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... 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 invested ...
... 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 invested ...
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... 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 to find the dif- ference between two ...
... 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 to find the dif- ference between two ...
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... sold it for 21128 dollars : how much did he lose by his bargain ? Operation . Cost 23006 dolls . Rec'd . 21128 dolls . Ans . 1878 dolls . Proof . 21128 Less number . 1878 Remainder . 23006 Larger number . 72. From the preceding ...
... sold it for 21128 dollars : how much did he lose by his bargain ? Operation . Cost 23006 dolls . Rec'd . 21128 dolls . Ans . 1878 dolls . Proof . 21128 Less number . 1878 Remainder . 23006 Larger number . 72. From the preceding ...
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... sold it for 42365 dollars : how much did he make by his bargain ? 2. A miller bought 46235 bushels of wheat , and ground 17251 bushels of it : how many bushels had he left ? 3. A speculator laid out 50000 dollars in wild land , and ...
... sold it for 42365 dollars : how much did he make by his bargain ? 2. A miller bought 46235 bushels of wheat , and ground 17251 bushels of it : how many bushels had he left ? 3. A speculator laid out 50000 dollars in wild land , and ...
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... sold them all for 15280 dollars : did he make or lose by the operation ; and how much ? 55. What number is that , to which 3425 being added , the sum will be 175250 ? 56. A man being asked how much he was worth , replied , if you will ...
... sold them all for 15280 dollars : did he make or lose by the operation ; and how much ? 55. What number is that , to which 3425 being added , the sum will be 175250 ? 56. A man being asked how much he was worth , replied , if you will ...
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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.