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... for three times as many pounds , and sold them again for four times as many pounds ; but if they had cost as much as I sold them for , what should I have sold them for , to gain after the same rate ? Ans . £ 320 . 71. If 2lb . of pepper ...
... for three times as many pounds , and sold them again for four times as many pounds ; but if they had cost as much as I sold them for , what should I have sold them for , to gain after the same rate ? Ans . £ 320 . 71. If 2lb . of pepper ...
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... per yard 2 dols . 87. Bought 126 gallons of rum for $ 110 , how much water must be added to it , to reduce the first cost to 75 cents per gallon ? Ans . 20 gallons . 88. If I sell coffee at 2s . 3d . per lb. and gain 35 per cent , what did ...
... per yard 2 dols . 87. Bought 126 gallons of rum for $ 110 , how much water must be added to it , to reduce the first cost to 75 cents per gallon ? Ans . 20 gallons . 88. If I sell coffee at 2s . 3d . per lb. and gain 35 per cent , what did ...
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... for instance , multiplying the principal by half the number of months , and dividing the product by 100 , will give the interest for the time when the rate is 6 per cent ; but in no other case , or at any other rate per cent . The best ...
... for instance , multiplying the principal by half the number of months , and dividing the product by 100 , will give the interest for the time when the rate is 6 per cent ; but in no other case , or at any other rate per cent . The best ...
Page 125
... per cent . per annum ? 537 6 6 ) 3222 537 proof . + dolls . 32,22 Ans . 2. Required the interest of $ 43,21 , for a ... rate per cent , ( as in Compound Multiplication ) and point off the two right hand figures in the pounds of the ...
... per cent . per annum ? 537 6 6 ) 3222 537 proof . + dolls . 32,22 Ans . 2. Required the interest of $ 43,21 , for a ... rate per cent , ( as in Compound Multiplication ) and point off the two right hand figures in the pounds of the ...
Page 126
... rate per cent , the quotient will be equal to the principal ; if there is a remainder in the interest , add it to the product . EXAMPLES . 1. What is the interest of £ 936 18 7 ... per cent . per annum ? TOO 3. What 126 Simple Interest .
... rate per cent , the quotient will be equal to the principal ; if there is a remainder in the interest , add it to the product . EXAMPLES . 1. What is the interest of £ 936 18 7 ... per cent . per annum ? TOO 3. What 126 Simple Interest .
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2qrs 3qrs 75 cents amount annex annum barrels bought brokerage bushels bushels of wheat cents and mills cents per lb chaldron change the currency ciphers Compound contained cost dolls cube root cubic currency of South decimals denominator discount divide the product dividend divisor dollars dols Dry Measure DUODECIMALS equal EXAMPLES farthings federal money feet long gallons given number given price given quantity given sum hogsheads of sugar hogsheads of tobacco improper fraction inches interest Measure mixed number months multiplicand NOTE number of hundreds ounces paid pence perches pounds present worth principal proceed proper quantity prove quotient rate per cent Reduce remainder resolvend right hand figures RULE shillings sold South Carolina square root statute miles sterling subtract subtrahend thousand trade in company Troy Weight Vulgar Fractions whole numbers whole tare whole value wine yards of cloth
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Page 210 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
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Page 233 - Find the first figure in the root, by the table of powers, which subtract from the given number. 3. Bring down the first figure in the next point to the remainder, and call it the dividend. 4. Involve the root into the next inferior power to that which is given ; multiply it by the given power, and call it the divisor. 5. Find...
Page 209 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators but its own for a new numerator. 2. Multiply all the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 212 - To г-educe the fraction of one denomination, to the fraction of another, but greater, retaining the same value. RULE 1.
Page 216 - To reduce any given quantity to the fraction of any greater denomination of the same kind. RULE. Reduce the given quantity to...
Page 212 - Reduce the giveji fraction to such a compound one, as will express the value of the given fraction^ by comparing it with all the denominations: between it and that denomination you would reduce it to ; lastly, reduce this compound fraction to -a single one, by Case V.
Page 21 - Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator ; or divide the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and multiply the quotient by the numerator.
Page 213 - To reduce fractions from one denomination to another* of the same value, having the numerator of the required fraction given ; . RULE. As the numerator of the given fraction Is to the denominator; So is the numerator of the intended fraction To its denominator. i * Note. As the t...
Page 44 - ... as before. 3. Proceed in the same manner through all the denominations to the highest ; and the quotient last found, together with the several remainders...