The tutor's assistant, Being a compendium of arithmetic, and a complete question-book. Containing I. Arithmetic in whole numbers; being a brief explanation of all its roles, in a new and more concise method than any hitherto published; with an application to each rule, consisting of a large variety of questions in real business, with their answers annexed. II. Vulgar fractions, which are treated with a great deal of plainness and perspicuity. III. Decimal, with the extraction of the square, cube, and biquadrate roots, after a very plain and familiar manner; in which are set down rules for the easy calculation of interest, annuities, and pensions in arrears, the present worth of annuities, &c. either by simple or compound interest. IV. Duodecimals, or Multiplication of feet and inches, with examples applied to measuring and working by multiplication, practice, and decimals. V. The mensuration of circles, &c. VI. A collection of questions set down promiseuously, for the greater trial of the

People / Organizations

• Francis Walkingame (Author)

Imprint

London : Printed for J. Scatcherd, and I. Whitaker, successors to E. Johnson, Ave-Maria-Lane, 1795. The twenty-seventh edition. Corrected by an Eminent mathematician.; ..

Publication year

1795

ESTC No.

T174801

Grub Street ID

211873

Description

[12],172p.,table ; 12°.