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acres allowed amount annum average balance bank barrel base bill bought brokerage bushels capital cash cents charged commission common compound computed contains cost debt decimal denominator difference discount divide dividend divisor dollars draft duty equal equated EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE exchange expressed face factor feet figures firm fraction gain gallons given gross Hence hundred ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE integers interest investment invoice July June less loss maturity measure merchant miles months Multiply obtaining paid payable payment percentage pounds premium principal proceeds profit purchase quantity quotient receive Reduce remainder result rule selling Sept share sold SOLUTION square subtract tens units wide worth write 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...
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| Title | Essentials of Business Arithmetic: For Use in Schools and Colleges |
| Authors | Warren H. Sadler, William Russell Will |
| Edition | 64 |
| Publisher | Sadler-Rowe Company, 1890 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 25 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 303 pages |
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