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... COMPOUND QUANTITIES 148 XI . MEASUREMENTS 180 XII . PERCENTAGE 206 XIII . PROPORTION 252 XIV . POWERS AND ROOTS 265 XV . METRIC MEASURES 277 XVI . MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES 290 APPENDIX . Spanish Land Measures Special Rules for Partial ...
... COMPOUND QUANTITIES 148 XI . MEASUREMENTS 180 XII . PERCENTAGE 206 XIII . PROPORTION 252 XIV . POWERS AND ROOTS 265 XV . METRIC MEASURES 277 XVI . MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES 290 APPENDIX . Spanish Land Measures Special Rules for Partial ...
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... Compound Interest Problems Annuities Repeating Decimals . Scales of Notation . Average of Payments when the Terms of Credit begin at PAGE 309 311 314 315 317 319 321 323 326 328 Different Dates 331 Savings Banks Accounts 332 Settlement ...
... Compound Interest Problems Annuities Repeating Decimals . Scales of Notation . Average of Payments when the Terms of Credit begin at PAGE 309 311 314 315 317 319 321 323 326 328 Different Dates 331 Savings Banks Accounts 332 Settlement ...
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... Compound fraction . A fraction of an integer or of a fraction . Compound interest . Interest not paid when due , but added to the principal at regular intervals . Compound quantities . Quantities expressed in two or more denomi- nations ...
... Compound fraction . A fraction of an integer or of a fraction . Compound interest . Interest not paid when due , but added to the principal at regular intervals . Compound quantities . Quantities expressed in two or more denomi- nations ...
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... 187ths . 6.1 to 324ths . 15 . 7 . to 500ths . to 279ths . 16.1 to 220ths . to 720ths . 8 . 9 . 40 I to 310ths . 18. 18 to 500ths . 17 . to 196ths . Multiplication of Fractions . 157. Compound Fractions . A fraction COMMON FRACTIONS . 111.
... 187ths . 6.1 to 324ths . 15 . 7 . to 500ths . to 279ths . 16.1 to 220ths . to 720ths . 8 . 9 . 40 I to 310ths . 18. 18 to 500ths . 17 . to 196ths . Multiplication of Fractions . 157. Compound Fractions . A fraction COMMON FRACTIONS . 111.
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... compound fraction . Thus , of 2 , of 24 , and † of are compound fractions . 158. The expression means the same as 1⁄2 of 1⁄2 , and the sign X should be read of or multiplied by when it follows a fraction . 159. 7 times 3 horses are how ...
... compound fraction . Thus , of 2 , of 24 , and † of are compound fractions . 158. The expression means the same as 1⁄2 of 1⁄2 , and the sign X should be read of or multiplied by when it follows a fraction . 159. 7 times 3 horses are how ...
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Page 149 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk.) 365 days = 1 common year (yr.) 366 days . = 1 leap year (1.
Page 148 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 250 - 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 283 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 142 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 262 - ... is equal to the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypotenuse and the other side.
Page 241 - 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 172 - PERIPHERY of a circle is its entire bounding line ; or it is a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 101 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator.
Page 254 - 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.