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 vii
... rods of wall , in a given time , how many would 6 men build in the same time ? It is evident , that 6 men would build in the ratio of 6 to 3 , expressed thus - § = 2 , and 12 × 2 = 24 rods , Answer . By comparing 6 men with 3 men , we ...
... rods of wall , in a given time , how many would 6 men build in the same time ? It is evident , that 6 men would build in the ratio of 6 to 3 , expressed thus - § = 2 , and 12 × 2 = 24 rods , Answer . By comparing 6 men with 3 men , we ...
Page viii
... rods . Rods is the name of the answer ; and therefore 12 must be placed on the right of the line , since the quantity which is of the same with the answer is always to be multiplied into the ratio , whether the ratio be simple or ...
... rods . Rods is the name of the answer ; and therefore 12 must be placed on the right of the line , since the quantity which is of the same with the answer is always to be multiplied into the ratio , whether the ratio be simple or ...
Page ix
... rods can 6 men build in 16 days , work- ing 12 hours in a day ? Operation . 36 2 816 2 3 912 4 12 4 64 , Answer . Operation . £ 1402 44 124 203 The mode of stating questions , here adopted , is of great advan- tage when there is a ...
... rods can 6 men build in 16 days , work- ing 12 hours in a day ? Operation . 36 2 816 2 3 912 4 12 4 64 , Answer . Operation . £ 1402 44 124 203 The mode of stating questions , here adopted , is of great advan- tage when there is a ...
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... rods in 84 miles , there being 320 rods in a mile ? Answer , 26880 rods . 18. What will be the cost of 6328 thousands of boards , at 18 dollars per thousand ? Ans . 113904 dollars . 19. What will 64 cows cost , at 16 dollars apiece ...
... rods in 84 miles , there being 320 rods in a mile ? Answer , 26880 rods . 18. What will be the cost of 6328 thousands of boards , at 18 dollars per thousand ? Ans . 113904 dollars . 19. What will 64 cows cost , at 16 dollars apiece ...
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... rod of wall , how many will it take to build 10 rods ? 142 10 1420 It will be seen that the answer in this ex- ample is the same as the multiplicand , with the addition of one cipher . If , then , we an- nex a cipher to the multiplicand ...
... rod of wall , how many will it take to build 10 rods ? 142 10 1420 It will be seen that the answer in this ex- ample is the same as the multiplicand , with the addition of one cipher . If , then , we an- nex a cipher to the multiplicand ...
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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.
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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.