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... Fractions Simple Equations . Two Unknown Quantities PAGE 7 · 16 • 28 · 35 44 60 68 83 84 98 888 103 107 114 119 130 136 142 145 148 150 152 • 154 156 157 159 167 PROPORTION • SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS . PERCENTAGE Simple Cases Profit 5.
... Fractions Simple Equations . Two Unknown Quantities PAGE 7 · 16 • 28 · 35 44 60 68 83 84 98 888 103 107 114 119 130 136 142 145 148 150 152 • 154 156 157 159 167 PROPORTION • SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS . PERCENTAGE Simple Cases Profit 5.
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Middlesex Alfred Bailey. PROPORTION • SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS . PERCENTAGE Simple Cases Profit and Loss Commission . Taxes Trade Discount Insurance Stocks . INTEREST Simple . Annual . Compound INVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION PAGE 170 180 191 196 ...
Middlesex Alfred Bailey. PROPORTION • SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS . PERCENTAGE Simple Cases Profit and Loss Commission . Taxes Trade Discount Insurance Stocks . INTEREST Simple . Annual . Compound INVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION PAGE 170 180 191 196 ...
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... A gives B $ 10 , B has twice as much as A has left ; if B gives A $ 30 , A will have twice as much as B has left . How much has each ? PROPORTION SIMPLE PROPORTION — TERMS Division may be expressed by LITERAL QUANTITIES 169.
... A gives B $ 10 , B has twice as much as A has left ; if B gives A $ 30 , A will have twice as much as B has left . How much has each ? PROPORTION SIMPLE PROPORTION — TERMS Division may be expressed by LITERAL QUANTITIES 169.
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... proportion ? 5. Find the mean proportional between 9 and 16 ; 3 and 12 ; 4 and 25 . 6. Define ratio ; antecedent ; consequent ; proportion ; means ; extremes . PROBLEMS The method of solving a problem by proportion differs PROPORTION 171.
... proportion ? 5. Find the mean proportional between 9 and 16 ; 3 and 12 ; 4 and 25 . 6. Define ratio ; antecedent ; consequent ; proportion ; means ; extremes . PROBLEMS The method of solving a problem by proportion differs PROPORTION 171.
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... the work in 17 days ? 24. James can do 2 times as much work in a given time as John . How long will it take James to do what John does in 38 hours ? COMPOUND PROPORTION A compound fraction is a fraction of a PROPORTION 173.
... the work in 17 days ? 24. James can do 2 times as much work in a given time as John . How long will it take James to do what John does in 38 hours ? COMPOUND PROPORTION A compound fraction is a fraction of a PROPORTION 173.
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Page 254 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 107 - Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier, supplying the deficiency, if any, by prefixing ciphers.
Page 224 - Courts have adopted the following, called the UNITED STATES RULE. Find the amount of the principal to the time of the first payment ; if the payment equals or exceeds the interest, subtract it from the amount, and regard the remainder as a new principal.
Page 90 - Multiply together the numerators for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 272 - Pythagoras' theorem states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides.
Page 273 - The area of a triangle is equal to one half 'the product of its base and altitude.
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Page 69 - A number is divisible by 9, when the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.
Page 176 - M shown in the operation. 2. 5 compositors, in 16 days, of 14 hours each, can compose 20 sheets of 24 pages in each sheet, 50 lines in a page, and 40 letters in a line ; in...
Page 86 - Multiplying or dividing both numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.