The Tutor's Assistant: Being a Compendium of Arithmetic and a Complete Question-book, to which is Added an Appendix on Circulating Decimals...T. Allman, 1832 - 208 páginas |
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... Proportion ...... 92 56 Progression , Arithmetical ... 93 Practice ............ Tare and Tret Simple Interest Commission .. ................................. . ............... .... 67 Geometrical ... 95 71 Permutation 98 72 ...
... Proportion ...... 92 56 Progression , Arithmetical ... 93 Practice ............ Tare and Tret Simple Interest Commission .. ................................. . ............... .... 67 Geometrical ... 95 71 Permutation 98 72 ...
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... Proportion ; as 2 : 4 :: 8 : 16 , that is , as 2 is to 4 , so is 8 to 16 . 7-245-10 . - Shews that the difference between 2 and 7 , added to 5 is equal to 10 . 9—2 + 5—2 . — Signifies that the sum of 2 and 5 , , taken from 9 , is equal ...
... Proportion ; as 2 : 4 :: 8 : 16 , that is , as 2 is to 4 , so is 8 to 16 . 7-245-10 . - Shews that the difference between 2 and 7 , added to 5 is equal to 10 . 9—2 + 5—2 . — Signifies that the sum of 2 and 5 , , taken from 9 , is equal ...
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... proportion to the third as the second is to the first . RULE . First state the question , that is , place the numbers in such order , that the first and third be of one kind , and the second the same as the number required ; then bring ...
... proportion to the third as the second is to the first . RULE . First state the question , that is , place the numbers in such order , that the first and third be of one kind , and the second the same as the number required ; then bring ...
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... to be lined with shalloon of 3 quarters wide ; I de- mand how many yards of shalloon will line them ? Ans . 4166 yards , 2 quarters , 2 nails , 2 rem . ( T. S. ) To state and work proportion , Rule of Three Inverse . 47 .
... to be lined with shalloon of 3 quarters wide ; I de- mand how many yards of shalloon will line them ? Ans . 4166 yards , 2 quarters , 2 nails , 2 rem . ( T. S. ) To state and work proportion , Rule of Three Inverse . 47 .
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... proportion , when three terms are given to find out a fourth , the third term must be that on which the question or demand lies ; let the first term be that which is of the same name or quality with the third ; and the remaining term ...
... proportion , when three terms are given to find out a fourth , the third term must be that on which the question or demand lies ; let the first term be that which is of the same name or quality with the third ; and the remaining term ...
Términos y frases comunes
acres amount annuity annum answer barrels Bought bushel circle circumference compound interest crowns cube root debt decimal denominator desire to know diameter discount ditto Divide dividend divisor dozen ells equal EXAMPLES Facit farthings feet 6 inches figure Flemish fourth Fucit gain gallons gentleman given number given to find gross guilders guineas half half crowns half-yearly hogsheads hundred improper fraction Integer London lowest terms MEASURE miles milrea moidores Multiplicand Multiply neat weight Note number of days number of terms ounce oxen paid payable pence pension piece pound sterling present payment present worth proper quantity proportion put to interest quarters quotient rate per cent rebate Reduce remainder repetend shews shillings single fraction sold square root subtract subtrahend Table tare third tret TROY WEIGHT vulgar fraction whole number wine yards cost yards of cloth yearly rent
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Página 98 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator for a new numerator, and place it over the denominator. 1. Reduce 127T^ to an improper fraction.
Página 103 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Página 156 - ... under its respective term ; observing to carry an unit for every 12, from each lower denomination to its next superior.
Página 86 - Add the several parts of the result together, and if it agrees with the given sum it is right. EXAMPLES. 1. A schoolmaster, being asked how many scholars he had, said, If I had as many, half as many, and one quarter as many more, I should have 264: how many had he?
Página 124 - RULE 1. Point every third figure of the cube given, beginning at the unit's place ; seek the greatest cube to the first point, and subtract it therefrom ; put the root in the quotient, and bring down the figures in the next point to the remainder for a RESOLVE NII.
Página 91 - I. When it is required to find how many of the first sort of coin, weight or measure, mentioned in the question, are equal to a given quantity of the last.
Página 92 - A man is to travel from Boston to a certain place in 12 days, and to go but 3 miles the first day, increasing every day by an equal excess, so that the last day's journey may be 58 miles : what is the daily increase, and how many miles distant is that place from Boston ? Ans.
Página 46 - Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into.
Página 122 - RULE. Reduce the fraction to its lowest terms, then extract the square root of the numerator for a new numerator, and the square root of the denominator for a new denominator. If the fraction be a surd, (ie) a number whose root can never be exactly found, reduce it to a decimal, and extract the root from it.
Página 125 - To extract the Square Root of a Vulgar Fraction. RULE, Reduce the fraction to its lowest terms, then extract the square root of the numerator for a new numerator, and the square root of the denominator for a new denominator.