The Progressive Higher Arithmetic: For Schools, Academies, and Mercantile Colleges : Containing the Analytic and Synthetic Methods, and Forming a Complete Treatise on Arithmetical Science and Its Commercial and Business Applications |
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acres added amount ANALYSIS annex average bank barrels base bill bought bushels called cent ciphers column commission common compound contain cost cube decimal denominator difference discount Divide dividend division divisor dollars draft equal EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE exchange expressed factors feet figure four fraction gain gallons given given number greater hand Hence hundred interest invested kind least common length less loss measure method miles months Multiply NOTE number of terms obtain OPERATION paid payable payment period person places pound premium prime principal proceeds proportional purchase quantity quotient ratio received Reduce remainder result rods root RULE sell share side simple sold square standard subtract TABLE taken tens term third trial units weight whole worth write yards
Popular passages
Page 193 - TABLE. 4 farthings (far. or qr.) make 1 penny d. 12 pence " 1 shilling, s. 20 shillings " 1 pound or sovereign . . £ or sov.
Page 312 - 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.
Page 78 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor...
Page 351 - 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 380 - The Square Root of a number is one of the two equal factors that produce the number ; thus the square root of 49 is 7, for 7 X 7 = 49.
Page 386 - The cube of a number composed of tens and units is equal to the cube of the tens, plus three times the square of the tens multiplied by the units, plus three times the tens multiplied by the square of the units, plus the cube of the units.
Page 171 - 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 (cd...
Page 94 - To reduce fractions to their lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other; that is, when both terms have no common divisor. 1. Reduce the fraction -|| to its lowest terms.
Page 191 - TABLE. 10 mills, (m.) make 1 cent, ct. 10 cents " 1 dime, d. 10 dimes " 1 dollar, $. 10 dollars
Page 173 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Progressive Higher Arithmetic: For Schools, Academies, and Mercantile Colleges : Containing the Analytic and Synthetic Methods, and Forming a Complete Treatise on Arithmetical Science and Its Commercial and Business Applications Robinson's mathematical series |
| Author | Horatio Nelson Robinson |
| Publisher | Ivison, Phinney Company, 1860 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 5 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 456 pages |
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