First book of arithmetic for the use of schools. [With] Key. High-school ed., ed. with additional examples [&c.] by A.K. Isbister |
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... 78 • 55 Evolution · 78 Simple Interest • · Discount 60 57 Extraction of the Cube Root 79 Duodecimal Multiplication 80 Mental Arithmetic 82 • Greatest Common Measure Least Common Multiple Vulgar Fractions Reduction 90.
... 78 • 55 Evolution · 78 Simple Interest • · Discount 60 57 Extraction of the Cube Root 79 Duodecimal Multiplication 80 Mental Arithmetic 82 • Greatest Common Measure Least Common Multiple Vulgar Fractions Reduction 90.
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... Discount 128 · Multiplication 99 Stocks 129 Division 100 Barter 130 Partnership or Fel- Miscellaneous Ex- Decimals amples · Reduction Addition lowship 130 104 Compound Interest 131 106 Examination Papers . 132 106 Oxford Preliminary 109 ...
... Discount 128 · Multiplication 99 Stocks 129 Division 100 Barter 130 Partnership or Fel- Miscellaneous Ex- Decimals amples · Reduction Addition lowship 130 104 Compound Interest 131 106 Examination Papers . 132 106 Oxford Preliminary 109 ...
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... DISCOUNT . DISCOUNT is an allowance made for the payment of money before it is due . Thus , if a person passed me a bill for £ 105 , to be paid at the end of a year , and I wished money immediately , I might take it to a banker , who ...
... DISCOUNT . DISCOUNT is an allowance made for the payment of money before it is due . Thus , if a person passed me a bill for £ 105 , to be paid at the end of a year , and I wished money immediately , I might take it to a banker , who ...
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... a decimal , and then extract the root , In mixed numbers reduce the fractional part to a decimal SQUARE ROOT - CUBE ROOT . 79 Discount Commission, Brokerage, Insur- ance, Buying & Selling Stocks 60 60 Extraction of the Cube Root.
... a decimal , and then extract the root , In mixed numbers reduce the fractional part to a decimal SQUARE ROOT - CUBE ROOT . 79 Discount Commission, Brokerage, Insur- ance, Buying & Selling Stocks 60 60 Extraction of the Cube Root.
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... discount upon any sum at 5 per cent per annum . RULE . - Reckon a shilling for every pound , and 3d . for every 5s . £ Ans . £ 8 . 12 @ 5 cent , 0 12 £ 8 . 26 5 @ 5 £ Ans . s . d . cent , 1 42 2 2 47 10 دو ... 22 68 3 8 69 15 29 ... 75 ...
... discount upon any sum at 5 per cent per annum . RULE . - Reckon a shilling for every pound , and 3d . for every 5s . £ Ans . £ 8 . 12 @ 5 cent , 0 12 £ 8 . 26 5 @ 5 £ Ans . s . d . cent , 1 42 2 2 47 10 دو ... 22 68 3 8 69 15 29 ... 75 ...
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A's share acres aliquot amount annum avoirdupois bill Bought brokerage bushels cent cloff COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS common denominator compound fractions compound interest contained cost crown cyphers decimal places digit discount divide dividend divisible divisor drams EXAMPLE 2.-Reduce farthings feet find a fourth Find the value four hundred fourth proportional furlongs gain gallons given number gross guineas hhds horses I.-When Illustrations and Vignette improper fractions inches lb 9 oz lb of sugar LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE lowest terms miles mixed number months multiplicand Multiply ounce pair perches pound quantity quotient recurring decimals Reduce the following remainder roods RULE.-Multiply shillings Six full-page Illustrations sold square root subtract tare TARE AND TRET thousand seven hundred thousandths tons tret troy TROY WEIGHT Vignette Title-page vulgar fraction week weight whole number worth yards of cloth
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Page 92 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 10 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 79 - 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. If...
Page 96 - RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Page 67 - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number, — RULE : Divide the numerator by the denominator ; the quotient will be the whole or mixed number.
Page 9 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard...
Page 69 - Find a common measure, by dividing the greater term by the less, and this divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor' by the last remainder, till nothing remains, the last divisor is the common measure.* 2. Divide both of the terms of the fraction by the common measure, and the quotients will make the fraction required. • *Tofmd the greatest common measure...