Everyday Arithmetic, Book 3Houghton Mifflin, 1920 - Arithmetic |
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... interest . To make his business profitable , therefore , a merchant must ... found that it took 163 % of the amount that she received for the candy to pay ... find which kind of candy brought her the highest per cent of profit . On one ...
... interest . To make his business profitable , therefore , a merchant must ... found that it took 163 % of the amount that she received for the candy to pay ... find which kind of candy brought her the highest per cent of profit . On one ...
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... Find , in the table on page 78 , the yearly premium for an ordi- nary life ... Find the yearly premium on an ordinary life policy for $ 3000 taken out at the age of ... interest , $ 232.16 . Name one advantage of each form of investment ...
... Find , in the table on page 78 , the yearly premium for an ordi- nary life ... Find the yearly premium on an ordinary life policy for $ 3000 taken out at the age of ... interest , $ 232.16 . Name one advantage of each form of investment ...
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... interest is reckoned . The rate of interest is the rate per cent at which the interest is computed . The interest is the percentage found for a given period of time . The term of interest is the time for which the interest is com- puted ...
... interest is reckoned . The rate of interest is the rate per cent at which the interest is computed . The interest is the percentage found for a given period of time . The term of interest is the time for which the interest is com- puted ...
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... interest ? How much is due at the end of 6 months ? 4. In order to pay his workmen , a contractor borrows , at 6 % , the sum of $ 400 . How much interest is due on the loan at the end of 2 months ? At the end of 4 months ? Find the interest ...
... interest ? How much is due at the end of 6 months ? 4. In order to pay his workmen , a contractor borrows , at 6 % , the sum of $ 400 . How much interest is due on the loan at the end of 2 months ? At the end of 4 months ? Find the interest ...
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Franklin Sherman Hoyt, Harriet E. Peet. 40. Computing Interest with Days Interest is usually computed by months of 30 ... find the interest due : 2. On $ 800 at 5 % for 30 days . 3. On $ 1800 at 6 % for 60 days . 4. On $ 400 at 4 % for 90 ...
Franklin Sherman Hoyt, Harriet E. Peet. 40. Computing Interest with Days Interest is usually computed by months of 30 ... find the interest due : 2. On $ 800 at 5 % for 30 days . 3. On $ 1800 at 6 % for 60 days . 4. On $ 400 at 4 % for 90 ...
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Page 294 - Measures of Weight 10 milligrams (mg) =1 centigram eg 10 centigrams =1 decigram dg 10 decigrams =1 gram g 10 grams =1 dekagram Dg...
Page 291 - Time 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk.) 365 days = 1 common year (yr.) 366 days = 1 leap year 12 months (mo.) = 1 year 10 years = 1 decade 10 decades or \ , , , „ , 1=1 century (cen. or U.) 100 years / J v ' Thirty days has September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone, To which we twenty-eight assign, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 10 - L, fifty ; C, one hundred; D, five hundred; M, one thousand.
Page 214 - WEIGHT 10 milligrams (mg.) = 1 centigram (eg.) 10 centigrams = 1 decigram (dg.) 10 decigrams = 1 gram (g.) 10 grams = 1 dekagram (Dg.) 10 dekagrams = 1 hektogram (Hg.) 10 hektograms = 1 kilogram (Kg.) 10 kilograms = 1 myriagram (Mg.) 10 myriagrams = 1 quintal (Q...
Page 291 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal...
Page 290 - LENGTH 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5| yards = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.) 1 mile = 1,760 yd.
Page 291 - TIME. 60 seconds (sec.)= 1 minute (min.). 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.). 24 hours = 1 day (da.). 7 days = 1 week (wk.). 365 days = 1 common year.
Page 197 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 274 - The water from the irrigation ditches is turned on to the land only as needed and those using the water pay for the amount used. The quantity used is commonly measured by the "second-foot" and the "acre-foot." 2 A second-foot is one cubic foot of running water passing a given point in one second. An acre-foot is the volume of water required to cover one acre of land to the depth of one foot.
Page 205 - A pyramid (Fig. 54) is a solid whose base is a polygon and whose sides are triangles uniting at a common point, called the vertex.