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Page 71
... duties $ 986.13 ; and for freight $ 293.37 . How much did the goods cost him in all ? Ans . $ 77142.47 . ART . 56. SUBTRACTION OF UNITED STATES CURRENCY RULE . Place the less number under the greater , with dollars under dollars , cents ...
... duties $ 986.13 ; and for freight $ 293.37 . How much did the goods cost him in all ? Ans . $ 77142.47 . ART . 56. SUBTRACTION OF UNITED STATES CURRENCY RULE . Place the less number under the greater , with dollars under dollars , cents ...
Page 168
... Duties , Profit and Loss , Interest , Discount , & c . , & c ART . 158. To find the percentage on any sum of quantity . RULE . Multiply the given number by the rate per cent , decimally expressed , and from the product point off by the ...
... Duties , Profit and Loss , Interest , Discount , & c . , & c ART . 158. To find the percentage on any sum of quantity . RULE . Multiply the given number by the rate per cent , decimally expressed , and from the product point off by the ...
Page 173
... DUTIES are taxes levied by government on oods imported . These duties constitute the revenue of the country and are collected by Custom House officers , at the ports of entry . Duties are specific or ad valorem . A spezfic duty ART ...
... DUTIES are taxes levied by government on oods imported . These duties constitute the revenue of the country and are collected by Custom House officers , at the ports of entry . Duties are specific or ad valorem . A spezfic duty ART ...
Page 174
John Fair Stoddard. Duties are specific or ad valorem . A spezfic duty is a cer tain sum imposed , on a ton , cwt . , hogshead , bushel , yard , & c . , regardless of the value of the commodity . An ad valorem duty is a certain ...
John Fair Stoddard. Duties are specific or ad valorem . A spezfic duty is a cer tain sum imposed , on a ton , cwt . , hogshead , bushel , yard , & c . , regardless of the value of the commodity . An ad valorem duty is a certain ...
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... duty . 2. What is the duty on 4 hogsheads of sugar , each weigh- ing 1280 lbs . gross , at 23 cents a pound ; tare 14 per cent . ? Ans . $ 120.875 + . 3. What is the duty on 420 bags of coffee , each weighing 240 lbs . , at 3 cents a ...
... duty . 2. What is the duty on 4 hogsheads of sugar , each weigh- ing 1280 lbs . gross , at 23 cents a pound ; tare 14 per cent . ? Ans . $ 120.875 + . 3. What is the duty on 420 bags of coffee , each weighing 240 lbs . , at 3 cents a ...
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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.