The tutor's assistant: being a compendium of arithmetic; and a complete question-book. In five parts. Containing, I. Arithmetic in whole Numbers; being a brief Explanation of all its Rules, 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. Decimals, 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 calculating 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 worked by Multiplication, Practice, and Decimals: To which is added, a Method of multiplying several Figures by several, and the Product to be produ

People / Organizations

• Francis Walkingame (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for the author, and sold by W. Reeve, at Shakespear's Head, opposite Crane-Court, Fleet-Street, and J. Swan, in the Strand, near Charing-Cross, 1757.

Publication year

1757-1757

ESTC No.

T109349

Grub Street ID

162144

Description

vii,[5],178p. ; 12⁰