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... cent , 10 cents 1 dime , 10 dimes 1 dollar , and 10 dollars 1 eagle . Dollars , $ , and Cents , cts . are the only denominations commonly mentioned in business- eagles being counted as tens of dollars , dimes being counted as tens of cents ...
... cent , 10 cents 1 dime , 10 dimes 1 dollar , and 10 dollars 1 eagle . Dollars , $ , and Cents , cts . are the only denominations commonly mentioned in business- eagles being counted as tens of dollars , dimes being counted as tens of cents ...
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... cents . The dollars in any number of cents are distinguished by cutting off two fig ures from the right for cents ; 325 cts . - $ 3.25 . Operations on numbers expressing Federal money , are performed as on simple numbers ; care must ...
... cents . The dollars in any number of cents are distinguished by cutting off two fig ures from the right for cents ; 325 cts . - $ 3.25 . Operations on numbers expressing Federal money , are performed as on simple numbers ; care must ...
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... cents per pound ; allowing each hogshead to contam . 8cwt . 3qr . 24 lb. ? 78. A cent weighs 8 pennyweights 16 grains . What is the weight of 100 cents ? 79 How many yards of cloth are there in 19 pieces ; each piece containing 27 yd ...
... cents per pound ; allowing each hogshead to contam . 8cwt . 3qr . 24 lb. ? 78. A cent weighs 8 pennyweights 16 grains . What is the weight of 100 cents ? 79 How many yards of cloth are there in 19 pieces ; each piece containing 27 yd ...
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... cents per pound , that the price shall amount to $ 524 ? 103. What cubical quantity of earth must be removed , in digging a pit , 13 feet deep , 12 feet long , and 93 feet wide ? 104. What quantity of hewn timber is there in a stick ...
... cents per pound , that the price shall amount to $ 524 ? 103. What cubical quantity of earth must be removed , in digging a pit , 13 feet deep , 12 feet long , and 93 feet wide ? 104. What quantity of hewn timber is there in a stick ...
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... cents per gallon ? 116. What is the cost of 25 yards 3 bon , at 194 cents per yard ? 117. If 5 cords of wood cost $ 26 , of 1 cord ? quarters of rib- what is the cost 118. What is the value of 16 tons of hay , at 11 } dollars per ton ...
... cents per gallon ? 116. What is the cost of 25 yards 3 bon , at 194 cents per yard ? 117. If 5 cords of wood cost $ 26 , of 1 cord ? quarters of rib- what is the cost 118. What is the value of 16 tons of hay , at 11 } dollars per ton ...
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75 cents acres annuity annum avoirdupois bajocchi barrels Bill bushels called carats cask ciphers circumference common difference compound interest COMPOUND NUMBERS contain continual proportionals cost cube root denoted diameter discount divided dividend divisor dollars 50 cents dry measure Ducat equal example exchange expressed Extract the square factors Federal money figure Flemish florin foot francs frustrum gallon given number Hamburgh hogshead improper fraction infinite decimal least common multiple length maravedis mean proportional measure merchant miles minuend mixed number months multiplied number of terms number of things operation ounces paid payable payment pence pezza piastre places pounds present worth quantity quotient rate per cent ratio received Reduce remainder repetend rix dollar rods rupee series of continual shillings sold Spanish dollars square root sterling Subtract Suppose United vulgar fraction weight whole number wide wine yards of cloth
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Page 7 - ... 11 eleven 12 twelve 13 thirteen 14 fourteen 15 fifteen 16 sixteen 17 seventeen 18 eighteen 19 nineteen 20 twenty 21 twenty-one...
Page 114 - Multiply each debt by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts. The quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 184 - ... 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, &c. is an ascending series. ( 15, 13, 11, 9, 7, 5, 3, &c. is a descending series. The numbers which form the series are called the terms of the series. The first and last terms are the extremes, and the other terms are called the means. There are five things in arithmetical progression, any three of which being given, the other two may be found : — 1st.
Page 27 - 10 pounds, Avoirdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer standing at 30 inches.
Page 44 - Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator.
Page 178 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 104 - 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.
Page 55 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 166 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. III. Double the root already found for a divisor ; seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 104 - 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.