The National Arithmetic ...: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods, in which the Principles of Arithmetic are Explained ... Containing Also Practical Systems of Mensuration, Guaging, Geometry, and Book-keeping; Forming a Complete Merchantile Arithmetic ...R. S. Davis, 1841 - 314 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 15
... hence notice , that ADDITION is the collecting of numbers together to find their sum . RULE . Write units under units , tens under tens , & c . Then add upwards the units , and find how many tens are contained in their sum . Write down ...
... hence notice , that ADDITION is the collecting of numbers together to find their sum . RULE . Write units under units , tens under tens , & c . Then add upwards the units , and find how many tens are contained in their sum . Write down ...
Σελίδα 19
... hence notice , that SUBTRACTION teaches to take one number from another to find the difference . RULE . Place the less number under the greater ; units under units , and tens under tens . Begin with the units , and take the lower figure ...
... hence notice , that SUBTRACTION teaches to take one number from another to find the difference . RULE . Place the less number under the greater ; units under units , and tens under tens . Begin with the units , and take the lower figure ...
Σελίδα 27
... hence notice , that DIVISION is a short or compendious way of performing Sub- traction . Its object is to find how many times one number is contained in another . It consists of four parts ; the dividend or number to be divided ; the ...
... hence notice , that DIVISION is a short or compendious way of performing Sub- traction . Its object is to find how many times one number is contained in another . It consists of four parts ; the dividend or number to be divided ; the ...
Σελίδα 34
... into 24 equal parts , still called grains , being the least weight now in common use ; and from hence the rest are computed . " APOTHECARIES ' WEIGHT . 20 Grains 3 Scruples 8 Drams 34 [ SECT . VI . MONEY AND WEIGHTS .
... into 24 equal parts , still called grains , being the least weight now in common use ; and from hence the rest are computed . " APOTHECARIES ' WEIGHT . 20 Grains 3 Scruples 8 Drams 34 [ SECT . VI . MONEY AND WEIGHTS .
Σελίδα 67
... hence perceive the propriety of the following RULE . Multiply the price by the continued product of such numbers , as will be nearest the given quantity , and then find the value of the remainder by Case I. , and the two products will ...
... hence perceive the propriety of the following RULE . Multiply the price by the continued product of such numbers , as will be nearest the given quantity , and then find the value of the remainder by Case I. , and the two products will ...
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acres amount annuity answer Balance barrel bill Boston Bought breadth broadcloth bushels casks ciphers circle circumference compound interest contain cords cube root Daniel Fox decimal diameter Divide dividend divisor dominical letter Ducat equal EXAMPLES exchange farthings federal money feet long figure flour following RULE gain gallons given number Haverhill Hence the following hogshead hundred improper fraction inches indorsement June 17 least common multiple Leger length merchant miles mixed number molasses months Multiply National Arithmetic NOTE number of terms OPERATION ounces payment pence pound cost present worth principal proportion quantity question quotient ratio received Reduce remainder repetend rix dollars rods Samuel School SECTION Septillions shillings side sold square root subtract sugar Sundries third thousand thousandths tons Undecillions United vulgar fraction weight whole numbers wine yards of cloth
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Σελίδα 144 - 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 200 - Find the greatest square number in the first, or left hand period' place the root of it at the right hand of the given number, (after the manner of a quotient in division) for the first figure of the root, and the square number, under the period, and subtract it therefrom, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend.
Σελίδα 38 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Σελίδα 267 - ... above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and...
Σελίδα 141 - COMPUTE the interest on the principal sum, from the time when the interest commenced to the first time when a payment was made, which exceeds either alone or in conjunction with the preceding payments (if any) the interest at that time due: add that interest to the principal, and from the sum subtract the payment made at that time, together with the preceding payments (if any) and the remainder forms a new principal ; on which, compute and subtract the interest, as upon the first principal: and proceed...
Σελίδα 29 - 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 105 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number...
Σελίδα 172 - Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the first, and the quotient is the answer in the same denomination to which the third is reduced. If any thing remains after division, reduce it to the next lowest denomination, and divide as before.
Σελίδα 230 - If the errors are alike, divide the difference of the products by the difference of the errors, and the'quotienl will be the answer.
Σελίδα 184 - Is when the several shares of stock are continued in trade an equal term of time. RULE. As the whole stock is to the whole gain or loss : so is each man's particular stock, to his particular share of the gain or loss.