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60 days acres ad valorem Avoirdupois bank discount barrel bill of exchange bought broker brokerage Brown Bros bushel cash charge commission compound interest cube cubic decimal denominator deposited divided dividend divisor dollar draft endowment policy equal Example Find the amount Find the cost find the interest following rule fraction gain or loss gold greatest common divisor Hence indorsed investment invoice July June 20 least common multiple list price maturity mdse merchant meter minuend months multiplied number of days ORAL EXERCISE paid par value payable payment percentage pound pound sterling premium present worth principal proceeds profit purchase quotation quotient rate per cent received remainder revenue stamps root selling price Sept shares short method sold SOLUTION square subtract term whole number Write yard
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Page 144 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 142 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 139 - 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 142 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl.) 2 barrels...
Page 147 - 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 138 - 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 137 - TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.) = 1 Scruple . . . sc., or 3 3 Scruples = 1 Dram . . . . dr., or 3 8 Drams = 1 Ounce . . . oz., or 5 12 Ounces = 1 Pound . . . Ib. , or Ib Apothecaries' Liquid Measure is used in compounding and measuring liquid medicines.
Page 393 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 102 - 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 141 - 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...