i& ARITHMETIC. 



5- Add 246034, 298765, 4732I; 58653, 64218, 5376, 

 9S2 1, and 340 together. Ans. 730528. 



6. Add 562163, 21964, 56321, 18536, 4340, 279, and 

 83 together. Ans. 663686. 



7. How many shillings are there in a crown, a guinea, 

 a moidore, and a six and thirty ? Ans. 89. 



8. How many days are there in the twelve calendar 

 months .^ Ans. 365. 



9. How many days are there from the 19th day of April, 

 1774, to the 27th day of November, ^775, both days excliw 

 sive ? Ans. 586, 



SIMPLE SUBTRACTION. 



Simple Suhtraclion teacheth to take a less number from 

 a greater of the same denomination, and thereby shews 

 the difference or remainder. The less number, or that 

 which is to be subtracted, is called the subtrahend ; the 

 other, the mmiiend ; and the number that is found by the 

 operation, the remamdir or difference. 



RULE.* 



I. Place the less number under the greater, so that unit» 

 may stand under units, tens under tens, &c. and draw a 

 line under them, 



2. Begin 



* Demon, i. When all the figures of the les:: number are 

 less than their correspondent figures in the greater, the diiferencc 

 of the figures in the several like places must altogether make the 

 true difference songht ; because as the sum of the parts is equal 

 to the whole, so must the sum of the differences of all the similar 

 parts be equal to the difference of tlie whole* 



2. When 



