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... principal purpose ; but , of what he has gone over , scarcely a trace remains upon his mind . He has not even made him self thoroughly acquainted with the elements of the science , nor has he made himself so familiar with the rules as ...
... principal purpose ; but , of what he has gone over , scarcely a trace remains upon his mind . He has not even made him self thoroughly acquainted with the elements of the science , nor has he made himself so familiar with the rules as ...
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... principal . The rate is the per cent . per annum agreed on , or the inte- rest of one dollar for one year , expressed decimally . The principal and interest added together are called the amount. 11. What is the method of proof in each ...
... principal . The rate is the per cent . per annum agreed on , or the inte- rest of one dollar for one year , expressed decimally . The principal and interest added together are called the amount. 11. What is the method of proof in each ...
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... principal by the rate gives the in- terest for one year , ( 161 ) and the interest for one year multiplied by the number of years , is evidently the in- $ 2.2872 terest for the whole time . Twenty - one days are 3 2.725 of a month = 0.7 ...
... principal by the rate gives the in- terest for one year , ( 161 ) and the interest for one year multiplied by the number of years , is evidently the in- $ 2.2872 terest for the whole time . Twenty - one days are 3 2.725 of a month = 0.7 ...
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... principal be .06 English money , the shillings , pence , & c . £ 5.190996 must be reduced to 1.5 the decimal of a pound , ( 143. ) then 25954980 proceed as in Feder- 5190996 al money . The in- terest will be in Ans.7.78649407 pounds and ...
... principal be .06 English money , the shillings , pence , & c . £ 5.190996 must be reduced to 1.5 the decimal of a pound , ( 143. ) then 25954980 proceed as in Feder- 5190996 al money . The in- terest will be in Ans.7.78649407 pounds and ...
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... principal write half the even number of months , for a multiplier , ( pointing them as so many cents , or hundredths of a dollar . ) If there be an odd month , call it 30 days , to which add the odd days , if any , and , dividing them ...
... principal write half the even number of months , for a multiplier , ( pointing them as so many cents , or hundredths of a dollar . ) If there be an odd month , call it 30 days , to which add the odd days , if any , and , dividing them ...
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acres amount angle apples Arithmetic beans remain boys bushels called ciphers circumference cloth cost common denominator common divisor compound compound interest contained cows cube root decimal denoted diameter divide dividend division dollars dolls dry measure equal expressed feet figure five beans foot four beans gain gallon given number greatest common divisor half Hence hundred hundredths inches interest lars least common multiple left hand lemons length measure meration method miles minuend months multiplicand multiply nine payment pence piece pound principal proper fraction proportion quantity quarter quarts QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE quotient ratio Reduce right hand rods RULE RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply shillings side six beans sixth solid square root subtract tens tenths third three beans TROY WEIGHT units vulgar fraction weeks weight whole number worth write yards of cloth
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