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George Albert Wentworth. Cancellation . The striking out of a common factor from the dividend and divisor . Commission . Compensation for the transaction of business , reckoned at some per cent of the money employed in the transaction ...
George Albert Wentworth. Cancellation . The striking out of a common factor from the dividend and divisor . Commission . Compensation for the transaction of business , reckoned at some per cent of the money employed in the transaction ...
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... Dividend . In division , the given number which is equal to the prod- uct of a given factor ( called divisor ) and a required factor ( called quotient ) . In business , the sum paid on each share of stock from the profits of the ...
... Dividend . In division , the given number which is equal to the prod- uct of a given factor ( called divisor ) and a required factor ( called quotient ) . In business , the sum paid on each share of stock from the profits of the ...
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... Dividend . The given product , that is , the number to be divided , is called the dividend . 57. Divisor . The given factor , that is , the number by which we divide , is called the divisor . 58. Quotient . The required factor , that is ...
... Dividend . The given product , that is , the number to be divided , is called the dividend . 57. Divisor . The given factor , that is , the number by which we divide , is called the divisor . 58. Quotient . The required factor , that is ...
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... dividend denote the same kind of units , the quotient is an abstract number . 60. To divide 35 apples by 7 is to find the number of apples in each part , when 35 apples are divided into 7 equal parts . If the divisor is an abstract ...
... dividend denote the same kind of units , the quotient is an abstract number . 60. To divide 35 apples by 7 is to find the number of apples in each part , when 35 apples are divided into 7 equal parts . If the divisor is an abstract ...
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... dividend , the part of the dividend left from the division is called the remainder . EXERCISE 24. ORAL . 1. If a boy has 37 cents , how many oranges at 3 cents each can he buy , and how many cents will he have left ? 2. How many lengths ...
... dividend , the part of the dividend left from the division is called the remainder . EXERCISE 24. ORAL . 1. If a boy has 37 cents , how many oranges at 3 cents each can he buy , and how many cents will he have left ? 2. How many lengths ...
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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.