Practical and Mental Arithmetic, on a New Plan, in which Mental Arithmetic is Combined with the Use of the Slate: Containing a Complete System for All Practical Purposes; Being in Dollars and CentsH.& J.C.Ivison, 1843 - 284 σελίδες |
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12 cents 12 leaves 20 cents 50 cents acres amount apiece apples bbls broadcloth bushels bushels of rye called cents buy ciphers cloth cost common denominator common fraction compound interest contained cord feet currency decimal derive the following difference dimes divide dividend divisor dollars drams equal example Exercises farthings federal money feet long feet wide figure following RULE gain gallons gals gills give greatest common divisor hence hogshead hundred illustrations we derive improper fraction least common least common multiple leaves 12 lowest terms miles mills mixed number molasses months Multiply OPERATION oranges ounces pair pence pints pounds present worth proceed pwts quarts quotient ratio Reduce remainder Rufus separatrix shillings Slate sold solid feet square feet square rods subtract third term units whole number write yards of cloth
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Σελίδα 206 - But if any payment 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...
Σελίδα 247 - 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.
Σελίδα 19 - One ... 1 Two ... 2 Three ... 3 Four ... 4 Five ... 5 Six. ... 6 Seven...
Σελίδα 218 - 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.
Σελίδα 116 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Σελίδα 116 - The process, if carefully considered, will be found to consist in multiplying together the two numerators for a new numerator, and the two denominators for a new denominator.
Σελίδα 257 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient, increased by 1 , will be the answer.
Σελίδα 257 - Progression there are reckoned 5 terms, • any three of which being given, the remaining two may be found, viz. 1. The first term. 2. The last term. 3. The number of terms. 4. The common difference. 5. The sum of all the terms.
Σελίδα 111 - Divide the terms of the given fraction by any number, that will divide them without a remainder, and these quotients again in the same manner ; and so on till it appears, that there is no number greater than 1, which will divide them again, and the fraction will be in its lowest terms.
Σελίδα 11 - Smith begins his text with : 1. How many little fingers have you on your right hand? How many on your left? How many on both? 2. How many eyes have you? 3. If you have two apples in one hand, and one in the other, how many have you in both? How many are two and one, then, put together? 4. How many do your ears and eyes make, counted together? 5. If you have two nuts in one hand, and two in the other, how many have you in both?