The Science of Arithmetic: For High Schools, Normal Schools, Preparatory Departments to Colleges, and Academies |
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amount annual interest annuity Arithmetic bank base bushels called common fractions COMPLETE SCHOOL ALGEBRA compound interest Compound Numbers contained cost cube root cubic decimal denominator digits discount dividend dollars draft Dry Measure Duodenary equal factors equation exchange Extract the square figures Find the G. C. D. formula Geometrical Progression give given Greatest Common Divisor Hence highest order hundreds improper fraction inches Insurance left-hand period Let the student Literal Notation mdse meters method minuend multiplicand Multiply number is divisible number of terms number represented OPERATION paid payment percentage pounds premium present worth principle PROP Quinary quotient radix rate per cent ratio reckoned Reduce reduction descending remainder rule Simple Numbers solution square root student write subtract subtrahend tens tenths Trial Divisor units whence whole number yield
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