 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1841 - 324 σελίδες
....845 of a day ? 16. What is the value of .875 of a guinea? 18. What is the value of .05 of an acre ? To reduce shillings, pence and farthings to the decimal of a pound, by Inspection. 1. Reduce 7 s. 8 d. 2 qrs. to the decimal of a pound. One shilling is a\j- of a pound : therefore,... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1841 - 282 σελίδες
...being more than 12, but not exceeding 36,) is '024 £ ., and the whole is '874 £ . the Ans. Wherefore, to reduce shillings, pence and farthings to the decimal of a pound by inspection, — Call every two shillings one tenth of a pound ; every odd shilling, five hundredths ; and the number... | |
 | 1843 - 142 σελίδες
...765625 ml. •984725 qr. -29792 day. •2778 guin. •01986 yr. II. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16CONTRACTIONS. I. To reduce shillings, pence, and farthings to the decimal of a pound by inspection. RULE. Take half the number of shillings for the first decimal place ; reduce the pence to farthings, and... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1843 - 254 σελίδες
...three places of figures,') of any number of shillings, pence and farthings, by Inspection. RULE. 1. Write half the greatest even number of shillings for the first decimal figure ; and if the shillings be odd, in'crease the second place, or place of hundredths, by 5. 2. Let the... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - 1845 - 298 σελίδες
...of .875 of a yard? Ans. 3qr. Snails. 12. What is the value of .9 of an acre'! Ans. 3 roods, 24 rods. To reduce Shillings, Pence, and Farthings, to the Decimal of a Pound BY INSPECTION. 1 s. = aV or .05 of a pound. 2s. = ^y = TV or •1 of a pound. Hence, every 2s., in any given number... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1848 - 320 σελίδες
...being more than 12, but not exceeding 36,) is '024£., and the whole is '874£., the Ans. Wherefore, to reduce shillings, pence, and farthings to the decimal of a pound, ly inspection, — Call every two shillings one tenth of a pound; every odd shilling, Jive hundredth!;... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1849 - 388 σελίδες
...of an acre. Ans. .6. CASE III. To find the decimal of any number of shillings, pence, and farthings, by inspection. RULE. — Write half the greatest even...number of shillings for the first decimal figure, and if the number of shillings be odd, annex to the decimal the figure 5. Then write underneath the... | |
 | Nathan Daboll, David Austin Daboll - 1849 - 260 σελίδες
...three places of figures,) of any number of shillings, pence and farthings, by Inspection. RULE. . 1. Write half the greatest even number of shillings for the first decimal figure ; and if the shillings be odd, increase the second place, or place of hundredths, by 5. , • 2. Lot... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 σελίδες
...14. What is the value of .845 of a day ? 16. What is the value of .875 of a guinea ? Art, 184. — To reduce shillings, pence, and farthings to the decimal of a pound, by inspection. 1. Reduce 7s. 8d. 2qrs. to the decimal of a pound ? One shilling is ^ of a pound : therefore, two shillings... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 372 σελίδες
...of an acre. Ans. .6. CASE III. To find the decimal of any number of shillings, pence, and farthings, by inspection. RULE. — Write half the greatest even...number of shillings for the first decimal figure, and if the number nf shillings be odd, annex to the decimal the figure 5. Then write underneath the... | |
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... second and third places ; observing to increase the second place by 5, if the shillings be odd, and the third place by 1, when the farthings exceed 12, and by 2 when they exceed 37. 
