Commercial ArithmeticMaynard, Merrill, & Company, 1899 |
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acct acres altitude annuity average Avoirdupois balance Bank barrel base bill board foot bonds bought brokerage bushels capital cash cent centims circumference commission compound interest contains cost cube cube root cubic debt decimal denominations deposited diameter difference discount divided dividend Dollars draft equal exchange EXPLANATION.-The factors feet figure Find the amount fraction gain or loss gallons given number greatest common divisor Hence inches insured investment July least common multiple marked price Mdse measuring meters months Multiply number of days paid par value payable payment pound premium present worth prime factors principal quotient ratio received Reduce remainder rods root RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply sell Sept share side sinking fund slant height sold square subtract Troy Weight units yard
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Page 31 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 35 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 272 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 21 - The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, and 24.
Page 264 - To find the Area of a Triangle when the Three Sides are given. Rule. — From half the sum of the three sides subtract each side separately. Multiply the half sum and the three remainders together, and extract the square root of the product.
Page 30 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 24 - Write the numbers in a line, and divide by any prime number that will divide two or more of them without a remainder, placing the quotients and undivided numbers in a line below.
Page 49 - OF WEIGHT 10 milligrams (mg.) = 1 centigram (eg.) 10 centigrams = 1 decigram (dg.) 10 decigrams = 1 gram (g.) 10 grams = 1 dekagram (Dg...
Page 47 - EQUIVALENTS 1000 cu. millimeters (cu. mm) = 1 cu. centimeter (cu. cm) = 0.06102 cu. in. 1000 cu. centimeters = 1 cu. decimeter (cu. dm) 1000 cu. decimeters = 1 cu. meter (cu. m) = 35.314 cu. ft. In measuring wood the cubic meter is called a stere (1 st = 0.2759 cd.) ; a decistere (1 dst) is one tenth of a stere.