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... Compound Denominate Numbers DECIMAL FRACTIONS Reduction Addition Subtraction Multiplication METRIC SYSTEM Division Decimal Compound Denominate Numbers • Measure of Length Land or Square Measure Measure of Capacity Measure of Weight ...
... Compound Denominate Numbers DECIMAL FRACTIONS Reduction Addition Subtraction Multiplication METRIC SYSTEM Division Decimal Compound Denominate Numbers • Measure of Length Land or Square Measure Measure of Capacity Measure of Weight ...
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... COMPOUND DENOMINATE NUMBERS United States Money Bills and Accounts • · Reduction - Weights and Measures Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division . • Longitude and Time · · FACTORING • PAGE 120 Greatest Common Divisor Least Common ...
... COMPOUND DENOMINATE NUMBERS United States Money Bills and Accounts • · Reduction - Weights and Measures Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division . • Longitude and Time · · FACTORING • PAGE 120 Greatest Common Divisor Least Common ...
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... Compound Denominate Numbers DECIMAL FRACTIONS Reduction 137 144 • 147 • • 149 · 153 157 • · 159 • 165 • 172 Addition Subtraction · 174 · · 175 Multiplication Division Decimal Compound Denominate Numbers METRIC SYSTEM · • 176 179 • . 182 ...
... Compound Denominate Numbers DECIMAL FRACTIONS Reduction 137 144 • 147 • • 149 · 153 157 • · 159 • 165 • 172 Addition Subtraction · 174 · · 175 Multiplication Division Decimal Compound Denominate Numbers METRIC SYSTEM · • 176 179 • . 182 ...
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... Compound Interest Annual Interest • Partial Payments Bank Discount Present Worth EXCHANGE Domestic Exchange Foreign Exchange INSURANCE Fire and Marine Insurance Life Insurance · PAGE • 194 · 195 • 196 · 196 199 · 200 9 205 · 209 · 210 ...
... Compound Interest Annual Interest • Partial Payments Bank Discount Present Worth EXCHANGE Domestic Exchange Foreign Exchange INSURANCE Fire and Marine Insurance Life Insurance · PAGE • 194 · 195 • 196 · 196 199 · 200 9 205 · 209 · 210 ...
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Page 266 - 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. 5. Double the whole root already found for a new divisor, and continue the operation as before, until all the periods are brought down.
Page 268 - The square described on the hypotenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the sides containing the right angle. Prop. 30. — If the square on one side of a triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides, the angle contained by these two sides is a right angle.
Page 277 - 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 168 - 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 256 - Three quantities are in proportion when the first has the same ratio to the second, that the second has to the third ; and then the middle term is said to be a mean proportional between the other two.
Page 131 - To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A Fraction is in its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other.
Page 111 - Two numbers are PRIME TO EACH OTHER when they have no common factor.
Page 284 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 269 - A room is 20 ft. long, 16 ft. wide, and 12 ft high. What is the distance from one of the lower corners to the opposite upper corner?
Page 225 - 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, and then the surplus is to be applied towards discharging the principal; and interest is to be Computed on the balance, as aforesaid.