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acres amount annual interest barrels bill bought bushels called capital ciphers commission common divisor common fraction compound contains cost cube root cubic feet cubic foot decimal fraction decimal places decimal point decimeter denominate number denotes diameter difference discount Divide dividend dollar draft equal equated exchange is quoted figures gain gallons given greatest common divisor Hence hundredths improper fraction inches insured integer invested least common multiple left-hand period length less longitude measuring merchant meter miles millionths minuend mixed number months Multiply ORAL PROBLEMS paid payable payment pound premium prime factors principal Principles.-1 PROCESS quarts quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder rods Rule.-Divide Rule.-Multiply RULES sold solid contents square root subtract subtrahend surface tenths thousandths units weight wide worth WRITTEN PROBLEMS yards
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Page 24 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another.
Page 98 - Remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier.
Page 232 - If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of the interest must not be taken to augment the principal ; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due...
Page 44 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor...
Page 125 - Numbers. 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen = 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 units = 1 score.
Page 30 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 64 - Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator.
Page 51 - An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator ; as, f , -J.
Page 101 - Divide as in the division of integers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor.
Page 265 - B $ 600, of which $ 200 is to be paid at the present time, 200 in 4 months, and 200 in 8 months ; what is the equated time for the payment of the whole ? Ans.