The Progressive Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Theory of Numbers, in Connection with Concise Analytic and Synthetic Methods of Solution, and Designed as a Complete Text-book on this Science : for Common Schools and Academies |
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... 225 Insurance , Taxes ,. ...... Custom House Business , Simple Interest , Partial Payments or Indorsements ,. Problems in Interest ,. 231 232 235 239 245 251 Compound Interest , Discount , Banking ,: Exchange , .... CONTENTS . vii.
... 225 Insurance , Taxes ,. ...... Custom House Business , Simple Interest , Partial Payments or Indorsements ,. Problems in Interest ,. 231 232 235 239 245 251 Compound Interest , Discount , Banking ,: Exchange , .... CONTENTS . vii.
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... Payments , . Page 254 257 260 .... 264 269 RATIO AND PROPORTION . Ratio , Proportion , Simple Proportion , Compound Proportion ,. Partnership , ..... Analysis , .... Alligation Medial , .... Alligation Alternate , . Involution , 277 ...
... Payments , . Page 254 257 260 .... 264 269 RATIO AND PROPORTION . Ratio , Proportion , Simple Proportion , Compound Proportion ,. Partnership , ..... Analysis , .... Alligation Medial , .... Alligation Alternate , . Involution , 277 ...
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... pay for both ? ANALYSIS . He gave as many dollars as 5 dollars and 7 dollars , which are 12 dollars . Therefore he paid 12 dollars for both . 2. A farmer sold a pig for 3 dollars , and a calf for 8 dol- lars ; how much did he receive ...
... pay for both ? ANALYSIS . He gave as many dollars as 5 dollars and 7 dollars , which are 12 dollars . Therefore he paid 12 dollars for both . 2. A farmer sold a pig for 3 dollars , and a calf for 8 dol- lars ; how much did he receive ...
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... pay him 9050 dollars , how much do I still owe him ? 26. In 1850 the white population of the United States was 19,553,068 , and the slave population 3,204,313 ; how much was the difference ? 27. The population of Great Britain in 1851 ...
... pay him 9050 dollars , how much do I still owe him ? 26. In 1850 the white population of the United States was 19,553,068 , and the slave population 3,204,313 ; how much was the difference ? 27. The population of Great Britain in 1851 ...
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... pay 7375 dollars , the second agreed to pay twice as much , and the third the remainder ; how much was the third to pay ? Ans . 13555 dollars . 10. Borrowed of my neighbor at one time 750 dollars , at another time 379 dollars , and at ...
... pay 7375 dollars , the second agreed to pay twice as much , and the third the remainder ; how much was the third to pay ? Ans . 13555 dollars . 10. Borrowed of my neighbor at one time 750 dollars , at another time 379 dollars , and at ...
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acres amount annex barrels of flour bought bushels bushels of corn bushels of wheat cents a pound ciphers column common fraction compound numbers contained cost cube discount Divide dividend division dollars dry measure equal exact divisor EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE feet figure following RULE gain gallons Give analysis Give explanation given number greatest common divisor Hence the following Hence the RULE hogshead hundred improper fraction inches integers interest least common denominator least common multiple longitude merchant miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number of terms obtain OPERATION paid payment prime factors proper fraction quotient rate per cent ratio receive Reduce remainder rods sell simple numbers sold subtract subtrahend tens third thousand trial divisor Troy weight units weight whole number worth write yards of cloth
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Page 54 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 162 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 304 - Pythagoras' theorem states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides.
Page 161 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl...
Page 81 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Numbers prime to each other are such as have no common divisor. NOTE. A common divisor is sometimes called a Common Measure ; and the greatest common divisor, the Greatest Common Measure.
Page 266 - Three numbers may be in proportion when the first is to the second as the second is to the third.
Page 97 - To reduce fractions to their lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other; that is, when both terms have no common divisor. 1. Reduce the fraction -|| to its lowest terms.
Page 242 - TABLE, Showing the amount of $1, or £1, at 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 per cent , compound interest, for any number of years, from 1 to 20.
Page 256 - 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 189 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...