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20 per cent annexed answer barrels of flour Bought bushels cancel ciphers common denominator common difference common divisor compound interest compound number containing cords cost cube root currency denoted diameter dividend division dollars equal EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE factors farthings figure find the interest gain gallons Give the reason given number given sum greatest common divisor hogshead hundred hundredths improper fraction inches interest of $1 least common least common multiple less lower denomination lowest terms miles minuend mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number of terms obtain order or place paid payment pence present worth principal proportion quantity QUESTIONS QUESTIONS.-Art quotient rate per cent ratio received Reduce remainder rule for finding sell shillings simple fraction sold square feet square rods square root subtract subtrahend thousand thousandths tons United States money vulgar fraction weight whole number write yards
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Page 278 - RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less one, and the quotient is the common difference.
Page 146 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator.
Page 207 - Compute the interest on the principal sum, from the time when the interest commenced, to the first time when a payment was made, which exceeds, either alone, or in conjunction with the preceding payments, if any, the interest at that time due ; add that interest to the principal, and from...
Page 274 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 264 - Find the greatest square number in the first or left hand period, place the root of it at the right hand of the given number, (after the manner of a quotient in division...
Page 140 - An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator ; as, $, -f . A mixed number is a whole number and a fraction expressed together; as, 4f, 25-ht.
Page 306 - A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre.
Page 136 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor of 36 and 54, since it is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder.
Page 304 - To find the solidity, or volume, of a cylinder. RULE. — Multiply the area of the base by the altitude, and the product will be the solidity or volume.
Page 211 - RULE. — Divide the given interest by the interest of the given principal for 1 year, and the quotient is the time.