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60 days abstract factor acres addends amount average balance barrel bill of exchange bought brokerage bushels capital cash cents ciphers common fractions compound compound interest concrete factor denominator divide dividend divisor dollars draft equal equated date EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE figures find the interest focal date gain gallons given greatest common divisor gross cost gross proceeds Hence hundred ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE improper fraction Income per share indorsement insolvency integers investment invoice July July 18 June June 15 loss market value Mdse merchant minuend mixed numbers months multiplicand Multiply number of days obtaining paid par value partner payable payment percentage pounds premium principal profit purchase quantity quotient rate of commission rate per annum remainder RULE.-I selling price Sept sold SOLUTION subtract subtrahend units yards
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Page 96 - 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 46 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 98 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 96 - APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (3). 3 scruples = 1 dram (3). 8 drams = 1 ounce (§). 12 ounces = 1 pound (ft>).
Page 27 - Place the sum down as in the last example, then mark off from the right of the dividend as many figures as there are ciphers in the divisor...
Page 50 - The least common denominator of two or more fractions is the least common multiple of their denominators.
Page 97 - 1 Square Chain . sq. ch. 10 Square Chains " 1 Acre A. 640 Acres " 1 Square Mile . . sq. mi. 36 Square Miles (6 miles square)
Page 78 - 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 11 - ... one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty thirty forty fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety one hundred two hundred three hundred four hundred five hundred...
Page 11 - Three. IV, Four. V, Five. VI, Six. VII, Seven. VIII, Eight. IX, Nine. X, Ten. XI, Eleven. XII, Twelve.' XIII, Thirteen. XIV, Fourteen. XV, Fifteen. XVI, Sixteen. XVII, Seventeen. XVIII, Eighteen. XIX, Nineteen. XX, Twenty. XXX, Thirty. XL, Forty. L, Fifty. LX, Sixty. LXX, Seventy. LXXX, Eighty. XC, Ninety. C, One hundred.