Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged, Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic, Adapted to the United States |
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Page 106
... merchant bought 14 pipes of wine , and is allow- ed 6 months credit , but for ready money gets it 8 cents a gallon cheaper ; how much did he save by paying ready money ? Ans . 141 , 12 cents . EXAMPLES - Promiscuously placed . 37. Sold ...
... merchant bought 14 pipes of wine , and is allow- ed 6 months credit , but for ready money gets it 8 cents a gallon cheaper ; how much did he save by paying ready money ? Ans . 141 , 12 cents . EXAMPLES - Promiscuously placed . 37. Sold ...
Page 114
... merchants , in buying and selling goods , & c . by weight ; in which are noticed the following particulars : 1. Gross Weight , which is the whole weight of any sort of goods , together with the box , cask , or bag , & c . which contains ...
... merchants , in buying and selling goods , & c . by weight ; in which are noticed the following particulars : 1. Gross Weight , which is the whole weight of any sort of goods , together with the box , cask , or bag , & c . which contains ...
Page 125
... merchants , or factors , in purchasing or selling goods . EXAMPLES . 1. What is the brokerage of 7501. 83. 4d . at 6s . 8d . per cent . ? £ . s . d . 750 8 1 7,50 8 4 20 10.08 12 1,00 Here I first find the brokerage at 1 pound per cent ...
... merchants , or factors , in purchasing or selling goods . EXAMPLES . 1. What is the brokerage of 7501. 83. 4d . at 6s . 8d . per cent . ? £ . s . d . 750 8 1 7,50 8 4 20 10.08 12 1,00 Here I first find the brokerage at 1 pound per cent ...
Page 138
... merchant hath owing him 300l . to be paid as fol- lows : 50l . at 2 months , 100 % . at 5 months , and the rest at 8 months ; and it is agreed to make one payment of the whole ; I demand the equated time ? Ans . 6 months . S. F owes H ...
... merchant hath owing him 300l . to be paid as fol- lows : 50l . at 2 months , 100 % . at 5 months , and the rest at 8 months ; and it is agreed to make one payment of the whole ; I demand the equated time ? Ans . 6 months . S. F owes H ...
Page 140
... merchants and traders discover their profit or loss in buying and selling their goods : it also in structs them how to rise or fall in the price of their goods , so as to gain or lose so much per cent . or otherwise Questions in this ...
... merchants and traders discover their profit or loss in buying and selling their goods : it also in structs them how to rise or fall in the price of their goods , so as to gain or lose so much per cent . or otherwise Questions in this ...
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100 dollars 2qrs annex annuity annum answer Anthony Billings barter Bought bushels cloth compound interest contain cube root cyphers Deduct demand dimes divide the product dividend divisor dols equal EXAMPLES federal money figure Find the value gain or loss gallon given number given sum gross guineas hhds hogshead hundred improper fraction inches least common least common multiple left hand lowest terms measure miles mills milreas mixed numbers months Multiply the given neat weight New-England currency New-Jersey New-York currency NOTE Nova-Scotia currency number of shillings paid payment pence piece pound pound sterling present worth principal quotient rate per cent ratio ready money Reduce remainder Required the interest right hand rods Rule of Three sell separatrix simple interest sold solid feet Sqrs square root sterling subtract subtrahend sugar tare third Thomas Grosvenor trett VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine