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60 days abstract factor acres addends amount average balance barrel bill of exchange bought brokerage bushels capital cash cents ciphers common fractions compound compound interest concrete factor denominator divide dividend divisor dollars draft equal equated date EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE figures find the interest focal date gain gallons given greatest common divisor gross cost gross proceeds Hence hundred ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE improper fraction Income per share indorsement insolvency integers investment invoice July July 18 June June 15 loss market value Mdse merchant minuend mixed numbers months multiplicand number of days obtaining paid par value partner payable payment percentage pounds premium principal profit purchase quantity quotient rate of commission rate per annum remainder RULE.-I selling price Sept sold SOLUTION subtract subtrahend units yards
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Page 97 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30| square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 94 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 97 - 1 Square Chain . sq. ch. 10 Square Chains " 1 Acre A. 640 Acres " 1 Square Mile . . sq. mi. 36 Square Miles (6 miles square)
Page 119 - RULE. — Multiply the length (in feet) by the width (in inches) and divide the product by 12 — the result will be the contents in square feet.
Page 98 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 46 - An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator ; as, f , -J.
Page 96 - APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (3). 3 scruples = 1 dram (3). 8 drams = 1 ounce (§). 12 ounces = 1 pound (ft).
Page 11 - ... one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty thirty forty fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety one hundred two hundred three hundred four hundred five hundred...
Page 77 - To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.
Page 198 - EXCHANGE, or DRAFT, is a written obligation to pay a certain sum of money at a specified time, and is either Foreign or Inland. 12. An INLAND BILL or DRAFT is one payable in the same country where it is drawn. 13. FORM OF A DRAFT. $2,000. HARTFORD, Jan. 15, 1840. Two months after date, pay to the order of Messrs. Spalding and Storrs, two thousand dollars, value received, with or without further...