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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... Payments , 126 Evolution or Extraction of Roots , 167 Exchange , 139 Federal Money , 21 Subtraction of , 25 Fellowship , 132 Compound , 134 Fractions , Vulgar and Decimal , * Interest , Simple , 69 , 143 108 by Decimals , 157 Compound ...
... Payments , 126 Evolution or Extraction of Roots , 167 Exchange , 139 Federal Money , 21 Subtraction of , 25 Fellowship , 132 Compound , 134 Fractions , Vulgar and Decimal , * Interest , Simple , 69 , 143 108 by Decimals , 157 Compound ...
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... payment in full ,. at 2 , 15 per lb. at 0 , 21 at 0 , 19 at 7 , 31 per ciot . at 7 , 14 per fir . at 1 , 04 per pair . at 0 , 33 per bush at 1 , 12 per pair . A SHORT RULE . Amount , $ 511 , 78 . WILLIAM Merchant NOTE . The value of ...
... payment in full ,. at 2 , 15 per lb. at 0 , 21 at 0 , 19 at 7 , 31 per ciot . at 7 , 14 per fir . at 1 , 04 per pair . at 0 , 33 per bush at 1 , 12 per pair . A SHORT RULE . Amount , $ 511 , 78 . WILLIAM Merchant NOTE . The value of ...
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... payment . uf a sum of money , and each paid 3 dollars and 9 mills ; how much was paid in all ? Ans . $ 123 36 cts . 9 mills . 9. The number of inhabitants in the United States is five millions ; now suppose each should pay the trifling ...
... payment . uf a sum of money , and each paid 3 dollars and 9 mills ; how much was paid in all ? Ans . $ 123 36 cts . 9 mills . 9. The number of inhabitants in the United States is five millions ; now suppose each should pay the trifling ...
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... pay apiece ? 6. If a man's wages are 235 dols . 80 that a calendar month ? Ans . $ 2 35 cts . paid equally among Ans . $ 1 81 cts . cts . a year , what Ans . $ 19 65 cts . 7. The salary of the President of the United States 01 CMPOUND ...
... pay apiece ? 6. If a man's wages are 235 dols . 80 that a calendar month ? Ans . $ 2 35 cts . paid equally among Ans . $ 1 81 cts . cts . a year , what Ans . $ 19 65 cts . 7. The salary of the President of the United States 01 CMPOUND ...
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... pay apiece ? Ans . 8s . 44d .. 7. A piece of cloth containing 24 yards , cost 181. 6 . what did it cost per yard ? Ans . 15s . 3d 8. If a hogshead of wine cost 331. 12s . what is it a gal lon ? Ans . 10s . 8d . 9. If 1 cwt . of sugar ...
... pay apiece ? Ans . 8s . 44d .. 7. A piece of cloth containing 24 yards , cost 181. 6 . what did it cost per yard ? Ans . 15s . 3d 8. If a hogshead of wine cost 331. 12s . what is it a gal lon ? Ans . 10s . 8d . 9. If 1 cwt . of sugar ...
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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.