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... Written statements of goods sold , or services rendered , giving the price of each item and total cost , as well as the dates , and the names of the parties concerned . Bonds . Written contracts under seal to pay specified sums of money ...
... Written statements of goods sold , or services rendered , giving the price of each item and total cost , as well as the dates , and the names of the parties concerned . Bonds . Written contracts under seal to pay specified sums of money ...
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... written at the left and above the radical sign to show what root of the number under the radical sign is required . A fraction written at the right of a number , of which the nume- rator shows the required power of that number , and the ...
... written at the left and above the radical sign to show what root of the number under the radical sign is required . A fraction written at the right of a number , of which the nume- rator shows the required power of that number , and the ...
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... written agreement to pay a specified sum of money at a specified time . Numbers . Expressions applied to a unit to show how many times the unit is taken . Numeration . A system of naming numbers . Obligation . A debt , or liability to ...
... written agreement to pay a specified sum of money at a specified time . Numbers . Expressions applied to a unit to show how many times the unit is taken . Numeration . A system of naming numbers . Obligation . A debt , or liability to ...
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... writing O at the right of 1. Thus , ten is written 10. In this posi- tion 1 signifies not one unit but one group of ten units . Figures signifying tens are written in the second place from the right . In the same way twenty ( 2 tens ) ...
... writing O at the right of 1. Thus , ten is written 10. In this posi- tion 1 signifies not one unit but one group of ten units . Figures signifying tens are written in the second place from the right . In the same way twenty ( 2 tens ) ...
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... writing numbers is called notation , and the method of reading numbers is called numeration . 11. Thousands . A group of 10 hundreds is called a thousand , and figures signifying thousands are written in the fourth place from the right ...
... writing numbers is called notation , and the method of reading numbers is called numeration . 11. Thousands . A group of 10 hundreds is called a thousand , and figures signifying thousands are written in the fourth place from the right ...
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acres annual interest annuity average bought bushels called cents a pound cistern coal common fraction compound interest contains cords cube root cubic feet cubic foot decimal point denominator diameter discount dividend divisor dollars equal EXERCISE expressed figures Find the amount Find the cost Find the interest Find the number Find the product frustum gallons given number grand list hundred hundredths improper fraction inches integral number kilograms least common multiple length long tons longitude marked price meter miles million minuend mixed number multiplicand Multiply paid payment pints quarts quotient rate per cent ratio rectangular Reduce remainder rods Sept short ton sold SOLUTION square square miles subtract subtrahend taxation tens term thousand tons units weighs wheat whole number wide worth write WRITTEN yards
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Page 355 - 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 148 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 339 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 156 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 270 - ... is equal to the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypotenuse and the other side.
Page 144 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 268 - 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. 5. Double the whole root already found for a new divisor, and continue the operation as before, until all the periods are brought down. NOTE.
Page 249 - That is, in any proportion either extreme is equal to the product of the means divided by the other extreme ; and either mean is equal to the product of the extremes divided by the other mean.
Page 83 - In this and the following examples, answers to the nearest hundredth are sufficiently correct. 11. A cubic foot of platinum, the heaviest substance known, weighs 1365 pounds. A cubic foot of water weighs 62.5 pounds. How many times as heavy as water is platinum ? 12. How many times as heavy as water is common sand, a cubic foot of sand weighing 103 pounds ? 13. Granite is 2.72 times as heavy as water. Find the weight of a cubic foot of granite. 14. Wrought iron is 7.77 times as heavy as water. Find...
Page 154 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30j square yards = 1 square rod (sq.