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acres acres of land altitude amount annuity arithmetical series bank barrels of flour bill bought bushels bushels of wheat called cents a pound ciphers common fraction compound interest containing cost cows cube root cubic cubic foot decimal places denominate number diameter discount divided dividend dollars draft earn equal exact divisor EXPLANATION expressed farm farmer feet long figure gallons greatest common divisor horse hundred hundredths improper fractions inches insured integers invested least common multiple length longitude lower denominations merchant miles minuend months multiplied ounces paid parallelogram payable payment piece premium prime factors principal purchased quarts quotient receive Reduce to units remainder rods sell share sheep sold square square miles subtracted tens term thousand thousandths tons week weighs wide worth WRITTEN EXERCISES yards
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Page 417 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 415 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq.
Page 80 - Multiplying the Dividend or dividing the Divisor by .any number, multiplies the Quotient by that number.
Page 419 - TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight, (pwt.) 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce, (oz.) 12 ounces =1 pound. (Ib.) Apothecaries' Weight is used in compounding medicines.
Page 432 - If there he after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above ; and, in like manner, from one payment to another, till all the payments are absorbed ; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Page 365 - 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 426 - COUNTING. 12 units or things make 1 dozen. 12 dozen " 1 gross. 12 gross " 1 great gross. 20 units
Page 327 - ... subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder annex the next period for the next dividend.
Page 278 - Divide the amount of the debt at maturity "by the amount of $1 for the given time and rate and the quotient will be the present worth. Subtract the present worth from the amount of the debt and the remainder will be the true discount.
Page 420 - Weight This is used to some extent in filling prescriptions. The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in troy weight, but the ounce is divided differently. 20 grains (gr.)= 1 scruple (sc. or .3) 3 scruples =1 dram (dr. or 3) 8 drams = 1 ounce (oz. or 3 ) 12 ounces = 1 pound (Ib. or Ib) Apothecaries...