Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged : Being a Plain and Practical System of Arithmetick Adapted to the United States |
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... Interest , in Federal Money , I have given seve- ral new and concise rules ; some of which are particularly designed for the use of the compting - house . The Appendix contains a variety of rules for casting Interest , Rebate , & c ...
... Interest , in Federal Money , I have given seve- ral new and concise rules ; some of which are particularly designed for the use of the compting - house . The Appendix contains a variety of rules for casting Interest , Rebate , & c ...
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... Interest , 17 21 38 177 199 Arithmetical Progression , 182 Barter , 126 Brokerage , 113 Characters , Explanation of , 14 Commission , 112 Conjoined Proportion , 137 Coins of the United States , Weights of , 220 Division of Whole Numbers ...
... Interest , 17 21 38 177 199 Arithmetical Progression , 182 Barter , 126 Brokerage , 113 Characters , Explanation of , 14 Commission , 112 Conjoined Proportion , 137 Coins of the United States , Weights of , 220 Division of Whole Numbers ...
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... Interest at 6 per cent , 203 for finding the contents of Superfices and Solids , 208 to reduce the currencies of the ... Interest , for 20 years , - showing the amount of 17. annuity , forborne for 31 years or under , at 5 and 6 per cent ...
... Interest at 6 per cent , 203 for finding the contents of Superfices and Solids , 208 to reduce the currencies of the ... Interest , for 20 years , - showing the amount of 17. annuity , forborne for 31 years or under , at 5 and 6 per cent ...
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... or fourth power , & c . ARITHMETIC is the art of computing by numbers , and 14 CHARACTERS . Annuities or Pensions, at Compound Interest, 199 Arithmetical Progression, 182 Barter, 126 Brokerage, 113 Characters, Explanation of,
... or fourth power , & c . ARITHMETIC is the art of computing by numbers , and 14 CHARACTERS . Annuities or Pensions, at Compound Interest, 199 Arithmetical Progression, 182 Barter, 126 Brokerage, 113 Characters, Explanation of,
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... interest in a year , how much will 49 dols . gain in the same time ? Ans . $ 2 , 94 cts . 55. If 60 gallons of water , in one hour , fall into a cistern containing 300 gallons , and by a pipe in the cistern 35 gal- lons run out in an ...
... interest in a year , how much will 49 dols . gain in the same time ? Ans . $ 2 , 94 cts . 55. If 60 gallons of water , in one hour , fall into a cistern containing 300 gallons , and by a pipe in the cistern 35 gal- lons run out in an ...
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Page 162 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total If there be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above ; and, in like manner, from one payment to another, till all the payments are absorbed; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Page 162 - But if any payments be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on the principal sum due on the obligation, for one year, add- it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid, from the time it was paid up to the end of the year; add it to the sum paid, and deduct that sum from the principal and interest, added as above...
Page 190 - If the errors are alike, divide the difference of the products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer.
Page 154 - 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 185 - The first term, the last term (or the extremes) and the ratio given, to find the sum of the series RULE. Multiply the last term by the ratio, and from the product subtract the first term...
Page 4 - Obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Page 124 - When the debtor keeps the annuity in his own hands beyond the time of payment, it is said to be in arrears. The sum of all the annuities for the time they have been foreborne, together with the interest due on each, is called the amount.
Page 177 - Alligation Alternate. ALLIGATION MEDIAL, Is when the quantities and prices of several things are given, to find the' mean price of the mixture compounded of those things.
Page 159 - The amount, principal, and rate per cent, given, to find the time. RULE. Subtract the principal from the amount; divide the remainder by the product of the ratio and principal; and the quotient -will be the time. EXAMPLES. 1. In what time will 950 dols. 75 cts. amount to 1235 dollars, 97,5 cents, at 6 per cent, per annum ? From the amount 81235,975 Take the principal 950,75 950,75x06=57,0450)285,2250(5 years, Ans.
Page 91 - Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the first term; and the quotient will be the answer to the question, in the same denomination you left the second term in, which may be brought into any other denomination required.