A New System of Mercantile Arithmetic: Adapted to the Commerce of the United States, in Its Domestic and Foreign Relations : with Forms of Accounts and Other Writings Usually Occurring in TradeEdmund M. Blunt, 1801 - 252 σελίδες |
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... last number by 1728 , the inches in a cubic foot , and the quotient is the contents , or anfwer required . EXAMPLE . 4. How many cubic feet in a grindstone , 24 inches diameter , and 4 inches thick ? 24 diameter . 12 half diameter . 36 ...
... last number by 1728 , the inches in a cubic foot , and the quotient is the contents , or anfwer required . EXAMPLE . 4. How many cubic feet in a grindstone , 24 inches diameter , and 4 inches thick ? 24 diameter . 12 half diameter . 36 ...
Σελίδα 59
... last quotient will be the decimal fought . EXAMPLES . 1. Reduce 145. 5d . to the decimal of a pound . 4 2 12 5,5 20 14 : 4583 Anf . 7229 2 2 . Reduce 15 fhillings to the decimal of a pound . 3. Reduce 3 qrs . 18 lb. to the decimal of a ...
... last quotient will be the decimal fought . EXAMPLES . 1. Reduce 145. 5d . to the decimal of a pound . 4 2 12 5,5 20 14 : 4583 Anf . 7229 2 2 . Reduce 15 fhillings to the decimal of a pound . 3. Reduce 3 qrs . 18 lb. to the decimal of a ...
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... last them ? Anf . 30 weeks . 31. How long would 2295 lb. of beef last for 45 feamen , if they get 1 lb. each , and that three times a week ? Anf . 17 weeks . 32. Suppofe 120 feamen are provided with 7200 gallons of water for a cruise of ...
... last them ? Anf . 30 weeks . 31. How long would 2295 lb. of beef last for 45 feamen , if they get 1 lb. each , and that three times a week ? Anf . 17 weeks . 32. Suppofe 120 feamen are provided with 7200 gallons of water for a cruise of ...
Σελίδα 71
... last if 4 more came among them ? Anf . 8 days . 3. A fhip's company of 15 perfons is supposed to have bread to laft their voyage , allowing each 8 ounces per day - when they pick up a crew of 5 perfons in distress , to whom they are ...
... last if 4 more came among them ? Anf . 8 days . 3. A fhip's company of 15 perfons is supposed to have bread to laft their voyage , allowing each 8 ounces per day - when they pick up a crew of 5 perfons in distress , to whom they are ...
Σελίδα 72
... last terms for a dividend , and the two first for a divifor but if the blank fall under the first or second place , multiply the first , fecond , and laft terms together for a dividend , and the other two for a divifor ; and the ...
... last terms for a dividend , and the two first for a divifor but if the blank fall under the first or second place , multiply the first , fecond , and laft terms together for a dividend , and the other two for a divifor ; and the ...
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Σελίδα 84 - 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 75 - The number above the line is called the numerator, and that below the line the denominator. The denominator...
Σελίδα 56 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
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Σελίδα 77 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Σελίδα 60 - Multiply the decimal by the number of parts in the next less denomination, and cut off so many places for a remainder, to the right hand, as there are places in the given decimal. 2. Multiply the remainder by the next inferior denomination, and cut off...
Σελίδα 18 - First, commit the words at the head of the table, viz. units, tens,^ hundreds, &c. to memory, then, to the simple value of each figure, join the name of its place, beginning at the left hand, and reading towards the right.
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Σελίδα 219 - Find the first figure in the root, by the table of powers, which subtract from the given number. 3. Bring down the first figure in the next point to the remainder, and call it the dividend. 4. Involve the root into the next inferior power to that which is given ; multiply it by the given power, and call it the divisor. 5. Find a quotient figure by common division, and annex it to the root ; then involve the whole root into the given power, and call that the subtrahend.