A New System of Arithmetic, on the Cancelling Plan: Embracing the Rules of the Three, Single and Double, Direct and Inverse; Barter; Loss and Gain; Reduction; Multiplication and Division of Fractions; Exchange of Currencies; Interest; and All Proportional Questions in One Rule Applicable to the Whole. The Process Greatly Simplified and Abridged |
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Page 105
... diameter , and 8 inches deep . The statute bushel for measur ing coal , ashes and lime , in Vermont , contains 38 quarts , or 2553.6 cubic inches . " When measure is applied to solids which have length , breadth and thickness , it is ...
... diameter , and 8 inches deep . The statute bushel for measur ing coal , ashes and lime , in Vermont , contains 38 quarts , or 2553.6 cubic inches . " When measure is applied to solids which have length , breadth and thickness , it is ...
Page 106
... diameter , 8 inches deep , and contains 2150 cubic inches . The coal bushel must be 19 in- ches in diameter , and 36 bushels heaped up make a London chal- dron of coal , the weight of which is 3156 lbs . A voirdupois . XIV . Circular ...
... diameter , 8 inches deep , and contains 2150 cubic inches . The coal bushel must be 19 in- ches in diameter , and 36 bushels heaped up make a London chal- dron of coal , the weight of which is 3156 lbs . A voirdupois . XIV . Circular ...
Page 223
... diameter of a circle is 6 inches . What is the diameter of a circle 4 times as large ? Answer , 12 . NOTE . Circles are to one another as the squares of their diameter ; therefore , to find the required diameter , square the given ...
... diameter of a circle is 6 inches . What is the diameter of a circle 4 times as large ? Answer , 12 . NOTE . Circles are to one another as the squares of their diameter ; therefore , to find the required diameter , square the given ...
Page 231
... diameter , what is the diameter of a bullet weighing 9 lbs . ? Answer , 4 inches . Statement . 3 8 = 512 72 : 9 : : 512 : 643 . Or thus : 19 $ 72 512 643 14 , Answer . 2. A bullet , 2 inches in diameter , weighs 4 lbs . What is the ...
... diameter , what is the diameter of a bullet weighing 9 lbs . ? Answer , 4 inches . Statement . 3 8 = 512 72 : 9 : : 512 : 643 . Or thus : 19 $ 72 512 643 14 , Answer . 2. A bullet , 2 inches in diameter , weighs 4 lbs . What is the ...
Page 259
... diameter of a circle is a right line drawn from one side of the circumference to the other , passing through the centre ; and it divides the circle into two equal parts , called semi - circles . 14. The circumference of every circle is ...
... diameter of a circle is a right line drawn from one side of the circumference to the other , passing through the centre ; and it divides the circle into two equal parts , called semi - circles . 14. The circumference of every circle is ...
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Page 103 - 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.
Page 41 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 221 - 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.
Page 208 - Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the equated time, nearly.
Page 97 - TABLE. 10 Mills =1 Cent. 10 Cents =1 Dime. 10 Dimes =1 Dollar. 10 Dollars =1 Eagle.
Page 307 - America, to be paid to the said or his certain attorney, executors, administrators, or assigns: to which payment well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly by these presents.
Page 270 - ... 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...
Page 85 - Divide by any number that will divide two or more of the given numbers without a remainder, and set the quotients, together with the undivided numbers, in a line beneath.
Page 251 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 223 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.