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 YouthJohnson and Warner ... and by Stephen Pike, 1811 - 198 páginas |
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... number of works of a similar nature are already in use , and that most of them are possessed of considerable merit ... given , which afford an opportunity of explaining and illustrating them . Of the examples for the application of the ...
... number of works of a similar nature are already in use , and that most of them are possessed of considerable merit ... given , which afford an opportunity of explaining and illustrating them . Of the examples for the application of the ...
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... number amounts to when repeated a given number of times . The number to be multiplied is called the multiplicand . The number to multiply by is called the multiplier . The number produced by multiplying is called the product . Note ...
... number amounts to when repeated a given number of times . The number to be multiplied is called the multiplicand . The number to multiply by is called the multiplier . The number produced by multiplying is called the product . Note ...
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... number will result ? Ans . 84 . 2. A person has in money , 5000 dollars ; in bank - stock , 3500 dollars ; and in ... given to his niece ; and that the remainder of the property should be divided , equally , between his two nephews ...
... number will result ? Ans . 84 . 2. A person has in money , 5000 dollars ; in bank - stock , 3500 dollars ; and in ... given to his niece ; and that the remainder of the property should be divided , equally , between his two nephews ...
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... number of the lower denomination which makes one of its own.f See notes 1 , 2 , and 3 . If there are one or more denominations between the denomination of the given sum or quantity , and that to which it is to be changed : first change ...
... number of the lower denomination which makes one of its own.f See notes 1 , 2 , and 3 . If there are one or more denominations between the denomination of the given sum or quantity , and that to which it is to be changed : first change ...
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... given . EXAMPLES . Note 1. - To reduce dollars to cents , multiply them by 100 ; or , which is the same thing , annex two cyphers to their number . 1. Reduce 50 dollars to cents . 2. Reduce 125 dollars to cents . 3. Bring 5560 dollars ...
... given . EXAMPLES . Note 1. - To reduce dollars to cents , multiply them by 100 ; or , which is the same thing , annex two cyphers to their number . 1. Reduce 50 dollars to cents . 2. Reduce 125 dollars to cents . 3. Bring 5560 dollars ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 162 - ... dollars. How many days did he work, and how many days was he idle?
Página 156 - Write the rates of the simples under each other, and link each rate which is less than the mean rate, with...
Página 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.