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aliquot amount an'l prem bill board foot bonds bought bushel carpet cent annual prem charge ciphers column commission common fraction deducted denominator divide dividend divisible divisor dollar dozen equal expenses factor figures Find the cost Find the gain Find the interest Find the total freight gain 25 gain or loss GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR gross cost Hence hundredweight improper fraction July June least common multiple less 20 list price long ton lowest terms marked price merchandise merchant minuend mixed number multiplicand multiply number of days number of yards paid par value percentage pound premium principles problems purchase quotient rate of gain rate of profit rate per cent remainder result selling price Sept sheets sold solution subtraction telegraphic money term of discount TUYL'S ESSEN weight write
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Page 263 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard...
Page 267 - TABLE. 4 farthings (far. or qr.) make 1 penny, d. 12 pence " 1 .shilling, s. 20 shillings " 1 pound or sovereign, £ or sov.
Page 72 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator; under this sum write the denominator.
Page 136 - ... of the east half of the south-east quarter, and the west half of the south-west quarter of the same...
Page 110 - ... inches in length and girth combined, nor in form or kind likely to injure the person of any postal employee or damage the mail equipment or other mail matter and not of a character perishable within a period reasonably required for transportation and deliyery.
Page 56 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 226 - This Company shall not be liable for a greater proportion of any loss than the amount hereby insured shall bear to the whole insurance covering the property against the peril involved, whether collectible or not.
Page 62 - The GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR OF TWO OR MORE NUMBERS is the largest number which is a divisor of each of them.
Page 74 - Multiplying or dividing both numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 101 - Multiplying or dividing both divisor and dividend by the same number does not change the value of the quotient.