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... insured to recover the premium and the prop Life Insurance , Profit and Loss , four Cases , Duties , Specific and Advalorem , Assessment of Taxes , To find what sum must be assessed to raise a given net amo Formation of Tax Bills , Rate ...
... insured to recover the premium and the prop Life Insurance , Profit and Loss , four Cases , Duties , Specific and Advalorem , Assessment of Taxes , To find what sum must be assessed to raise a given net amo Formation of Tax Bills , Rate ...
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... insured for 109240 dollars : how much would he lose in case the buildings should be destroyed by fire ? 5. The distance from the Earth to the Sun is 95000000 of miles ; the distance of Mercury is only 37000000 : how far is Mercury from ...
... insured for 109240 dollars : how much would he lose in case the buildings should be destroyed by fire ? 5. The distance from the Earth to the Sun is 95000000 of miles ; the distance of Mercury is only 37000000 : how far is Mercury from ...
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... insured on their houses , ships , and other property , if destroyed or injured during the specified time of insurance . OBS . 1. Insurance on ships and other property at sea is sometimes effected by contract with individuals . It is ...
... insured on their houses , ships , and other property , if destroyed or injured during the specified time of insurance . OBS . 1. Insurance on ships and other property at sea is sometimes effected by contract with individuals . It is ...
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... insured by the season or year . I of peace , the rate varies from 4 to 7 per cent . per annum ; n time of w much higher . Whale ships are generally insured for the voyage , at varying from 5 to 8 per cent . on the sum insured . 3. When ...
... insured by the season or year . I of peace , the rate varies from 4 to 7 per cent . per annum ; n time of w much higher . Whale ships are generally insured for the voyage , at varying from 5 to 8 per cent . on the sum insured . 3. When ...
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... insured , costs $ 16 premium , $ 1 will cost of $ 16 ; and $ 16 ÷ 800 = .02 ; which is 2 per cent . PROOF .- $ 800.02 = $ 16 , the premium paid . Hence , 8 438. To find the rate per cent . when the sum insured and the annual premium are ...
... insured , costs $ 16 premium , $ 1 will cost of $ 16 ; and $ 16 ÷ 800 = .02 ; which is 2 per cent . PROOF .- $ 800.02 = $ 16 , the premium paid . Hence , 8 438. To find the rate per cent . when the sum insured and the annual premium are ...
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acres amount Analysis annexed answer required antecedent Arithmetic avoirdupois bank discount barrels bbls bought bushels called canceling ciphers CIRCULATING DECIMALS common fraction composite number compound numbers consequently contained cost cube currency decimal figures denotes difference Divide the given dividend division dollars dolls Dry Measure duodecimals equal expressed farthings Federal Money gain gallons gals given fractions given number greatest common divisor Hence hhds hundred hundredths improper fraction insured interest of $1 least common denominator least common multiple less miles mills mixed number mixture months multiplicand Multiply number of days Operation partial product payable pence period pound premium present worth prime factors prime number principal proportion quantity quotient rate per cent ratio remainder rods shillings sold subtract thousandths Troy Troy weight units usury weight whole number yard
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Page 369 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 237 - ... dividend, as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor.
Page 97 - The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, 24, and 30.
Page 366 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 74 - In the same manner it may be shown, that removing two ciphers from the right of a number, divides it by 100; removing three, divides it by 1000 ; removing four, divides it by 10000, &c.
Page 204 - 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 259 - 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...
Page 314 - ... multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator by the same number, does not alter the value of the fraction.
Page 48 - Multiplying ly any whole number, is taking the multiplicand as many times, as there are units in the multiplier.
Page 106 - An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator ; as, •f , if.