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... amount of 406 dollars , and he owes 178 dollars ; what is the balance in his favour ? 406 178 228 Here we cannot take 8 units from 6 units ; we must therefore borrow 10 units from the 400 , denoted by the figure 4 , which leaves 390 ...
... amount of 406 dollars , and he owes 178 dollars ; what is the balance in his favour ? 406 178 228 Here we cannot take 8 units from 6 units ; we must therefore borrow 10 units from the 400 , denoted by the figure 4 , which leaves 390 ...
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... five hun- dred years and five hun- dredths of a year , and forty years and four tenths of a year ? Ans . 6540.456 yrs . 4. What is the amount of seventeen pounds and seven 26 116 , 117 , 118 . DECIMALS . Simple Addition 5.
... five hun- dred years and five hun- dredths of a year , and forty years and four tenths of a year ? Ans . 6540.456 yrs . 4. What is the amount of seventeen pounds and seven 26 116 , 117 , 118 . DECIMALS . Simple Addition 5.
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... amount of seventeen pounds and seven tenths , eight pounds and six- ty - six hundredths , and one pound and seven hundredths ? 17.7 8.66 1.07 5. What is the sum of 21.3 , 312.984 , 918 , 2700.42 , 3.153 , | 27.2 , and 581.06 ? Ans ...
... amount of seventeen pounds and seven tenths , eight pounds and six- ty - six hundredths , and one pound and seven hundredths ? 17.7 8.66 1.07 5. What is the sum of 21.3 , 312.984 , 918 , 2700.42 , 3.153 , | 27.2 , and 581.06 ? Ans ...
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... amount of the three ? Ans . $ 166.22 . 4. A man bought 24 yards of broadcloth for $ 15.50 , 6 yds . of lutestring for $ 5.25 , 7 yds . of cambric for $ 5.25 , and trimmings to the amount of $ 4.12 ; what was the a mount of the purchase ...
... amount of the three ? Ans . $ 166.22 . 4. A man bought 24 yards of broadcloth for $ 15.50 , 6 yds . of lutestring for $ 5.25 , 7 yds . of cambric for $ 5.25 , and trimmings to the amount of $ 4.12 ; what was the a mount of the purchase ...
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... amount to 33s . 4 13 3 proof . £ 1 13s . we therefore write 13s . under the column of shillings , and reserve the 21 to be joined with the pounds . Lastly , we add the pounds , and joining the £ 1 reserved , write the amount , £ 4 , un ...
... amount to 33s . 4 13 3 proof . £ 1 13s . we therefore write 13s . under the column of shillings , and reserve the 21 to be joined with the pounds . Lastly , we add the pounds , and joining the £ 1 reserved , write the amount , £ 4 , un ...
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Page 76 - 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 109 - 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 97 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 74 - Is when the several shares of stock are continued in trade an equal term of time. RULE. As the whole stock is to the whole gain or loss : so is each man's particular stock, to his particular share of the gain or loss.
Page 105 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. III. Double the root already found for a divisor ; seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 67 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 68 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 120 - RULE. Multiply all the terms of the natural series of numbers, from 1 up to the given number, continually together, and the last product will be the answer required. ExAMPLEs.
Page 89 - Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain.