 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 186 pages
...$31.35-:-$1.045=$30. Ans. Hence, I. The time, rate and amount being given, to find the principal. RULE. — Divide the given amount by the amount of $1 for the given time and rate, and the quotient will be the principal required. 2. The amount for 8 months at 6 per cent.... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 182 pages
...$31.35-^-$1.045=$30. Ans. Hence, I. The time, rate and amount being given, to find the principal. RULE. — Divide the given amount by the amount of $1 for the given lime and rate, and the quotient will be the principal required. 2. The amount for 8 months at 6 per... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 266 pages
...obtain the other factor, or the principal required — 858-7-1, 10=$780, the answer. Hence the RULE. DIVIDE the given amount by the amount of $1 for the given time, and the quotient will be the answer. EXAMPLES. 2. What principal will amount to $778,10, in 4 years... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...multiplying the amount of $1 for the given time by the given principal, then it follows, that if we divide the given amount by the amount of $1 for the given time, we shall obtain the required principal. 14. What is the amount of $597.75, for 20 years, at 6 per cent.,... | |
 | W. F. Walker - Arithmetic - 1841 - 246 pages
...termed the present worth of the demand. 2. Two steps are usually necessary in Discount : 1st, to find the amount of $1 for the given time, at the given rate ; 2d, by means of this, as a divisor, to obtain the present worth. * In common cases, the interest... | |
 | Osman Call - Arithmetic - 1842 - 210 pages
...will be the time in days. TIME, RATE PER CENT, AND AMOUNT GIVEN, TO FIND THE PRINCIPAL. , RULE. — Divide the given amount by the amount of $1 for the given rate and time, and the quotient will be the principal. 1. What principal, at 8 per cent, in 1 year... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1849 - 356 pages
...be as many dollars as $1-06 is contained in the given sum. Hence, we have the following RULE. Find the amount of $1 for the given time, at the given rate per cent. ; then divide the sum by this Per cent. Yean. Per cent. Yean. Per cent. Yean. 1 100 4 25... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 pages
...shall obtain the other factor, or the principal required; 858-^-1.10=$780, the answer. Hence the RULE. Divide the given amount by the amount of $1 for the given time, and the quotient will be the answer. EXAMPLES. 2. What principal will amount to $778.10, in 4 years... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1850 - 364 pages
...-p^Vr ; anfl so on for other sirns and other rates of interest. Hence, we have the following RULE. Find the amount of $1, for the given time, at the given rate per cent., then divide the sum whose present worth is required, by this amount, and it will give the... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1850 - 356 pages
...be as many dollars as $1-06 is contained in the given sum. Hence, we have the following RULE. Find the amount of $1 for the given time, at the given rate per cent. ; then divide the sum by this Per cent. Years. Per cent. Years. Per cent. Years. 1 100 4... | |
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Divide the given amount by the amount of $1 for the given time at the given rate. 
