The vvell spryng of sciences whiche teacheth the perfecte woorke and practise of arithmeticke, bothe in whole nombers and fractions, with suche easie and compendious instruction into the said arte, as hath not heretofore been by any sette out nor laboured. Beautified with moste necessary rules and questions, not onely profitable for marchauntes, but also for all artificers, as in the table doeth partlie appere: set forthe by Humfrey Baker citezeine of Lo[n]don.

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The vvell spryng of sciences whiche teacheth the perfecte woorke and practise of arithmeticke, bothe in whole nombers and fractions, with suche easie and compendious instruction into the said arte, as hath not heretofore been by any sette out nor laboured. Beautified with moste necessary rules and questions, not onely profitable for marchauntes, but also for all artificers, as in the table doeth partlie appere: set forthe by Humfrey Baker citezeine of Lo[n]don.
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Baker, Humfrey, fl. 1557-1587.
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Imprinted at London :: By Ihon Kyngston, for Iames Rowbothum,
M.D.LXVIII. [1568]
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Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900.
Weights and measures -- Early works to 1800.
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"The vvell spryng of sciences whiche teacheth the perfecte woorke and practise of arithmeticke, bothe in whole nombers and fractions, with suche easie and compendious instruction into the said arte, as hath not heretofore been by any sette out nor laboured. Beautified with moste necessary rules and questions, not onely profitable for marchauntes, but also for all artificers, as in the table doeth partlie appere: set forthe by Humfrey Baker citezeine of Lo[n]don." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01957.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.

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¶ The somme of deuision.

WHen you would deuide any number by. 10. you muste take awaie the laste figure nexte towardes your right hand, and the rest shalbe the quotient. As if you would diuide. 46845 by 10. take awaie the. 5. & then. 4684. shal∣be the quotiente, and the. 5. shalbe the number that doeth remain. Likewise when you would diuide any number

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by. 100. take awaie the twoo laste fi∣gures towardes your righte hande, and if you would diuide by. 1000 take awaie thre figures, if by. 10000. take awaie fower figures. And so of all o∣ther, when the first figure of the diui∣sor toward the lefte hande, shalbe one∣ly. 1. and the reste of the same diuisour beyng but ryphers.

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