A Business ArithmeticE.R. Andrews, 1893 |
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15 days 60 days 93 days acct aliquot Avoirdupois balance due bank discount base bill bought brls bushels cash ciphers column commission common fraction compound interest debit decimal places deducted divide dividend dollars dozen draft equal exact interest EXAMPLES EXPLANATION.-Since EXPLANATION.-The factors figure Find the amount Find the cost Find the interest fraction gain gals given greatest common divisor hundred improper fraction inches investment invoice least common denominator least common multiple less list price loss Mdse minuend money order months multiply number of days OPERATION paid par value partners payment pecks pints pound present worth principal proceeds profit quarts quotient rate per cent remainder remitted Rule.-Divide Rule.-I Rule.-Multiply selling price shares sold subtract subtrahend tons Troy weight United States money whole number write yards
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Page 80 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 177 - On or before one year after date, for value received, we or either of us promise to pay to the order of CW McKee at the Merchants...
Page 77 - 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 81 - COUNTING. 12 units or things make 1 dozen. 12 dozen " 1 gross. 12 gross " 1 great gross. 20 units
Page 27 - To divide by 10, 100, &c., is simply cutting off as many figures from the right of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor.
Page 50 - A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit...
Page 54 - To reduce fractions to the least common denominator. The Least Common Denominator of two or more fractions is the least denominator to which they can all be reduced, and it must be the least common multiple of the lowest denominators.
Page 64 - Decimals increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in a tenfold ratio; and therefore they may be added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided in the same manner as whole numbers.
Page 47 - Mnltiple of two or more numbers is the least number that...