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... share , and 30 shares at $ 110 a share , do I gain or lose , and how much ? 26. Mr. Armstrong bought a house for $ 15760 , and gained 25 % of its cost by selling it . For what price did he sell it ? 27. At $ 110 a share , what will be ...
... share , and 30 shares at $ 110 a share , do I gain or lose , and how much ? 26. Mr. Armstrong bought a house for $ 15760 , and gained 25 % of its cost by selling it . For what price did he sell it ? 27. At $ 110 a share , what will be ...
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... share .子 part of the whole farm had he left ? What 42. A man bought a horse for $ 1253 , and sold him for of what he cost . What was the loss ? 43. A man owned of 123 acres of land , and sold of his share . How many acres did he sell ...
... share .子 part of the whole farm had he left ? What 42. A man bought a horse for $ 1253 , and sold him for of what he cost . What was the loss ? 43. A man owned of 123 acres of land , and sold of his share . How many acres did he sell ...
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... share ? 22. If 7 tons of hay cost $ 60 , how many tons can be bought for $ 78 , at the same rate ? 23. If a man agrees to do a job of work in 30 days , what part of it ought he to do in 16 days ? 24. A can do a piece of work in 5 days ...
... share ? 22. If 7 tons of hay cost $ 60 , how many tons can be bought for $ 78 , at the same rate ? 23. If a man agrees to do a job of work in 30 days , what part of it ought he to do in 16 days ? 24. A can do a piece of work in 5 days ...
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... share for $ 25703 . How much was the whole foundry worth ? 31. Suppose the cargo of a vessel to be worth $ 10000 , and of of of the vessel to be worth of of 15 of the cargo ; what is the whole value of the ship and cargo ? 32. If of 6 ...
... share for $ 25703 . How much was the whole foundry worth ? 31. Suppose the cargo of a vessel to be worth $ 10000 , and of of of the vessel to be worth of of 15 of the cargo ; what is the whole value of the ship and cargo ? 32. If of 6 ...
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... shares do B and C own respectively ? 42. A schoolboy being asked how many dollars he had , re- plied , that if his money were multiplied by 1 , and of a dollar were added to the product , and of a dollar taken from the sum , this ...
... shares do B and C own respectively ? 42. A schoolboy being asked how many dollars he had , re- plied , that if his money were multiplied by 1 , and of a dollar were added to the product , and of a dollar taken from the sum , this ...
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Page 489 - A cylinder is conceived to be generated by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides as an axis.
Page 399 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 429 - The Square Root of a number is one of the two equal factors that produce the number. Thus, the square root of 64 is 8, for 8 x 8 = 64.
Page 374 - 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, as aforesaid.
Page 477 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 184 - Measures of length are used in measuring lines or distances. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.). 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.). 5£ yards, or 16| feet = 1 rod (rd.).
Page 432 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 402 - Sixty days after sight of this FIRST of EXCHANGE (Second and Third of same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 249 - RULE. — Multiply the length (in feet) by the width (in inches) and divide the product by 12 — the result will be the contents in square feet.
Page 374 - If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes toward discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due. If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus...