Every Man His Own Teacher: Or, Lancaster's Theory of Education, Practically Displayed; Being an Introduction to Arithmetic, Written in Thirteen Parts. To which are Annexed Thirty-two Cards of Lessons, to be Suspended in the School-room Conformably to the Lancaster Plan ... |
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... month , for two classes to strive for a prize on the fifteenth on the eighth , show the prize , and inform each class , that , " this prize will be delivered to the mo- nitor of that class which shall excel on the fifteenth ; " and as ...
... month , for two classes to strive for a prize on the fifteenth on the eighth , show the prize , and inform each class , that , " this prize will be delivered to the mo- nitor of that class which shall excel on the fifteenth ; " and as ...
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... month , mo . 13 months , 1 day , 6 hours , 1 Julian year , yr . Explanation of the origin of the Julian year . The Romans called the first day of each month , calends . Julius Cæsar , a character similar to Bonaparte , regulated the ...
... month , mo . 13 months , 1 day , 6 hours , 1 Julian year , yr . Explanation of the origin of the Julian year . The Romans called the first day of each month , calends . Julius Cæsar , a character similar to Bonaparte , regulated the ...
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... months ? 5 and more . In what month will 5 end ? April . How many days in those calendar months ? If more than 147 deduct and find to what day in April the true time will come , In 52 weeks , how many days ? 52x7 = 364 . LESSON 8 . Ans ...
... months ? 5 and more . In what month will 5 end ? April . How many days in those calendar months ? If more than 147 deduct and find to what day in April the true time will come , In 52 weeks , how many days ? 52x7 = 364 . LESSON 8 . Ans ...
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... months as they are printed in the Almanack make a year , but in the computation of time , we make use of 13 months , each containing 4 weeks , and each week 7 days ; for portions of time less than a year . LESSON 13 . George Washington ...
... months as they are printed in the Almanack make a year , but in the computation of time , we make use of 13 months , each containing 4 weeks , and each week 7 days ; for portions of time less than a year . LESSON 13 . George Washington ...
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... months , what sum will give the same interest in 3 months ? mo . dol . mo . 12 : 500 :: 3 12 3 ) 6000 ( 2000 OPERATION . Answer , 2000 dollars . If 12 months require 500 dols . 3 months will require four times that sum , LESSON 14 . If ...
... months , what sum will give the same interest in 3 months ? mo . dol . mo . 12 : 500 :: 3 12 3 ) 6000 ( 2000 OPERATION . Answer , 2000 dollars . If 12 months require 500 dols . 3 months will require four times that sum , LESSON 14 . If ...
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100 dollars 50 cents acres Albany amount annex Answer in words ARITHMETIC Avoirdupois Baltimore begin borrow boys breadth bush bushels ciphers common multiplier Compound cost decimal diameter divide dividend Division divisor eight equal EXAMPLE farthings five foot four fourth number fourth term fractions gallons given sum half hundredths inches wide interest INTRODUCTION TO ARITHMETIC KEY TO CARD left side length LESSON 11 Lesson 1st Lesson 3rd Lesson 4th LESSON 9 Long Division Lynchburg monitor Multiplicand New-York OPERATION ounces pence poles pounds principal PROOF OF LESSON proportion quantity quotient and multiply rate per cent Reduce remain remain-carry require right side rods RULE scholars second column second term set down 9 seven shillings slates Square Root subtract superficial content Suppose tare Teacher tenths third term thousand thousandths twice Washington city wheel whole numbers yards
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Page 254 - ... when the third term is less than the first, and requires the fourth to be greater than the second...
Page 253 - 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.
Page 203 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 38 - Frequent or old offenders are yoked together sometimes, by a piece of wood that fastens round all their necks: and, thus confined, they parade the school, walking backwards — being obliged to pay very great attention to their footsteps, for fear of running against any object that might cause the yoke to hurt their necks, or to keep from falling down.
Page 2 - Congress of the United States, entitled "an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned." And also to an act entitled "an act supplementary to an act entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the...
Page 236 - Minute, . 60 Minutes. ..." 1 Degree, ... " °. 30 Degrees . . . . " 1 Sign, ... " s. 12 Signs, or 360 Degrees, the whole great Circle of the Zodiac.
Page 247 - Sir," said I, after puzzling a long time over "more requiring more and less requiring less" — "will you tell me why I sometimes multiply the second and third terms together and divide by the first — and at other times multiply the first and second and divide by the third?" "Why, because more requires more sometimes, and sometimes it requires less — to be sure. Haven't you read the rule, my boy?" " Yes, sir, I can repeat the rule, but I don't understand it.
Page 50 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...
Page 207 - Square Measure 144 square inches = 1 square, foot 9 square feet = 1...
Page 37 - This machine may weigh from four to six pounds, some more and some less. The neck is not pinched or closely confined — it is chiefly burthensome by the manner in which it encumbers the neck, when the delinquent turns to the right or left. While it rests on his shoulders, the equilibrium is preserved; but...