The Complete Practical Arithmetician: Containing Several New and Useful Improvements. Adapted to the Use of Schools and Private Tuition |
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... Interest 252 Present WORTH of ANNUI- PART III . Charact . Names . + { Plus. PAGE SUBTRACTION of Circulating Decimals . ..... 108 MULTIPLICATION of ditto .. 109 DIVISION of ditto PRACTICE TARE and TRETT 114 117 ........ 124 INTEREST ...
... Interest 252 Present WORTH of ANNUI- PART III . Charact . Names . + { Plus. PAGE SUBTRACTION of Circulating Decimals . ..... 108 MULTIPLICATION of ditto .. 109 DIVISION of ditto PRACTICE TARE and TRETT 114 117 ........ 124 INTEREST ...
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... Interest by Decimals 265 MALCOLM'S Rule of Equation of Payments at Simple In- terest LIFE ANNUITIES 268 • 270 283 Tables for calculating Annui- ties on Lives On RATIOS . On PROPORTION PAGE 290 294 On NUMBERS , ODD and EVEN 299 On SQUARE ...
... Interest by Decimals 265 MALCOLM'S Rule of Equation of Payments at Simple In- terest LIFE ANNUITIES 268 • 270 283 Tables for calculating Annui- ties on Lives On RATIOS . On PROPORTION PAGE 290 294 On NUMBERS , ODD and EVEN 299 On SQUARE ...
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... a regiment of 1878 soldiers consume 702 quar- ters of wheat in 336 days , how many quarters will an army of 22536 soldiers consume in 112 days ? G ( 8. ) If 1007. at interest for 1 year PART 1 ] 61 COMPOUND PROPORTION .
... a regiment of 1878 soldiers consume 702 quar- ters of wheat in 336 days , how many quarters will an army of 22536 soldiers consume in 112 days ? G ( 8. ) If 1007. at interest for 1 year PART 1 ] 61 COMPOUND PROPORTION .
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... interest for 1 year , or 365 days , gain 57. , how much will 144 / . 14s . 9d . gain in 495 days ? ( 9. ) If 12 taylors in 7 days can finish 13 suits of clothes , how many taylors , in 19 days of the same length , can finish the clothes ...
... interest for 1 year , or 365 days , gain 57. , how much will 144 / . 14s . 9d . gain in 495 days ? ( 9. ) If 12 taylors in 7 days can finish 13 suits of clothes , how many taylors , in 19 days of the same length , can finish the clothes ...
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... interest of 4907. 15s . for 74 years , at 4 per cent . per annum ? 1 ( 3. ) If a footman travel 294 miles in 7 days of 12 hours long , in how many days , of 103 hours each , will he travel 147 miles ? ( 4. ) Bought 5000 deals , of 15 ...
... interest of 4907. 15s . for 74 years , at 4 per cent . per annum ? 1 ( 3. ) If a footman travel 294 miles in 7 days of 12 hours long , in how many days , of 103 hours each , will he travel 147 miles ? ( 4. ) Bought 5000 deals , of 15 ...
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100 Rix-dollars amount Amsterdam annuity annum answer arithmetical arithmetical progression Avoirdupois bill Bought bushel ciphers common measure compound interest course of exchange cube root decimal denominator difference ditto Divide dividend divisor Ducat ells equal number Examples to Prop Examples to Proposition farthings feet figure Flemish Florins Francs freehold estate gain or loss gallon Genoa geometrical progression given number given sum gross guilders guineas Hamburgh hence improper fraction integer least term Logarithmically London Marcs merchant mixed number months Mult multiplicand Multiply neat weight Note number of terms odd number payable payment Pence sterl Pezzo piastre piece pound sterling pounds present worth principal purchase quantity quotient rate per cent ratio received Reduce remainder repetend Required Rials Rix-dollars shillings sold Soldi sols square root sterling money subtract Table tare Theo tret 4lb vulgar fraction whole number yards of cloth
Popular passages
Page 290 - Ratio is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind, the comparison being made by considering what multiple, part, or parts, one quantity is of the other.
Page 24 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes =± 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month...
Page 148 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 216 - Multiplier. 2. Multiply each term in the Multiplicand (beginning at the lowest) by the feet in the Multiplier...
Page 210 - To extract the Square Root of a Vulgar Fraction. RULE, Reduce the fraction to its lowest terms, then extract the square root of the numerator for a new numerator, and the square root of the denominator for a new denominator.
Page 92 - ... each other ; observing to increase the first figure of every line with what would arise by carrying 1 from 5 to 15, 2 from 15 to 25, &c.
Page 234 - When any number of terms is continued in Geometrical Progression, the product of the two extremes will be equal to...
Page 66 - Divide the terms of the given fraction by any number which will divide them without a remainder, and the quotients again in the same manner ; and so on, till it appears...
Page 69 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator.
Page 202 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...