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Normal Arithmetic: A Text-Book, Theoretical and Practical Silas Lawrence Loomis No preview available - 2019 |
Normal Arithmetic: A Text-Book, Theoretical and Practical Silas Lawrence Loomis No preview available - 2019 |
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Page 175 - 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 233 - ... the square of the second. In the second case, (ab)2 = a?-2ab + bi. (2) That is, the square of the difference of two numbers is equal to the square of the first, minus twice the product of the first by the second, plus the square of the second.
Page 230 - That is, the square of the sum of two quantities is equal to the square of the first, plus twice the product of the first by the second, plus the square of the second.
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Page 175 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. " If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
Page 276 - Scale: 4 farthings (far.) = 1 penny (d.); 12 pence = 1 shilling (s.) ; 20 shillings — 1 pound (£). 156.
Page 174 - Divide the given amount by the amount of $1 for the given time and rate, and the quotient will be the principal required.
Page 85 - Divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor.
Page 241 - This rule depends upon the principle that the cube of the sum of two numbers is equal to the cube of the first...
Page 82 - Rule. — Multiply the numerators together for the numerator of the product, and the denominators together for the denominator of the product.