The American Arithmetic: Adapted to the Currency of the United States. Compiled for the Use of SchoolsC. Norris & Company and sold at their bookstore; sold also by E. Little & Company, Newburyport, and by the principal booksellers in New England, 1812 - Arithmetic - 231 pages |
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... interest , dated the 21st of August 1804 ; on the 29th day of Nov. 1809 , the note was payed : I demand the time that the note was at interest . Ans . 5 years , 3 mo . 8 days . DECIMAL FRACTIONS . Decimal Fractions are parts of whole ...
... interest , dated the 21st of August 1804 ; on the 29th day of Nov. 1809 , the note was payed : I demand the time that the note was at interest . Ans . 5 years , 3 mo . 8 days . DECIMAL FRACTIONS . Decimal Fractions are parts of whole ...
Page 70
... interest , or on hand more than the own- er pays interest for , is valued at of one per cent . Having shown the rates at which rateable estates are valued 70 METHOD OF MAKING TAXES .
... interest , or on hand more than the own- er pays interest for , is valued at of one per cent . Having shown the rates at which rateable estates are valued 70 METHOD OF MAKING TAXES .
Page 81
... interest : 1 demand the sum that will gain the same interest in 2 months . Ans . $ 1800 . The same question done by two statements . mo . dolls . mo . dolls . As 6 9 : :: 2 3 dolls . dolls . dolls . dolls . 9 1800 Ans : As 3 : 600 7. A ...
... interest : 1 demand the sum that will gain the same interest in 2 months . Ans . $ 1800 . The same question done by two statements . mo . dolls . mo . dolls . As 6 9 : :: 2 3 dolls . dolls . dolls . dolls . 9 1800 Ans : As 3 : 600 7. A ...
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... INTEREST . Interest is a premium paid to the lender by the borrower , for the use of money lent . Simple Interest is reckoned at 6 per cent . that is , at the rate of 6 dolls . for the use of 100 dolls . one year ; and so in propor ...
... INTEREST . Interest is a premium paid to the lender by the borrower , for the use of money lent . Simple Interest is reckoned at 6 per cent . that is , at the rate of 6 dolls . for the use of 100 dolls . one year ; and so in propor ...
Page 99
... interest of $ 223-14 cts . for 5 years , at 6 per cent . per annum ? $ 223.14 × · 06 Time . 13 · 38.84 X5 3. What is the interest of 123 dol . years , at 9 per cent . per annum ? D. 66.94.2 † Ans . 10 cts . 1 mill , for CASE II . Ans ...
... interest of $ 223-14 cts . for 5 years , at 6 per cent . per annum ? $ 223.14 × · 06 Time . 13 · 38.84 X5 3. What is the interest of 123 dol . years , at 9 per cent . per annum ? D. 66.94.2 † Ans . 10 cts . 1 mill , for CASE II . Ans ...
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Page 121 - Separate the given number into periods of two figures each, beginning at the right hand: the period on the left will often contain but one figure.
Page 92 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 189 - RULE. — To the square of the bung diameter add the square of the head diameter ; multiply the sum by the length, and the product by .0014 for ale gallons, or by .0017 for wine gallons.
Page 80 - Place the numbers on the same line, and divide by the least number that will divide two or more of them without a remainder, and set down in a line below the quotients and the undivided numbers.
Page 60 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 79 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 7 - Multiplication; and denotes that all the numbers, between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus 9X9 signifies that 9 is to be multiplied by 9, or 9X9X9 must be multiplied.
Page 165 - 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 94 - RULE. Multiply the principal by the rate per cent, and •that product by the number of years : the last product...
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