The Complete Arithmetic, Oral and Written: Second Part |
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Page 167 - Whence it follows, that the cube of a number composed of tens and units, is equal to the cube of the tens, plus three times the product of the square of the tens by the units, plus three times the product of the tens by the square of the units, plus the cube of the units. This being the case, the cube of the tens...
Page 159 - The Square Root of a number is one of the two equal factors of that number ; the Cube Root is one of the three equal factors of that number, etc.
Page 231 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk.) 365 days = 1 common year (yr.) 366 days = 1 leap year About 30 days = 1 month (mo.) 12 months = 1 year VALUE 10 cents (ct.
Page 105 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 89 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 189 - A Plane Figure is a portion of a plane surface bounded by straight or curved lines.
Page 195 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 207 - The volumes of similar solids are to each other as the cubes of their like dimensions.
Page 192 - The square of the hypothenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Page 66 - C. 6's are bonds bearing 6% interest, issued by the State of South Carolina. 638. A Coupon is a certificate of interest attached to a bond, to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due. 639. Currency is a term used to denote the circulating medium employed as a substitute for gold and silver. It consists, at present, in the United States, of TJ. S. Legal-tender Notes, or "Greenbacks," and the Bills issued by the Nat.