Arithmetical Examples for Military and Civil Service Students; Being a Complete Treatise on Arithmetic ...R. H. Mair, 1863 - 431 pages |
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Page 78 - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number, Divide the numerator by the denominator. The quotient will be the whole number, and the remainder...
Page 263 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 217 - ... 3 per cent. ? 4£ per cent. ? 5 per cent. ? 6 per cent. ? 7 per cent. ? 7£ per cent. ? 8 per cent.?
Page 246 - A tradesman's annual losses during 5 years average 1^ per cent. on the capital with which he began, and at the end of the 5 years his effects are worth 2,5311.
Page 381 - A reservoir is 24 ft. 8 in. long, by 12 ft. 9 in. wide ; how many cubic feet of water must be drawn off to make the surface sink 1 ft.
Page 373 - Qd. per cwt., and chicory at £2 5s. 5d. per cwt., and mixes them in the proportion of two of chicory to five of coffee. He retails the mixture at Is. 3d. per Ib. What is his gain per cent.
Page 7 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. The number which shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend is called the quotient.
Page 265 - The person who gives the order is called the drawer. The person thereby ordered to pay is called the drawee...
Page 191 - 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.
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