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... sold 236 barrels to A , 362 to B , and 387 to C ; how many had he left ? OPERATION . Minuend , 1278 236 Subtrahends , 362 387 SOLUTION . Since the remainder sought , added to the subtrahends , must be equal to the minuend , we add the ...
... sold 236 barrels to A , 362 to B , and 387 to C ; how many had he left ? OPERATION . Minuend , 1278 236 Subtrahends , 362 387 SOLUTION . Since the remainder sought , added to the subtrahends , must be equal to the minuend , we add the ...
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... sold a quantity of goods for $ 42017.75 , which was $ 1675.36 more than they cost him . How much did they cost him ? 4. A speculator having 57436 acres of land sold at different times 53.75 acres and 1765.25 acres . How much land has he ...
... sold a quantity of goods for $ 42017.75 , which was $ 1675.36 more than they cost him . How much did they cost him ? 4. A speculator having 57436 acres of land sold at different times 53.75 acres and 1765.25 acres . How much land has he ...
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... sold 300 horses at an average price of $ 200 each . How much did he receive for them ? 11. A certain state , having an area of 41000 square miles , has an average of 90 inhabitants to the square mile . What is the population of the ...
... sold 300 horses at an average price of $ 200 each . How much did he receive for them ? 11. A certain state , having an area of 41000 square miles , has an average of 90 inhabitants to the square mile . What is the population of the ...
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... sold , with the prices of each and the total cost ; or a statement of services rendered , with the price or value annexed to each item . 147. The Footing of a Bill is the total amount or cost of all the items . NOTE . A bill of goods ...
... sold , with the prices of each and the total cost ; or a statement of services rendered , with the price or value annexed to each item . 147. The Footing of a Bill is the total amount or cost of all the items . NOTE . A bill of goods ...
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... sold the whole lot at $ 40 a head . What was his entire profit or loss ? 5. The lowest standard amount of fresh air needed for each person is 45 cubic feet a minute . If a schoolroom contains 50 pupils , how much fresh air must pass ...
... sold the whole lot at $ 40 a head . What was his entire profit or loss ? 5. The lowest standard amount of fresh air needed for each person is 45 cubic feet a minute . If a schoolroom contains 50 pupils , how much fresh air must pass ...
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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...