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Page iv
... Discount where it belongs and not made a separate topic . Foreign Exchange is made one of the subjects in the Appendix . Every effort has been made to avoid errors in prob- lems and answers . The author will be very grateful to any one ...
... Discount where it belongs and not made a separate topic . Foreign Exchange is made one of the subjects in the Appendix . Every effort has been made to avoid errors in prob- lems and answers . The author will be very grateful to any one ...
Page vii
... discount . An allowance received by a bank for the loan of money , paid as interest at the time of lending . Bills . Written statements of goods sold , or services rendered , giving the price of each item and total cost , as well as the ...
... discount . An allowance received by a bank for the loan of money , paid as interest at the time of lending . Bills . Written statements of goods sold , or services rendered , giving the price of each item and total cost , as well as the ...
Page ix
... Discount . Allowance made for the payment of money before it be- comes due . Also , the difference between the market value and the face value when the market value is below the face value . Dividend . In division , the given number ...
... Discount . Allowance made for the payment of money before it be- comes due . Also , the difference between the market value and the face value when the market value is below the face value . Dividend . In division , the given number ...
Page xi
... discounts are paid . Notation . A system of expressing numbers by symbols . Note . A 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 ...
... discounts are paid . Notation . A system of expressing numbers by symbols . Note . A 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 ...
Page 212
... . 16. Chicago , 503,304 , 1,099,850 . 17. Philadelphia , 846,981 , 1,046,964 . 18. Brooklyn , 566,689 , 806,343 . 19. Boston , 362,535 , 448,477 . Commercial Discount . 295. Commercial Discount is a reduction from 212 PERCENTAGE .
... . 16. Chicago , 503,304 , 1,099,850 . 17. Philadelphia , 846,981 , 1,046,964 . 18. Brooklyn , 566,689 , 806,343 . 19. Boston , 362,535 , 448,477 . Commercial Discount . 295. Commercial Discount is a reduction from 212 PERCENTAGE .
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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.