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... present edition , and several new diagrams introduced for their elucidation . Through . out the second part , it has been our main object to familiarize the pupil with the fundamental principles of the science , believing that when ...
... present edition , and several new diagrams introduced for their elucidation . Through . out the second part , it has been our main object to familiarize the pupil with the fundamental principles of the science , believing that when ...
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... present example we add a cipher to 16 , making 160 dollars for the answer . 6. A certain army is made up of 125 companies , consisting of 100 men each ; how many men are there in the whole ? For the reasons given under example 5 , a ...
... present example we add a cipher to 16 , making 160 dollars for the answer . 6. A certain army is made up of 125 companies , consisting of 100 men each ; how many men are there in the whole ? For the reasons given under example 5 , a ...
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... present wine gallon . But in time it became customary to use a larger measure in selling cheap liquors , and this custom at length established the beer measure , which bears about the same proportion to wine measure that avoirdupois ...
... present wine gallon . But in time it became customary to use a larger measure in selling cheap liquors , and this custom at length established the beer measure , which bears about the same proportion to wine measure that avoirdupois ...
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... present example , half the months is 2 , and if there were no odd days , we should write down 2 cents , 5 mills , or 0.025 for the multiplier ; but when there is an odd month and days , as in the present case , it is as well to call the ...
... present example , half the months is 2 , and if there were no odd days , we should write down 2 cents , 5 mills , or 0.025 for the multiplier ; but when there is an odd month and days , as in the present case , it is as well to call the ...
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... present worth of $ 1.09 , due 18 months hence , the present worth of any other sum , at the same rate and for the same time , is evidently as many dollars as the num- ber of times that sum contains $ 1.09 . Hence to find the present ...
... present worth of $ 1.09 , due 18 months hence , the present worth of any other sum , at the same rate and for the same time , is evidently as many dollars as the num- ber of times that sum contains $ 1.09 . Hence to find the present ...
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acc't acres Addition amount ANALYSIS answer bush bushels called cash in full ciphers circumference column common denominator common difference compound interest contains cost cube root cubic decimal denoted diameter divide dividend division dollars dolls DRY MEASURE equal expressed factors Federal Money feet long foot gain gallon given number given to find greatest common divisor Hence hundred hundredths inches last term least common multiple left hand leger lemons length man's share measure merator method miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand multiply number of terms payment pence pound present worth principal proportion quantity quarts QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE quotient ratio Reduce remainder right hand rods RULE RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply shillings side Simon Pond simple square root subtract subtrahend supposed tens tenths tion Troy weight units velocity vulgar fraction weight whole number write
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Page 76 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 109 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 97 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 74 - Is when the several shares of stock are continued in trade an equal term of time. RULE. As the whole stock is to the whole gain or loss : so is each man's particular stock, to his particular share of the gain or loss.
Page 105 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. III. Double the root already found for a divisor ; seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 67 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 68 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 120 - RULE. Multiply all the terms of the natural series of numbers, from 1 up to the given number, continually together, and the last product will be the answer required. ExAMPLEs.
Page 89 - Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain.