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 50
... inches , if 12 inches make 1 foot ? 6. If a man travel 608 miles in 16 days , how many will he travel in 1 day ? 8. How many hours in 784201560 minutes ? 10. In 8064 hours , how many days ? 12. The product of two num- bers is 644 ; the ...
... inches , if 12 inches make 1 foot ? 6. If a man travel 608 miles in 16 days , how many will he travel in 1 day ? 8. How many hours in 784201560 minutes ? 10. In 8064 hours , how many days ? 12. The product of two num- bers is 644 ; the ...
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... inches , and each inch is of a foot , or of of a yard . The inch may be divided into 3 equal parts , or barley corns , and each barley corn is itself a unit of less value , and it is also a fraction of a unit of a higher value ; that is ...
... inches , and each inch is of a foot , or of of a yard . The inch may be divided into 3 equal parts , or barley corns , and each barley corn is itself a unit of less value , and it is also a fraction of a unit of a higher value ; that is ...
Page 102
... inches , barrels , quarts and pints . These are called different denominations . Hence , compound numbers are those which treat of quantities con- sisting of different denominations . TABLES OF COMPOUND NUMBERS . MONEY . I. Federal ...
... inches , barrels , quarts and pints . These are called different denominations . Hence , compound numbers are those which treat of quantities con- sisting of different denominations . TABLES OF COMPOUND NUMBERS . MONEY . I. Federal ...
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... inches 3 feet 40 rods 3 barley - corns 5 yards , or 163 feet , 8 furlongs make 1 inch , in . " " 1 foot , ft . 66 1 yard , yd . 1 rod , or pole , rd . 1 furlong , fur . 66 1 mile , mi . 3 miles " " 1 league , lea . 69 miles 66 1 degree ...
... inches 3 feet 40 rods 3 barley - corns 5 yards , or 163 feet , 8 furlongs make 1 inch , in . " " 1 foot , ft . 66 1 yard , yd . 1 rod , or pole , rd . 1 furlong , fur . 66 1 mile , mi . 3 miles " " 1 league , lea . 69 miles 66 1 degree ...
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... inches on every side , and contains 12 × 12 = 144 square inches . Three feet in length make a yard . A square yard is a square measuring 3 feet on each side ; but such a square contains ( see figure ) nine ( 3 × 3—9 ) square feet ; and ...
... inches on every side , and contains 12 × 12 = 144 square inches . Three feet in length make a yard . A square yard is a square measuring 3 feet on each side ; but such a square contains ( see figure ) nine ( 3 × 3—9 ) square feet ; and ...
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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.