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Page 320 - To find the area of a circle, multiply the square of the diameter by .7854.
Page 270 - at sight," or " after date") pay this my first bill of exchange, (second and third of the same tenor and date not paid) to...
Page 215 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 210 - ... for the second term, and the greater for the first ; and in either case multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first for the answer, which will always be of the same denomination as the third term.
Page 105 - If the numerator and denominator of each fraction is multiplied (or divided) by the same number, the value of the fraction will not change.
Page 176 - The square of the sum of two numbers is equal to the square of the first number plus twice the product of the first and second number plus the square of the second number.
Page 265 - The person who draws the bill is called the drawer ; the person in whose favor it is drawn, the remitter or payee; the person on whom it is drawn, the drawee. The drawee is also called the acceptor, when he has accepted, or engaged to pay the bills.
Page 153 - Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand in the quotient point off as many figures for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 112 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator.
Page 205 - Inverse, teaches by having three numbers given to find a fourth, which shall have the same proportion to the second, as the first has to the third.