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... bought and sold by the 100 or 100 Bills , Accounts , & c . , SECTION XII . PERCENTAGE , Percentage Table , & c . , Applications of Percentage , · Commission , Brokerage , and Stocks , Commission deducted in advance , and the balance ...
... bought and sold by the 100 or 100 Bills , Accounts , & c . , SECTION XII . PERCENTAGE , Percentage Table , & c . , Applications of Percentage , · Commission , Brokerage , and Stocks , Commission deducted in advance , and the balance ...
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... bought three lots of land ; the first contained 23 acres , the second 9 acres , and the third 15 acres : how many acres did he buy ? Solution . - 23 acres and 9 acres are 32 acres , and 15 are 47 acres . Ans . 47 acres . OBS . It will ...
... bought three lots of land ; the first contained 23 acres , the second 9 acres , and the third 15 acres : how many acres did he buy ? Solution . - 23 acres and 9 acres are 32 acres , and 15 are 47 acres . Ans . 47 acres . OBS . It will ...
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... bought 5 cargoes of corn ; the first con- QUEST . - Note . Why add the columns downwards , instead of upwards ? Can addition be proved by any other methods ? • Wallis ' Arithmetic , Oxford , 1657 . tained 6725 bushels , the second 7208 ...
... bought 5 cargoes of corn ; the first con- QUEST . - Note . Why add the columns downwards , instead of upwards ? Can addition be proved by any other methods ? • Wallis ' Arithmetic , Oxford , 1657 . tained 6725 bushels , the second 7208 ...
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... bought six loads of hay which weighed as follows : 1725 pounds , 2163 pounds , 1581 pounds , 1908 pounds , 2340 pounds , and 1879 pounds : what was the weight of the whole ? 4. A man gave 5460 dollars to his oldest son , to the next ...
... bought six loads of hay which weighed as follows : 1725 pounds , 2163 pounds , 1581 pounds , 1908 pounds , 2340 pounds , and 1879 pounds : what was the weight of the whole ? 4. A man gave 5460 dollars to his oldest son , to the next ...
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... bought 37 barrels of flour , and afterwards sold 12 of them : how many barrels had he left ? Solution . - 12 barrels from 37 barrels leave 25 barrels . Ans . 25 barrels . OBS . It will be perceived , that the object in this example , is ...
... bought 37 barrels of flour , and afterwards sold 12 of them : how many barrels had he left ? Solution . - 12 barrels from 37 barrels leave 25 barrels . Ans . 25 barrels . OBS . It will be perceived , that the object in this example , is ...
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acres amount Analysis annexed answer required antecedent Arithmetic avoirdupois bank discount barrels bbls bought bushels called canceling ciphers CIRCULATING DECIMALS common fraction composite number compound numbers consequently contained cost cube currency decimal figures denotes difference Divide the given dividend division dollars dolls Dry Measure duodecimals equal expressed farthings Federal Money gain gallons gals given fractions given number greatest common divisor Hence hhds hundred hundredths improper fraction insured interest of $1 least common denominator least common multiple less miles mills mixed number mixture months multiplicand Multiply number of days Operation partial product payable pence period pound premium present worth prime factors prime number principal proportion quantity quotient rate per cent ratio remainder rods shillings sold subtract thousandths Troy Troy weight units usury weight whole number yard
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Page 369 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 237 - ... dividend, as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor.
Page 97 - The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, 24, and 30.
Page 366 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 74 - In the same manner it may be shown, that removing two ciphers from the right of a number, divides it by 100; removing three, divides it by 1000 ; removing four, divides it by 10000, &c.
Page 204 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 259 - If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due...
Page 314 - ... multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator by the same number, does not alter the value of the fraction.
Page 48 - Multiplying ly any whole number, is taking the multiplicand as many times, as there are units in the multiplier.
Page 106 - An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator ; as, •f , if.