The Common-school Arithmetic: Designed for Learners of Every Class; and Particularly for Those who are Desirous of Acquiring a Thorough Knowledge of Practical Mathematics |
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acres added amount Avoirdupois barrels of flour bers bought broadcloth bushel called cancelling cent commencing composite number compound interest COMPOUND NUMBERS contained cost cubic decimal diameter discount Divide dividend division dollars drams dreds Dry Measure equivalent factors feet figure find the number following examples following numbers gain gallons given number greatest common divisor hogsheads hundredths inches least common multiple Measure miles million mills minuend mixed number molasses months Multiply naughts number of terms number of things obtain ounces par value pence piece pounds prime numbers proportion PUPIL quantity quarts quintillion quotient ratio Reduce remainder right hand rods root RULE sandths sell sextillion shillings simple fractions sold Spanish dollar square subtract subtrahend ten-thousandths tenths third term thou thousands thousandths tons Troy Weight weeks weight whole numbers Write yards
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Page 262 - 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 of principal as aforesaid.
Page 110 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 262 - 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. " 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...
Page 252 - EF, or his certain attorney, his executors, administrators, or assigns, to which payment, well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents.
Page 167 - The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes and 4 and 6 are the means.
Page 89 - RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Page 208 - RULE. — Divide the given sum by the amount of $1 for the given time and rate, and the quotient will be the present worth, and the remainder will be the discount.
Page 196 - Multiply the true divisor by the last root figure, subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder annex the next period for a new dividend.
Page 252 - The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if the above bounden his heirs, executors, administrators, or any of them shall and do well and truly pay...
Page 280 - A farmer has a stack of hay, from which he sells a quantity which is to the quantity remaining, as 4 to 5. He then uses 15 loads and finds that the quantity left, is to the quantity sold, as 1 to 2. Required the number of loads at first in the stack.