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acres amount barrels of flour bushels cents a pound ciphers common divisor common fraction Compound Numbers containing cords of wood cube cubic currency decimal fractions denominator diameter divided dividend division dollars drams equal factors farthings feet high feet long feet wide figure foot gain gallons gals gills given number grains greatest common divisor hogshead horse hund'ths hundred hundredths improper fraction interest least common multiple loads longitude MENTAL EXERCISES miles mills minutes mixed number molasses months multiplied muslin number of terms ounces paid payable payment pecks pence pennyweights pieces pints premium present worth prime number Promiscuous Examples quarts quotient Reduce remainder rods long root RULE RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply seconds sell shillings SLATE sold square feet subtract tenths thousand thousandths U. S. Money weighing whole numbers Write yards of cloth
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Page 204 - 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 78 - TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, oz. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. 25 Pounds " 1 Quarter, qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, cwt. 20 Hundred Weight
Page 127 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator.
Page 82 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 152 - To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.
Page 154 - 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 84 - Things make 1 Dozen. 12 Dozen " 1 Gross. 12 Gross " 1 Great Gross. 20 Units
Page 204 - 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.
Page 269 - The frustum of a pyramid is also what remains, after the top is cut off by a plane parallel to its base.
Page 83 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; February twenty-eight alone, All the rest have thirty-one ; Except in Leap year, then is the time, When February has twenty-nine.