A complete treatise on practical arithmetic1842 - Arithmetic |
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annexed annum assumed root Avoirdupois calculate the value carry cent ciphers compound contained cube root cubic inches Divide dividend divisor double dwts equal Examples for Practice feet find the value firkins gallons gals given number given price given quantity GUNTER's chain half the number Hence hhds hops hundred improper fraction increased independent number Lastly least common multiple left hand figures lowest terms measure method Mult multiple figure multiplicand multiplying the given number of pence number of pounds number of shillings number of things odd shilling operation pence and farthings penny pints placed pounds and shillings Preparatory Lesson proceed quarters quotient figure remainder reserved number right hand figure Rule shillings and pence sight square poles subtract taken as shillings tens tenth tons TROY WEIGHT unit's figure units value of 200 vulgar fraction whole number write yards of broad
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Page 1 - March 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 129 - To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator.
Page 199 - 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.
Page 192 - Ratio is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind, the comparison being made by considering what multiple, part, or parts, one quantity is of the other.
Page 226 - Fellowship is a rule, by which merchants, &c. trading in company with a joint stock, are enabled to ascertain each person's particular share of the gain or loss, in proportion to his share in the joint stock.
Page 127 - Divide the terms of the given fraction by any number which will divide them without a remainder, and the quotients again in the same manner ; and so on, till it appears that there is no number greater than 1, which will divide them, and the fraction will be in its least terms.
Page 6 - Begin at the right hand, and take each figure in the lower line from the figure above it, and set down the remainder.
Page 34 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November : February has twenty-eight alone, And all the rest have thirty-one : But leap-year coming once in four, February then has one day more.
Page 135 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator.
Page 209 - If a footman travel 130 miles in 3 days, when the days are 12 hours long ; in how many days, of 10 hours each, may he travel 360 miles ? Ans.