How to Become Quick at Figures: Comprising the Shortest, Quickest and Best Methods of Business Calculations |
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acre add the ratio AMUSING ARITHMETIC anthracite coal April avoirdupois barrels Brigadier bushels CANCELLATION cent ciphers Circumference civil list coal column Congress Connecticut corn cost cubic feet decimal Decub diameter digits divide the product dollar entire interest equal EXAMPLE excess of interest feet long FIND THE NUMBER Forfeiture of entire Forfeiture of excess fraction gallons George Grace half Henry inches Isaac Toucey James John July July 20 June Kentucky Levi Woodbury March March 12 Martin Van Buren Maryland Mass Massachusetts meter method mile multiplicand Multiply the length nails North Carolina NOTE NUMBER OF TONS Ohio ounce payment Penn Pennsylvania pounds President principal quart quotient remainder right-hand figure RULE RULE.-Multiply Samuel Sept South Carolina subtract Thomas Timothy Pickering Troy Weight units figure Virginia week WEIGHTS AND MEASURES whole number width William write yards cloth York
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Page 68 - Multiply as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the product point off as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both factors.
Page 93 - 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 97 - TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, marked oz. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, " Ib. 25 Pounds " 1 Quarter, " qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, " cwt 20 Hundred Weight " 1 Ton,
Page 116 - 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 111 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 163 - ... while the legislative authority is vested in a National Congress, consisting of a Senate and a House of Deputies, the former numbering...
Page 107 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 109 - Troy Weight. 24 grains (gr.) — 1 pennyweight (dwt). 20 pennyweights — 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces — 1 pound (Ib.).
Page 93 - ... principal remaining due. 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...
Page 92 - 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.