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... Discount , Banking , Equation of Payments , Barter , Loss and Gain , Fellowship , 66 Single , - Double , 66 Taxes , PAGE 156 162 166 - 167 167 · 174 177 179 179 180 181 - 182 184 · 187 188 · 192 195 · 195 197 · 199 200 · 202 203 206 209 ...
... Discount , Banking , Equation of Payments , Barter , Loss and Gain , Fellowship , 66 Single , - Double , 66 Taxes , PAGE 156 162 166 - 167 167 · 174 177 179 179 180 181 - 182 184 · 187 188 · 192 195 · 195 197 · 199 200 · 202 203 206 209 ...
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... DISCOUNT . $ 135 . Discount is an allowance made for the payment of money before it becomes due , and is as much as that money , if put to interest , would gain in the same time , and at the same rate . * Thus ... DISCOUNT . Discount, -
... DISCOUNT . $ 135 . Discount is an allowance made for the payment of money before it becomes due , and is as much as that money , if put to interest , would gain in the same time , and at the same rate . * Thus ... DISCOUNT . Discount, -
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... discount at 8 per cent . ? 15. What is the difference between the interest of $ 1200 for 12 years , at 5 per cent . , and the discount of the same sum for the same time , and at the same rate ? § 137. CASE 2. When the discount is ...
... discount at 8 per cent . ? 15. What is the difference between the interest of $ 1200 for 12 years , at 5 per cent . , and the discount of the same sum for the same time , and at the same rate ? § 137. CASE 2. When the discount is ...
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... discount Septem- ber 27 , 1844 ? 11. A note becomes due Nov. 29 , 1845 , for $ 2744 . 25 : what is the discount Jan. 6 , 1845 ? 12. Sold goods for $ 748.80 , one half to be paid at 3 months , and the other half at 6 months : what must ...
... discount Septem- ber 27 , 1844 ? 11. A note becomes due Nov. 29 , 1845 , for $ 2744 . 25 : what is the discount Jan. 6 , 1845 ? 12. Sold goods for $ 748.80 , one half to be paid at 3 months , and the other half at 6 months : what must ...
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... discounted on the day of date , at the rate of 6 per cent . per annum , interest would be taken for 185 days 61 months 312 per cent . = § 139. CASE 1. To find the banking discount , and present worth of any sum of money . RULE ...
... discounted on the day of date , at the rate of 6 per cent . per annum , interest would be taken for 185 days 61 months 312 per cent . = § 139. CASE 1. To find the banking discount , and present worth of any sum of money . RULE ...
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Page 62 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl...
Page 213 - The extremes and number of terms being given, to find the sum of all the terms. RULE. Multiply the sum of the extremes by the number of the terms, and half the product will be the sum of all the terms.
Page 54 - Scale: 4 farthings (far.) = 1 penny (d.); 12 pence = 1 shilling (s.) ; 20 shillings — 1 pound (£). 156.
Page 174 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. " If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
Page 61 - TABLE. 4 nails, (na.) or 9 inches, make 1 quarter, marked qr. 4 quarters, or 36 inches, - 1 yard, - - - - yd. 3 quarters, ------ 1 ell Flemish, - - E. Fl 5 quarters, ------ 1 ell English, - - EE 6 quarters, ------ 1 ell French, - - E. Fr 27.
Page 124 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 111 - Operations with Fractions A) To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator.
Page 215 - Given the first term, last term, and common difference, to find the number of terms. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number of terns. EXAMPLES. 1. If the extremes be 3 and 45, and the common difference 2 ; what is the number of terms 1 Ans.
Page 203 - ... a point over the place of units, another over the place of hundreds, and so on, which points show the number of figures the root will consist of.
Page 175 - 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, and then the surplus is to be applied towards discharging the principal; and interest is to be Computed on the balance, as aforesaid.