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... Simple Interest , Partial Payments , Compound Interest , Commission , Brokerage , Insurance , Stocks , Discount , Banking , Equation of Payments , Barter , Loss and Gain , Fellowship , 66 Single , - Double , 66 Taxes , PAGE 156 162 166 ...
... Simple Interest , Partial Payments , Compound Interest , Commission , Brokerage , Insurance , Stocks , Discount , Banking , Equation of Payments , Barter , Loss and Gain , Fellowship , 66 Single , - Double , 66 Taxes , PAGE 156 162 166 ...
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... simple value ; that in the second row , ten times its simple value ; that in the third row , a hundred times its simple value , and so on , the value of any figure in each successive place , being always ten times its former value ...
... simple value ; that in the second row , ten times its simple value ; that in the third row , a hundred times its simple value , and so on , the value of any figure in each successive place , being always ten times its former value ...
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... simple method ; though it is liable to this inconvenience , that a wrong opera- tion may sometimes appear to be correct ; for if we change the places of any two figures in the sum , it will still be the same ; but then a true sum will ...
... simple method ; though it is liable to this inconvenience , that a wrong opera- tion may sometimes appear to be correct ; for if we change the places of any two figures in the sum , it will still be the same ; but then a true sum will ...
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... simple figures , and write down the remainder di- rectly under the figure by which you are multiplying , and if nothing remains , a cipher . 4. Carry as many units as there were tens to the product of the next figure , and proceed , in ...
... simple figures , and write down the remainder di- rectly under the figure by which you are multiplying , and if nothing remains , a cipher . 4. Carry as many units as there were tens to the product of the next figure , and proceed , in ...
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... simple value ; and therefore , the first figure of this product must be placed in the place of tens ; or which is the same thing , directly under the multiplying figure . And pro- ceeding in this manner separately with all the figures ...
... simple value ; and therefore , the first figure of this product must be placed in the place of tens ; or which is the same thing , directly under the multiplying figure . And pro- ceeding in this manner separately with all the figures ...
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Page 62 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl...
Page 213 - The extremes and number of terms being given, to find the sum of all the terms. RULE. Multiply the sum of the extremes by the number of the terms, and half the product will be the sum of all the terms.
Page 54 - Scale: 4 farthings (far.) = 1 penny (d.); 12 pence = 1 shilling (s.) ; 20 shillings — 1 pound (£). 156.
Page 174 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. " If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
Page 61 - TABLE. 4 nails, (na.) or 9 inches, make 1 quarter, marked qr. 4 quarters, or 36 inches, - 1 yard, - - - - yd. 3 quarters, ------ 1 ell Flemish, - - E. Fl 5 quarters, ------ 1 ell English, - - EE 6 quarters, ------ 1 ell French, - - E. Fr 27.
Page 124 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 111 - Operations with Fractions A) To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator.
Page 215 - Given the first term, last term, and common difference, to find the number of terms. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number of terns. EXAMPLES. 1. If the extremes be 3 and 45, and the common difference 2 ; what is the number of terms 1 Ans.
Page 203 - ... a point over the place of units, another over the place of hundreds, and so on, which points show the number of figures the root will consist of.
Page 175 - 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.