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60 days acres Avoirdupois balance barrel bill of exchange bought Brown Bros bushel cash charge ciphers commission common fraction compound interest contains cube cubic decimal fraction denominate numbers divided dividend divisor dollars draft endowment policy equal Example EXERCISE By inspection feet figure Find the amount Find the cost find the interest following rule fraction gain or loss gold greatest common divisor Hence inches investment July June 20 least common multiple mdse measure minuend months multiplicand multiplied number of days ORAL EXERCISE paid payable payment pound pound sterling premium present worth principal quantity quotient rate per cent received remainder result revenue stamps selling price Sept shares short method sold SOLUTION square subtract Troy pound United States money whole number Write yard
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Page 136 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 141 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 136 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 135 - 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 387 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 98 - When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers.
Page 138 - 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 (yr.) 366 days = 1 leap year (1.
Page 244 - Proceed in the same manner for each successive period when 'the interest becomes due until the time of settlement. Subtract the principal from the last amount, and the remainder will be the compound interest.
Page 50 - The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that...
Page 68 - ... multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator by the same number, does not alter the value of the fraction.