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Page 81
... sides and four equal angles , or four right angles . This diagram is called four feet square , as it is four feet each way . Each of the small squares , ( within the large square , ) represents 1 square foot . There are 4 square feet in ...
... sides and four equal angles , or four right angles . This diagram is called four feet square , as it is four feet each way . Each of the small squares , ( within the large square , ) represents 1 square foot . There are 4 square feet in ...
Page 82
... sides of a cube be 3 feet is called a cubic yard . The annexed diagram represents a cubic yard , since each of the sides of a cubic yard is 3 feet each way ; each of these sides will 300- tain 9 square feet . If from one side of this ...
... sides of a cube be 3 feet is called a cubic yard . The annexed diagram represents a cubic yard , since each of the sides of a cubic yard is 3 feet each way ; each of these sides will 300- tain 9 square feet . If from one side of this ...
Page 221
... side , such a sum , ( which may be called MERCHANDISE BALANCE , ) as will balance the ac count . Multiply the number ... side ; but when the sum of the credit products exceed the sum of the debit products , it is in favor of the credit ...
... side , such a sum , ( which may be called MERCHANDISE BALANCE , ) as will balance the ac count . Multiply the number ... side ; but when the sum of the credit products exceed the sum of the debit products , it is in favor of the credit ...
Page 235
... sides , by itself . Thus , the side of the adjacent figure is expressed by 4 linear units , ( 4 inches , ) and its superficial contents , by 4x4 = 16 square inches . 4 inches . 4 inches If the square or second power of a number be ...
... sides , by itself . Thus , the side of the adjacent figure is expressed by 4 linear units , ( 4 inches , ) and its superficial contents , by 4x4 = 16 square inches . 4 inches . 4 inches If the square or second power of a number be ...
Page 239
... side of the square , and in width to BH , ( or 5 , ) the quantity by which the square has been increased ; hence , the area of each of these rectangles is expressed by 30x5 ; also the square BHGF , whose side is BH , ( or 5 ) ; hence ...
... side of the square , and in width to BH , ( or 5 , ) the quantity by which the square has been increased ; hence , the area of each of these rectangles is expressed by 30x5 ; also the square BHGF , whose side is BH , ( or 5 ) ; hence ...
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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.