The United States Arithmetic: Designed for Academies and SchoolsE. C. & J. Biddle, 1847 - 256 pàgines |
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1hhd 6fur acres amount Answer arithmetical arithmetical progression barrels barter bill Bought breadth bushels cents per lb ciphers circumference common difference compound compound interest containing cost cube cubic currency decimal diameter discount Divide dividend divisor dollars DRY MEASURE equal EXAMPLES federal money feet figures furlongs gain gallons geometrical progression geometrical series given number greatest common measure gross hogsheads improper fraction inches interest last term least common multiple length lowest terms merchant miles MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISES mixed number months multiplicand Multiply neat weight number of terms Ohhd ounces payable payment pence perches person piece present worth PROBLEM Proof quantity quotient Reduce remainder rix-dollar roods RULE shillings side silver simple fraction sold solid square root square yards subtract sugar tare triangle TROY WEIGHT United vulgar fraction whole number wine yards of cloth
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Pàgina 62 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl...
Pàgina 213 - The extremes and number of terms being given, to find the sum of all the terms. RULE. Multiply the sum of the extremes by the number of the terms, and half the product will be the sum of all the terms.
Pàgina 54 - Scale: 4 farthings (far.) = 1 penny (d.); 12 pence = 1 shilling (s.) ; 20 shillings — 1 pound (£). 156.
Pàgina 174 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. " If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
Pàgina 61 - TABLE. 4 nails, (na.) or 9 inches, make 1 quarter, marked qr. 4 quarters, or 36 inches, - 1 yard, - - - - yd. 3 quarters, ------ 1 ell Flemish, - - E. Fl 5 quarters, ------ 1 ell English, - - EE 6 quarters, ------ 1 ell French, - - E. Fr 27.
Pàgina 124 - 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.
Pàgina 111 - Operations with Fractions A) To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator.
Pàgina 215 - Given the first term, last term, and common difference, to find the number of terms. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number of terns. EXAMPLES. 1. If the extremes be 3 and 45, and the common difference 2 ; what is the number of terms 1 Ans.
Pàgina 203 - ... a point over the place of units, another over the place of hundreds, and so on, which points show the number of figures the root will consist of.
Pàgina 175 - If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due, and then the surplus is to be applied towards discharging the principal; and interest is to be Computed on the balance, as aforesaid.