The Youth's Assistant in Theoretic and Practical Arithmetic: Designed for the Use of Schools in the United States |
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Page 70
... for 4 years , at 4 per cent . , compound interest ? 5. What is the amount of $ 666 for 2 years , at 9 per cent , compound interest ? 6. What is the present worth of 426 dollars , 70 188 , 189 . EQUATION OF PAYMENTS .
... for 4 years , at 4 per cent . , compound interest ? 5. What is the amount of $ 666 for 2 years , at 9 per cent , compound interest ? 6. What is the present worth of 426 dollars , 70 188 , 189 . EQUATION OF PAYMENTS .
Page 71
... present worth of 426 dollars , payable in 4 years and 12 da . at 5 per cent . ? Ans . $ 354.409 . 7. What is the present worth of 960 dollars , payable as fol- lows , viz . in 3 months , in 6 months , and the rest in 9 months , discount ...
... present worth of 426 dollars , payable in 4 years and 12 da . at 5 per cent . ? Ans . $ 354.409 . 7. What is the present worth of 960 dollars , payable as fol- lows , viz . in 3 months , in 6 months , and the rest in 9 months , discount ...
Page 72
... present worth of a sum due some time hence ? -how the discount ? 23. What is Loss and Gain ? How would you proceed to find what is lost or gained per cent . How would you find how a com- modity must be sold to gain or lose so much per ...
... present worth of a sum due some time hence ? -how the discount ? 23. What is Loss and Gain ? How would you proceed to find what is lost or gained per cent . How would you find how a com- modity must be sold to gain or lose so much per ...
Page 110
... present example . The greatest square in 5 is 4 , and its root 2 ; hence , we conclude , that the tens in the root are 2-20 , and 20 × 20 = 400. But as the square of the tens can never contain significant figures below hundreds , we ...
... present example . The greatest square in 5 is 4 , and its root 2 ; hence , we conclude , that the tens in the root are 2-20 , and 20 × 20 = 400. But as the square of the tens can never contain significant figures below hundreds , we ...
Page 119
... presents to a poor man in arithmetical progression ; the first gave 2 cents , the last 26 cents ; what did they all give ? Ans $ 1,82 . 2. Geometrical Progression . 280. A Geometrical Progression is a 278 , 279 . 119 ARITHMETICAL ...
... presents to a poor man in arithmetical progression ; the first gave 2 cents , the last 26 cents ; what did they all give ? Ans $ 1,82 . 2. Geometrical Progression . 280. A Geometrical Progression is a 278 , 279 . 119 ARITHMETICAL ...
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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.