The Progressive Higher Arithmetic: For Schools, Academies, and Mercantile Colleges. Forming a Complete Treatise on Arithmetical Science, and Its Commercial and Business ApplicationsIvison, Blakeman, Taylor & Company, 1875 - 446 pages |
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... month , but his necessary expenses are $ 42 a month . How long will it take him to pay for a farm of 50 acres worth $ 36 an acre ? 9. What number besides 472 will divide 251104 without a re- mainder ? Ans . 532 . 10. Of what number is ...
... month , but his necessary expenses are $ 42 a month . How long will it take him to pay for a farm of 50 acres worth $ 36 an acre ? 9. What number besides 472 will divide 251104 without a re- mainder ? Ans . 532 . 10. Of what number is ...
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... month , ho barrels will 6 families consume in 8,9 months ? 38. What is the product of 150 } - ( § of 121+ of 48 01 39. A man at his death left his wife $ 106 FRACTIONS .
... month , ho barrels will 6 families consume in 8,9 months ? 38. What is the product of 150 } - ( § of 121+ of 48 01 39. A man at his death left his wife $ 106 FRACTIONS .
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... month , found that his purchases amounted to $ 2475.36 , and his sales to $ 1936.40 ; and that the money he now had was but of what he had at the beginning of the month ; how much money had he at the beginning of the month ? Ans ...
... month , found that his purchases amounted to $ 2475.36 , and his sales to $ 1936.40 ; and that the money he now had was but of what he had at the beginning of the month ; how much money had he at the beginning of the month ? Ans ...
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... month . If his necessary expenses are $ 25 a month , how many years will it take him to save $ 1116 , there being 12 months in a year ? Ans . 6 years 23. Bought 27.5 barrels of sugar for $ 453.75 , and sold it at a profit of $ 3.62 a ...
... month . If his necessary expenses are $ 25 a month , how many years will it take him to save $ 1116 , there being 12 months in a year ? Ans . 6 years 23. Bought 27.5 barrels of sugar for $ 453.75 , and sold it at a profit of $ 3.62 a ...
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... months , 66 1 year ,. yr . 100 years , 66 1 century , .C . da . wk . 1 1 UNIT EQUIVALENTS . b . 1 24 7 = 168 min . Bec 1 = 60 60 = 3600 1440 86400 - 10080 604800 yr . mo . 365 = 8760 - 525600 31536000 = 1 = 12 366 = = No. of month ...
... months , 66 1 year ,. yr . 100 years , 66 1 century , .C . da . wk . 1 1 UNIT EQUIVALENTS . b . 1 24 7 = 168 min . Bec 1 = 60 60 = 3600 1440 86400 - 10080 604800 yr . mo . 365 = 8760 - 525600 31536000 = 1 = 12 366 = = No. of month ...
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acres amount ANALYSIS annex Arithmetic barrels bought bushels ciphers column common denominator common fraction compound interest continued fraction cost currency decimal places diameter difference discount Divide dividend dollars DRY MEASURE equal exact divisors EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE excess of 9's exchange expressed flour following RULE fraction whose denominator gain gallons given number gold greater number greatest common divisor Hence the following hundred improper fraction inches integers least common multiple lowest terms measure miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply notation NOTE number of terms obtain odd number OPERATION partial product payable payment pounds premium prime factors prime numbers principles Prob quantity quotient ratio Reduce remainder repetend result right hand figure rods sold square square miles standard subtract subtrahend TABLE tens third thousand weight whole number worth write yards
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Page 247 - In any proportion, the product of the means equals the product of the extremes.
Page 422 - RULE. — From half the sum of the three sides, subtract each side separately; multiply the half -turn and the three remainders together; the square root of the product is the area.
Page 433 - A cylinder is conceived to be generated by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides as an axis.
Page 353 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit. and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the, payments; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 385 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 95 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 169 - Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) =1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 399 - RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and add 1 to the quotient. EXAMPLES. 1. The extremes are 7 and 43, and the common difference is 4 ; what is the number of terms ? Ans.
Page 426 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 35 - The number thus added to itself, or the number to be multiplied, is called the multiplicand. The number which shows how many times the multiplicand is to be taken, or the number by which we multiply, is called the multiplier.