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Modern Business Arithmetic: Complete Course Joseph Clifton Brown,Harry Anson Finney No preview available - 2016 |
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30 days acre amount annex April April 16 average balance bill bushels buying expenses C. L. Stevenson cash discount casting out nines cent of increase column common fraction compound interest computed corn crop Decimal Fractions decimal point denominator deposit digits discount period Divide division divisor dollars Example excess of nines farm Find the interest Find the total graph gross profit Gross Sales improper fraction inch indorsed integer inventory invoice July June least common multiple less list price maturity merchandise merchant miles Minuend mixed number month Multiply National Bank North Central number of days October 29 Oral ounces paid payable payment pounds prime cost purchased received Reduce result short method sold SOLUTION square mile Subtract total number trade discount United wage weighing West North Central Written yard
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Page 96 - 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...
Page 94 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet — 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30^ square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 58 - The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that...
Page 94 - LENGTH 12 inches (in.) =1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5\ yards, or 16| feet = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods, or 5280 feet = 1 mile (mi.) SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq.
Page 95 - Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) =1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord...
Page 95 - Liquid Measure 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 43 - Maryland District of Columbia Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida East South Central: Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Mississippi West South Central: Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas Mountain...
Page 288 - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding dry medicines. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.} = 1 Scruple, . . sc., or 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram, . . dr., or 3 . 8 Drams = 1 Ounce, . . oz., or § . 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . Ib., or ft,.
Page 59 - An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator ; as, f , -J.
Page 60 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.