosity , and as an invention of some importance in the theory of fractions . This Sieve , as it is whimsically called ...
Σελίδα ix
... present system of Arithmetic , although it is affirmed that they regarded it to be of Indian origin . The first treatise on decimals was written in 1582 ; and since that time , decimal fractions have been considered essential to every ...
... present system of Arithmetic , although it is affirmed that they regarded it to be of Indian origin . The first treatise on decimals was written in 1582 ; and since that time , decimal fractions have been considered essential to every ...
Σελίδα x
... present the quantities represented by figures , and thus lead the student to fix his mind on the sub- stances treated of , rather than the figures standing for them . Although some alterations have been made in this edition , yet the ...
... present the quantities represented by figures , and thus lead the student to fix his mind on the sub- stances treated of , rather than the figures standing for them . Although some alterations have been made in this edition , yet the ...
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A's share acres amount answer Arithmetic bushels called ciphers column common difference compound interest COMPUTE INTEREST contained cord feet cost cube root currency decimal diagram diameter dimes Divide dividend division divisor dollar dominical letter driving example express farthings federal money Find the dominical fourth gallons given number given sum grain horse hundred hundredths improper fraction inches last term least common multiple left-hand figure length lower denomination lowest terms mills minuend mixed number multiplicand Multiply the given number of days number of terms OPERATION ounces payment pence penny pile pound proportion pulley quantity quarts Ques quotient rate per cent ratio remainder represent revolutions per minute right hand rods rule RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply shaft shilling side skeins solid contents square root subtract subtrahend tens tenths thick thousandths three additions tion tiply unit Vulgar Fractions whole number width yards
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Σελίδα 202 - EF or his certain attorney, his executors, administrators or assigns, to which payment, well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents ; Sealed with my seal.
Σελίδα 128 - But if any payments be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on the principal sum due on the obligation, for one year, add- it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid, from the time it was paid up to the end of the year; add it to the sum paid, and deduct that sum from the principal and interest, added as above.* " "If any payments be made of a less sum than the interest arisen at the time of such payment, no interest is to be computed, but only...
Σελίδα 202 - D , his heirs, executors or administrators, do and shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said EF, his executors, administrators, or assigns, the said sum of &c.
Σελίδα 181 - A man was hired 50 days on these conditions. — that, for every day he worked, he should receive $ '75, and, for every day he was idle, he should forfeit $ '25 ; at the expiration of the time, he received $ 27'50 ; how many days did he work...
Σελίδα 128 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total. If there be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above ; and, in like manner, from one payment to another, till all the payments are absorbed ; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Σελίδα 179 - POSITION. POsITION is a method of performing such questions as cannot be resolved by the common direct rules, and is of two kinds, called single and double. SINGLE POSITION. SINGLE POsITION teaches us to resolve those questions, whose results are proportional to their suppositions.
Σελίδα 180 - If the errors are alike, divide the difference of the products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. 3. If the errors are unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer.
Σελίδα 35 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Σελίδα 51 - The original of all weights, used in England, was a grain or corn of wheat, gathered out of the middle of the ear ; and being well dried, 33 of them were to make one pennyweight, 20 pennyweights one ounce, and 12 ounces one pound. But, in later times, it Was thought sufficient to divide the same pennyweight into 24 equal parts, still called grains, being the least weight now in common use ; and from hence the rest are computed.
Σελίδα 13 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...