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60 days acres ad valorem Avoirdupois barrel bill of exchange bought broker brokerage Brown Bros bushel cash charge commission compound interest cube cubic decimal denominator deposited divided dividend divisor dollar draft endowment policy equal Example Find the cost find the interest following rule fraction gain or loss given number gold greatest common divisor Hence indorsed investment invoice July June 20 least common multiple list price maturity mdse merchant meter minuend months multiplied number of days ORAL EXERCISE paid par value payable payment percentage pound pound sterling premium present worth principal proceeds profit purchase quotation quotient rate per cent received remainder result revenue stamps root selling price Sept shares short method sold SOLUTION square subtract term wheat whole number Write yard
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Page 68 - ... multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator by the same number, does not alter the value of the fraction.
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