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... amount under the column of units . We next add the column of tens , thus : 3 and 1 are 4 , and 3 are 7 tens , which we place under the column Sum 876 or Amount . of tens . We now add the column of hundreds , thus : 2 and 4 are 6 , and 2 ...
... amount under the column of units . We next add the column of tens , thus : 3 and 1 are 4 , and 3 are 7 tens , which we place under the column Sum 876 or Amount . of tens . We now add the column of hundreds , thus : 2 and 4 are 6 , and 2 ...
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... amount of 1200 dollars ; what was the whole cost ? Ans . 1536 dollars . 4. A merchant sold 1213 barrels of flour one month 10132 barrels the next month , and 622 barrels the follow ing month ; how many barrels did he sell during the ...
... amount of 1200 dollars ; what was the whole cost ? Ans . 1536 dollars . 4. A merchant sold 1213 barrels of flour one month 10132 barrels the next month , and 622 barrels the follow ing month ; how many barrels did he sell during the ...
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... amount of 6110 dollars , dry goods to the amount of 12233 dollars nd had 10446 dollars left ; how much had he at first ? Ans . 28789 dollars . 15. A had 327 dollars , B 1230 dollars , C 2200 dollars and D 32 dollars ; how much did they ...
... amount of 6110 dollars , dry goods to the amount of 12233 dollars nd had 10446 dollars left ; how much had he at first ? Ans . 28789 dollars . 15. A had 327 dollars , B 1230 dollars , C 2200 dollars and D 32 dollars ; how much did they ...
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... amount of the last column . QUESTIONS . ART . 27. In what ratio do figures increase in value from right to left ? Ex . 1. Find the sum of 3236 + 426 + 38 + 5821 + € 296 + 7867 . OPERATION Thousands . Tens of Thousands . .Hundreds 9 ܠ ...
... amount of the last column . QUESTIONS . ART . 27. In what ratio do figures increase in value from right to left ? Ex . 1. Find the sum of 3236 + 426 + 38 + 5821 + € 296 + 7867 . OPERATION Thousands . Tens of Thousands . .Hundreds 9 ܠ ...
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... amount . The work is therefore presumed to be light . 3236 426 38 5821 4296 7867 21684 Amount . 18448 21 6 8 4 Amount 2nd . 2 . 3 . 4 . 251 4376 54 38 5 . 59763 432 8231 7846 47 846 2343 829 8623 735 5678 9731 437 2264 20628 23844 68870 ...
... amount . The work is therefore presumed to be light . 3236 426 38 5821 4296 7867 21684 Amount . 18448 21 6 8 4 Amount 2nd . 2 . 3 . 4 . 251 4376 54 38 5 . 59763 432 8231 7846 47 846 2343 829 8623 735 5678 9731 437 2264 20628 23844 68870 ...
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Page 192 - 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...
Page 85 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day...
Page 79 - Weight is used in weighing groceries ana all coarse articles ; as, sugar, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay; &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ibs. " 1 hundred weight, " cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton,
Page 6 - Romans, employs in expressing numbers seven capital letters, viz. : I for one ; V for five ; X for ten ; L for fifty ; C for one hundred ; D for five hundred ; M for one thousand.
Page 189 - Given the principal, the time, and the interest, to find the rate per cent. RULE. Divide the given interest by the interest of the given principal, for the given time, at one per cent.
Page 63 - Place the sum down as in the last example, then mark off from the right of the dividend as many figures as there are ciphers in the divisor...
Page 117 - 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 277 - A person looking on his watch, was asked, what was the time of the .day ; he answered, it is between 4 and 5 ; but A more particular answer being required, he said, that the hour and minute hands were then exactly together.
Page 192 - 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 233 - Multiply the last term by the ratio, from the product subtract the first term, and divide the remainder by the ratio, less 1; the quotient will be the sum of the series required.