The Teachers Assistant. Or, A System of Practical Arithmetic: Wherein the Several Rules of that Useful Science, are Illustrated by a Variety of Examples, a Large Proportion of which are in Federal Money. The Whole Designed to Abridge the Labour of Teachers, and to Facilitate the Instruction of Youth |
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... paid some attention to , and view it as a work of merit . - It certainly deserves an introduction into our academies as an excellent school book , which cannot fail of being ac- ceptable to all those teachers , who are aware of the im ...
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... paid to a clear elucidation of his subject , as well as his careful exclusion of any thing which would unnecessarily perplex , entitles him to the thanks of those who are en- gaged in the labourious task of imparting knowledge to- youth ...
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... paid 1825 dollars . SIMPLE SUBTRACTION . By subtraction we ascertain how much greater one number is than another : or what remains when a less number is taken from a greater . RULE . Place the less number under the greater , with units ...
... paid 1825 dollars . SIMPLE SUBTRACTION . By subtraction we ascertain how much greater one number is than another : or what remains when a less number is taken from a greater . RULE . Place the less number under the greater , with units ...
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... paid me ninety dollars : how much does he still - owe me ? Ans . 60 dollars . ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION . 1. If I add 500 , 627 , and 1000 , and subtract from their amount 900 , what number will remain ? Ans . 1227 . 2. A person borrowed ...
... paid me ninety dollars : how much does he still - owe me ? Ans . 60 dollars . ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION . 1. If I add 500 , 627 , and 1000 , and subtract from their amount 900 , what number will remain ? Ans . 1227 . 2. A person borrowed ...
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... paid at the time of purchase , 350 dollars . How much remains to be paid ? Ans . 195 dollars 95 cents . 2. A merchant bought a quantity of coffee , for which he paid 560 dollars . He afterwards sold it for 610 dollars 87 cents . How ...
... paid at the time of purchase , 350 dollars . How much remains to be paid ? Ans . 195 dollars 95 cents . 2. A merchant bought a quantity of coffee , for which he paid 560 dollars . He afterwards sold it for 610 dollars 87 cents . How ...
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Page 74 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 147 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 114 - H 2400 dollars, of which 480 dollars are to be paid at present, 960 dollars at 5 months, and the rest at 10 months, but they agree to make one payment of the whole, and wish to know the time.
Page 170 - Bring down the first figure of the next period to the remainder for a new dividend, to which find a new divisor as before, and in like manner proceed till the whole be finished.
Page 162 - ... dollars. How many days did he work, and how many days was he idle?
Page 156 - Write the rates of the simples under each other, and link each rate which is less than the mean rate, with...
Page 182 - Or., by Table III. Multiply the number under the rate, and opposite to the time, by the annuity, and the product will be the amount for yearly payments. If the payments be half yearly or quarterly, the amount » for the given time, found as above, multiplied by the proper number in Table V. will be the true amount.