Practical and Mental Arithmetic: On a New Plan, in which Mental Arithmetic is Combined with the Use of the Slate ...Richardson, Lord and Holbrook, 1830 - Arithmetic |
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... Gain , Time , Rate per cent . , and Amount , given , to find the Principal , Time , Rate per cent . , and Interest , being given , to find the Principal , The Principal , Interest , and Time , being given , to find the Rate per cent ...
... Gain , Time , Rate per cent . , and Amount , given , to find the Principal , Time , Rate per cent . , and Interest , being given , to find the Principal , The Principal , Interest , and Time , being given , to find the Rate per cent ...
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... gain 1 s . 6 d . ; how much did I get for it ? Q. What is this , which you have now been doing , called ? A. Compound Addition . Q. Why do you call it Compound ? why not Simple Addition ? A. Because there are more denominations than one ...
... gain 1 s . 6 d . ; how much did I get for it ? Q. What is this , which you have now been doing , called ? A. Compound Addition . Q. Why do you call it Compound ? why not Simple Addition ? A. Because there are more denominations than one ...
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... gain , are rated at so much per cent . , without regard to time , how may all these be calculated ? A. Multiply by the rate per cent . , and cut off two figures , as in the last rule . 1. What would you demand for selling $ 400 worth of ...
... gain , are rated at so much per cent . , without regard to time , how may all these be calculated ? A. Multiply by the rate per cent . , and cut off two figures , as in the last rule . 1. What would you demand for selling $ 400 worth of ...
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... GAIN . 1. Bought a piece of broadcloth for $ 80 ; how much must I sell it for , to gain 10 per cent .; that is , 10 per cent . advance , which is 110 per cent . on the cost ? $ 80 × 110 = $ 88 , Ans . 2. Bought a hogshead of molasses ...
... GAIN . 1. Bought a piece of broadcloth for $ 80 ; how much must I sell it for , to gain 10 per cent .; that is , 10 per cent . advance , which is 110 per cent . on the cost ? $ 80 × 110 = $ 88 , Ans . 2. Bought a hogshead of molasses ...
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... gain or interest by the interest of $ 1 at the given rate and time ; the quotient will be the principal required . 2 ... gain $ 48,000 in 1 year , at 6 per cent . ? A. $ 800000 . 3. If a man's salary be $ 12000 a year , what principal at ...
... gain or interest by the interest of $ 1 at the given rate and time ; the quotient will be the principal required . 2 ... gain $ 48,000 in 1 year , at 6 per cent . ? A. $ 800000 . 3. If a man's salary be $ 12000 a year , what principal at ...
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50 cents acres amount answer apiece apples bbls broadcloth bushels bushels of rye called ciphers cloth cost common fraction compound interest contained cord feet cube root currency decimal places derive the following dimes divide dividend dollars equal example Exercises farthings federal money feet long feet wide following RULE foot gain gallons gals gills give greatest common divisor hence hogshead hundred illustrations we derive improper fraction least common denominator least common multiple leaves length lowest terms merchant bought miles mills mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply OPERATION oranges ounces payment pence pints pound present worth principal proceed proportion pupil pwts quarts rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder repetend Rufus shillings Slate sold solid feet solid inches square feet square rods square root subtract third term whole number write yards of cloth
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Page 21 - Decedents," and to repeal said original sections, -and to repeal sections one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), seven...
Page 245 - Hence, when the extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference, — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 199 - But if any payments be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on the principal sum due on the obligation for one year,* add it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid from the time it was paid up to the end of the year; add it to the sum paid, and deduct that sum from the principal and interest added together.
Page 53 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 173 - Bought 40 gallons of molasses, at 27 cents a gallon ; but, by accident, 4 gallons leaked out ; at what rate must I sell the remainder, per gallon, to lose nothing?
Page 242 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 76 - In 2 ? In 3 ? In 4? In 5? In 6? In 7? In 8? In 9? In 10? In 11 ? 5.
Page 255 - Two persons, A and B, have the same income: A saves |- of his yearly ; but B, by spending $150 per annum more than A, at the end of 8 years, finds himself $400 in*debt ; what is their income, and what does each spend per annum '? A.
Page 172 - B $200, to be paid in 6 months ; $300, in 12 months ; $500, in 3 months ; what is the equated time for the payment of the whole?
Page 197 - ... due: add that interest to the principal, and from the sum subtract the payment made at that time, together with the preceding payments (if any) and the remainder forms a new principal ; on which, compute and subtract the interest, as upon the first principal: and proceed in this manner to the time of the judgment.