A Practical Business Arithmetic: For Common Schools and Academies. Including a Great Variety of Promiscuous Examples

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J.W. Schermerhorn & Company, 1868 - 293 σελίδες
 

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Σελίδα 204 - If the payment be less than the Interest, the surplus of Interest must not be taken to augment the principal, but Interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the Interest due, and then the surplus is to be applied towards discharging the principal; and Interest is to be computed on the balance of principal as aforesaid.
Σελίδα 78 - TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, oz. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. 25 Pounds " 1 Quarter, qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, cwt. 20 Hundred Weight
Σελίδα 127 - 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.
Σελίδα 82 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Σελίδα 152 - To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.
Σελίδα 154 - When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers.
Σελίδα 84 - Things make 1 Dozen. 12 Dozen " 1 Gross. 12 Gross " 1 Great Gross. 20 Units
Σελίδα 204 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
Σελίδα 269 - The frustum of a pyramid is also what remains, after the top is cut off by a plane parallel to its base.
Σελίδα 83 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; February twenty-eight alone, All the rest have thirty-one ; Except in Leap year, then is the time, When February has twenty-nine.

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