The Tutor's Assistant: Being a Compendium of Practical Arithmetic, for the Use of Schools Or Private Students ...[Printed and pub. by] H. Mozley, 1833 |
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Σελίδα viii
... common method . " To enter into a long detail of every Rule would tire the reader , and swell the preface to an unusual length ; I shall , therefore , unly give a general idea of the method of proceeding , and leave the rest to speak ...
... common method . " To enter into a long detail of every Rule would tire the reader , and swell the preface to an unusual length ; I shall , therefore , unly give a general idea of the method of proceeding , and leave the rest to speak ...
Σελίδα x
... common sizes of Books are marked Folio , of which 2 leaves make a sheet , ffo . Quarto , 4 4to . Octavo , 8 8vo . ....... Duodecimo , 12 12mo . ...... Octodecimo ...... 18 18mo . THE TUTOR'S ASSISTANT ; BEING A COMPENDIUM OF PRACTICAL ...
... common sizes of Books are marked Folio , of which 2 leaves make a sheet , ffo . Quarto , 4 4to . Octavo , 8 8vo . ....... Duodecimo , 12 12mo . ...... Octodecimo ...... 18 18mo . THE TUTOR'S ASSISTANT ; BEING A COMPENDIUM OF PRACTICAL ...
Σελίδα 15
... common year how many days from each Quar- ter - day to the next ? That is , from Lady - day to Midsummer- day , from thence to Michaelmas - day , from thence to Christ- mas - day , and from Christmas - day to the ensuing Lady - day ...
... common year how many days from each Quar- ter - day to the next ? That is , from Lady - day to Midsummer- day , from thence to Michaelmas - day , from thence to Christ- mas - day , and from Christmas - day to the ensuing Lady - day ...
Σελίδα 25
... common necessaries of life are weigh- ed . A truss of hay - 56 lb. and one of straw = 36 lb. A load is 36 trusses . A peck loaf weighs 17 lb. 6 oz . 1 dr . In the metropolis , 8 lb. are a stone of meat . A fother of lead is 194 cwt . In ...
... common necessaries of life are weigh- ed . A truss of hay - 56 lb. and one of straw = 36 lb. A load is 36 trusses . A peck loaf weighs 17 lb. 6 oz . 1 dr . In the metropolis , 8 lb. are a stone of meat . A fother of lead is 194 cwt . In ...
Σελίδα 54
... common 20 weeks , how long may I keep 50 upon it ? Ans . 18 weeks . ( 9 ) A besieged town has a garrison of 1000 soldiers , with provisions for only 3 months . How many must be sent away , that the provisions may last 5 months ? Ans ...
... common 20 weeks , how long may I keep 50 upon it ? Ans . 18 weeks . ( 9 ) A besieged town has a garrison of 1000 soldiers , with provisions for only 3 months . How many must be sent away , that the provisions may last 5 months ? Ans ...
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The Tutor's Assistant: Being a Compendium of Practical Arithmetic, for the ... Francis Walkingame Προβολή αποσπασμάτων - 1830 |
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acres aliquot amount angle annuity annum Arithmetical avoirdupois Bernard Mason bill Bought breadth bushels carry Cash chord ciphers Circular Segments circumference Compound Interest crowns cube root debt decimal denominator denote diameter difference discount Divide dividend division divisor dwts equal EXAMPLE farthings feet 6 inches figures find the area fraction gallons given number greater gross guineas half hogsheads hundred Integer lease least common multiple length less London MEASURE miles moidore Mult multiplicand Multiply neat weight number of days number of terms ounce paid payable pence pieces pound sterling pounds present payment present worth principal purchase quantity quart quarters quotient rate per cent Reduce remainder rent shillings side Simple Interest sold square root square yard sterling subtract subtrahend supposed Table tare Theorems third thousand troy TROY WEIGHT Vulgar Fractions whole number yards of cloth yearly
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Σελίδα 115 - The top of a castle from the ground is 45 yards high, and is surrounded with a ditch 60 yards broad ; what length must a ladder be to reach from the outside of the ditch to the top of the castle ? Ans.
Σελίδα 85 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Σελίδα 168 - ... multiply the square of the diameter by ,7854 and the product will be- the area.
Σελίδα 124 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Σελίδα 125 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number of terms.
Σελίδα 120 - EXAMPLES. 1. A schoolmaster, being asked how many scholars he had, said, If I had as many, half as many, and one quarter as many more, I should have 264: how many had he?
Σελίδα 165 - Multiply the sum of the two parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and half the product will be the area.
Σελίδα vii - ... best to tread the old beaten Path, and to sweat at their Business when they may do it with Pleasure, may start an Objection against the Use of this well intended Assistant. Another author writes in more detail and lets us see more of the schoolroom technique and the reason for having printed texts : Having some time ago drawn up a set of rules and proper questions, with their answers annexed, for the use of my own school and divided them into several books, as well for more ease to myself as...
Σελίδα 84 - Hence the rule .for finding the greatest common divisor of two numbers : Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain.
Σελίδα 176 - As three times three does three. But when ten years and half ten years We man and wife had been, Her age approached as near to mine As eight is to sixteen.