The Western Calculator, Or, A New and Compendious System of Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Elementary Principles and Rules of Calculation in Whole, Mixed, and Decimal Numbers ... |
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100 dollars 25 cents 9 inches acres amount annum ARITHMETIC breadth cents per bushel cents per pound cents per yard ciphers common denominator compound interest contain cost cube root cubic currency diameter difference dimes discount divide the product dividend divisor dollars 25 dollars 50 cents dolls duodecimals equal EXAMPLES Federal money feet 6 inches feet 9 feet long figures foot gain gallons geometrical progression given number given sum half hogsheads improper fraction length lowest terms measure merchant bought miles mills mixed number months Multiply the given Note number of days ounces paid payment pence pennyweights perches piece of ground pints principal proportion quantity quarters quotient rate per cent Reduce remainder rods roods rule of three SECTION sell shillings sold square root SUBTRACTION tare thickness timber TROY WEIGHT vulgar fraction whole numbers