An Elementary Treatise on Arithmetic, in Theory and Practice: Adapted to the Instruction of Youth in Schools and Academies in the United StatesCollins & Hannay, 1827 - 276 páginas |
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... simple and easy illustrations of particular cases and examples ; and it is hoped that the subject will thus be rendered as intelligible and attractive as possible . This part of Arithmetic , as has been very justly observed by Professor ...
... simple and easy illustrations of particular cases and examples ; and it is hoped that the subject will thus be rendered as intelligible and attractive as possible . This part of Arithmetic , as has been very justly observed by Professor ...
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... Simple Proportion Compound Proportion ..... 161 177 CHAPTER VIII . Interest , Discount , Commission , Insurance , & c . Simple Interest . 182 Discount 193 Commission , Insurance , & c .. 198 CHAPTER IX . Barter , and Pfit and Loss ...
... Simple Proportion Compound Proportion ..... 161 177 CHAPTER VIII . Interest , Discount , Commission , Insurance , & c . Simple Interest . 182 Discount 193 Commission , Insurance , & c .. 198 CHAPTER IX . Barter , and Pfit and Loss ...
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... simple units , the thousands , the millions , & c . are units of a ternary order . 7. The simplicity of the numeration language , re- sulting from the small number of words necessary to express all numbers , has furnished the idea of ...
... simple units , the thousands , the millions , & c . are units of a ternary order . 7. The simplicity of the numeration language , re- sulting from the small number of words necessary to express all numbers , has furnished the idea of ...
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... simple value of both taken together ; but when a charac- ter preceded one of greater value , both together expressed a value equal to the difference of their simple values . Thus , II . expressed two , XI . eleven , and IX . nine ; CX ...
... simple value of both taken together ; but when a charac- ter preceded one of greater value , both together expressed a value equal to the difference of their simple values . Thus , II . expressed two , XI . eleven , and IX . nine ; CX ...
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... simple and natural method , the values of the given numbers undergo no change ; and , with only one exception , it might be employed with as much facility as the common method , the next figure in the upper line being always diminished ...
... simple and natural method , the values of the given numbers undergo no change ; and , with only one exception , it might be employed with as much facility as the common method , the next figure in the upper line being always diminished ...
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2qrs 3qrs acres amount of $1 annexed annuity annum answer antecedent Arithmetic barrel bushels called cents per lb ciphers column common difference compound interest contained cube root debt decimal fractions denominator digits discount divided dividend division divisor drams equal equivalent evident Exam example exchange Exercises Exercises.-1 expressed factors farthings feet figure fourth proportional furlongs gain gallons given fraction given numbers given sum grains greater Hence hundred improper fraction least common multiple lowest terms method miles millions minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply New-York number of terms operation ounces payable pence pennyweights performed poles pound sterling pounds present worth principal PROBLEM proceed quantity quotient rate per cent Reduce remainder Repeat the rule Required the cost Required the sum result roods shillings square root subtract third term thousand tion tons Troy weight units weight whole numbers yards
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Página 66 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...
Página 129 - Rule. — Divide the numerator by the denominator, the quotient will be the whole number...
Página 129 - To reduce a mixed fraction to an equivalent improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fractional part, and to the product add the numerator, and place their sum over the said denominator.
Página 244 - When the sum of the series, the number of terms, and one of the extremes are given, to find the other extreme. Divide twice the sum of the series by the number of terms, and from the quotient take the given extreme.
Página 54 - WEIGHT. 16 drams, dr. make 1 ounce, - - - - oz. 16 ounces - - - 1 pound, - - - - Ib. 28 pounds - - - 1 quarter, - - - qr. 4 quarters - - - 1 hundred weight, - cwt. 20 hundred weight, 1 ton, T.
Página 226 - A sum of money was divided between two persons, A and B, so that the share of A was to that of B as 5 to 3.
Página 245 - A body near the earth falling by its own weight, if it were not resisted by the air, would descend in the first second of time through a space of 16 feet and 1 inch ; in the next second through 3 times that space ; in the third, through 5 times that space ; in the fourth, through 7 times that space, etc.
Página 220 - ... number contained in the first period, and place the cube root of it in the quotient. Subtract its cube from the first period, and bring down the next three figures ; divide the number thus brought down by 300 times the square of the first figure of the root, and it will give the second figure ; add 300 times the square of the first figure, 30 times the product of the first and second figures, and the square of the second figure together, for a divisor; then multiply...
Página 61 - A square inch is a square each of whose sides, is an inch long. A square foot is a square having each side 1 foot, or 12 inches long.