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... ratio . Area of a surface . The number of square units the surface contains . Arithmetic . The science that treats of numbers and the methods of using them . Assets . All the property belonging to an estate , individual , or cor ...
... ratio . Area of a surface . The number of square units the surface contains . Arithmetic . The science that treats of numbers and the methods of using them . Assets . All the property belonging to an estate , individual , or cor ...
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... ratio . Consignee . The person or firm to whom goods are sent . Consignor . The person or firm who sends goods to another . Corporation . An association of individuals authorized by law to transact business as a single person . Couplet ...
... ratio . Consignee . The person or firm to whom goods are sent . Consignor . The person or firm who sends goods to another . Corporation . An association of individuals authorized by law to transact business as a single person . Couplet ...
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... accuracy of any result is estab- lished . Proper fraction . A fraction whose numerator is less than its denomi- nator . Proportion . A statement that two ratios are equal . Quotient . The number found by division . Rate per VOCABULARY . xi.
... accuracy of any result is estab- lished . Proper fraction . A fraction whose numerator is less than its denomi- nator . Proportion . A statement that two ratios are equal . Quotient . The number found by division . Rate per VOCABULARY . xi.
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... Ratio . The relative magnitude of two numbers or of two quantities . Reciprocal of a number . One divided by that number . Reduction . The process of changing the unit in which a quantity is expressed without changing the value of the ...
... Ratio . The relative magnitude of two numbers or of two quantities . Reciprocal of a number . One divided by that number . Reduction . The process of changing the unit in which a quantity is expressed without changing the value of the ...
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... on his price and yet made . 15 % on an article that cost him $ 10.40 . asking price ? 21. A man has $ 5081.67 at interest . income from it at 6 % ? What is his daily CHAPTER XIII . PROPORTION . 362. Ratio . The ratio PERCENTAGE . 251.
... on his price and yet made . 15 % on an article that cost him $ 10.40 . asking price ? 21. A man has $ 5081.67 at interest . income from it at 6 % ? What is his daily CHAPTER XIII . PROPORTION . 362. Ratio . The ratio PERCENTAGE . 251.
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acres annex annuity barrels Benjamin Parker bought bushels called cents a pound circumference cistern coal commission common fraction compound interest contains cords cube root cubic feet cubic foot cubic meter decimal point denominator diameter discount dividend divisor dollars equal Exercise expressed feet board measure figures Find the amount Find the cost Find the interest Find the number Find the product flour frustum gallons given number Hence hundred hundredths improper fraction inches integral number least common multiple long tons longitude million minuend mixed number multiplicand Multiply number of feet ounces paid payment pints quarts quotient ratio remainder short ton sold SOLUTION square meter square miles square root subtract subtrahend tens term thousand tons units varas weighs wheat whole number wide worth write WRITTEN yards
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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.