The Western Practical Arithmetic ...: Containing a Great Variety of Exercises, Particularly Adapted to the Currency of the United States: to which is Added a Short System of Book-keeping, Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Schools |
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... Compound Subtraction , Compound Multiplication , Compound Division , • Simple Proportion , · Compound Proportion , Practice , Tare and Tret , Interest , .. • Compound Interest ,. ง Insurance , Commission and Brokage , Discount ...
... Compound Subtraction , Compound Multiplication , Compound Division , • Simple Proportion , · Compound Proportion , Practice , Tare and Tret , Interest , .. • Compound Interest ,. ง Insurance , Commission and Brokage , Discount ...
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... interest , for 6 years , at 4 per cent . per annum , will amount to $ 1240 ... compound proportion . EXAMPLES . 1. At what rate per cent . per annum , will ... interest Or by compound proportion : $ 8 As 600 yr . 100 $ 5 P yr . :: 144 : 6 ...
... interest , for 6 years , at 4 per cent . per annum , will amount to $ 1240 ... compound proportion . EXAMPLES . 1. At what rate per cent . per annum , will ... interest Or by compound proportion : $ 8 As 600 yr . 100 $ 5 P yr . :: 144 : 6 ...
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... interest by the interest of the principal for one year , and the quotient will be the time required , or by proportion . EPAMPLES . 1. In what time will 400 dollars amount to 520 dol- lars , at 5 ... COMPOUND INTEREST . Compound Interest,
... interest by the interest of the principal for one year , and the quotient will be the time required , or by proportion . EPAMPLES . 1. In what time will 400 dollars amount to 520 dol- lars , at 5 ... COMPOUND INTEREST . Compound Interest,
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... compound int . for 5 years . 2. What is the compound interest of 760 dollars , for 3 years , at 6 dollars per cent . per annum ? Ans . $ 145 17 cts . 2 m . + 3. What is the compound interest of $ 242 50 cts . , for 4 years , at 6 per ...
... compound int . for 5 years . 2. What is the compound interest of 760 dollars , for 3 years , at 6 dollars per cent . per annum ? Ans . $ 145 17 cts . 2 m . + 3. What is the compound interest of $ 242 50 cts . , for 4 years , at 6 per ...
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... interest is required for years and months ? When the interest is required for any number of weeks or days , less or more than one year , how do you perform the operation ? How do you proceed to find the interest , at ... COMPOUND INTEREST .
... interest is required for years and months ? When the interest is required for any number of weeks or days , less or more than one year , how do you perform the operation ? How do you proceed to find the interest , at ... COMPOUND INTEREST .
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100 dollars 50 cents acres amount annum arithmetic barrels bers Bought bushels common difference compound compound interest containing cords cost cube root cubic cyphers decimal denomination diameter divide divisor dollars 25 cents dollars per cent dols drams ells EXAMPLES exceed 12 EXERCISES feet 6 inches feet long feet wide fourths furlongs gain gallons given number given sum grains hogsheads hundred weight improper fraction interest last term less lowest terms MEASURE metic miles minuend months Multiply neat weight number of terms ounces pecks pennyweights perches pints Place the numbers pounds proceed proportion quantity quarts quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce 23 Reduce 32 remainder rods roods RULE sold square feet square root square yards subtract sugar tare tons TROY WEIGHT VULGAR FRACTIONS whole number yards of cloth
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Page 53 - MONEY. 10 mills = 1 cent. 10 cents = 1 dime. 10 dimes = 1 dollar. 10 dollars = 1 eagle.
Page 51 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, February hath twenty-eight alone, And all the rest have thirty-one ; Except in leap year, at which time February's days are twenty-nine.
Page 89 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 60 - Place the numbers so that those of the same denomination may stand directly under each other.
Page 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape.
Page 51 - TABLE. 60 seconds (sec.) make 1 minute, min. 60 minutes, " 1 hour, h. 24 hours, " 1 day, da. 7 days, " 1 week, wk. 365 days, " 1 common year, yr. 366 days, " 1 leap year, yr. 12 calendar months,
Page 161 - To find the circumference of a circle when the diameter is given, or the diameter when the circumference is given.
Page 176 - There is a cistern or vat of a cubical form which contains 1331 cubical feet: what are the length, breadth, and depth of it? Ans. each 1 1 feet.
Page 169 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend.
Page 162 - Railroad and transportation companies estimate light freight by the number of cubic feet it occupies ; but heavy freight is estimated...