Arithmetic, in All Its Parts, Vulgar and Decimal: As Also, Tables of Coins, Weights and Measures Used in Different Countries. With Interest and Annuities, Simple and Compound. Extraction of Roots, Mensuration of Planes and Solids, and Notes on the Gregorian Kalendar ... |
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A's ſtock acres alſo amount Anfr annuity annum Anſwer baſe becauſe bolls breadth C's gain caſe cent coſt crowns cube root cyphers decimal Denominator diameter divide Dividend diviſion Diviſor drachms ells Engliſh equal example faid fame farthings feet fide filver firlot firſt firſt figure folid fraction fubtract gain'd given number guinea half hath hogſhead improper fraction inches increaſe integer intereſt Iſt itſelf laſt length leſs leſſer loweſt meaſure merks Scots miles mixed number months Multiplicand multiply multiply'd muſt obſerve ounces paid pence piece pint pound preſent worth PROB propoſed quantity Queſt queſtion Quotient reduced remainder reſpect right hand RULE ſaid ſame ſay ſecond ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhare ſhekel ſhillings ſhould ſide ſingle ſome ſquare root ſtand ſtating Ster ſuch ſum ſuppoſe theſe thoſe uſe Vulgar Fractions weight whole number whoſe wine gallons yards
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Page 389 - 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.
Page 344 - As three times three do three ; But after ten and half ten years, We man and wife had been, Her age came up as near to mine, As eight is to sixteen.
Page 381 - To find the value of a fraction in the known parts of the integer, as of coin, weight, measure, fyc.
Page 347 - There is a fish whose head is 8 feet long, his tail is as long as his head and half his body, and his body is as long as his head and tail ; what is the whole length of the fish.
Page 362 - If you take away 5 from my years, and divide the remainder by 8, the quotient will be $ of your age; but if you add 2 to your age, and multiply the whole by 3, and then subtract 7 from the product, you will have the number of the years of my age. What was the age of the father and son ? Ans., 53 and 18.
Page 556 - ... of Inches, and run that Extent along the Board, from End to End, you may find how many Feet that Board contains ; or you may cut off from that Board any Number of Feet defir'd. For this Purpofe there is a Line...
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Page 462 - Year chance to be juft ~ .1 or ^ of a Year, then the beft way will be to Reduce the Odd Time into Days, and. then work with the Decimal Parts of a Year that are equivalent to thofe Number of Days.
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