...compound interest. Find the simple interest on £45,732 17s. 8d. for 3J years, at 4 per cent. per annum. Which is the better investment, bank stock paying 10 per cent. at 317, or 3 per cent. consols at 95 ? 5. If 6 > c, and a > b — c, prove that a — (b — c) = a —...

...investment, the 4 per cents. at 80 or the 5 per cents. at 90 ? 22. If the 3J per cents. are at 92f, and the 3J per cents. at "par, in which is it the...transferring £12750 from the 5 per cents. at 80 to the 5| per cents. at 85. 27. A person who possesses 100 bonds in the 4 per cents. at 84 changes into the...

...buys £500 worth of stock at 988 ; what must he sell at to gain £21 5s. by the transaction? (16.) Which is the better investment, bank stock paying 10 per cent. at 319, or Three per Cent. Consols at 96 ? (17.) A man invests £4297 10s. in the Three per Cents. at 95!; he...

...(ii) Hence find 5 per cent. on £621 „ 13*. „ 8d. (in) Deduce 4{ per cent. on the same amount. 10. Which is the better investment, bank stock paying 10 per cent. at 319, or 3 per cent. consols at 96 ? 11. An American dollar at par of exchange is worth 4s. 6d. of our money. What is the value of 642...

...person buys £500 worth of stock at 93* ; what must he sell at to Rain £21 5s. by the transaction ? 16. Which is the better investment, bank stock paying 10 per cent, at 310, or Three per Cent. Consols at 96 ? 17. A man invests £4,297 10s. in the Three per Cents, at 95>...

...percentage does he get for his money, the broker charging ^ per cent. for both the purchase and sale ? 6. Which is the better investment, bank stock paying 10 per cent. at 317, or 3 per cent. consols at 95 ? 7. A person holds as much stock of a certain kind as is worth £879,...

...does he get for his money, the broker charging •£, per cent, for both the purchase and sale ? 6. Which is the better investment, bank stock paying 10 per cent, at 317, or 3 per cent, consols at 95 ? 7. A person holds as much stock of a certain kind as is worth £879,...

...compound interest. D Find the simple interest on ^45,732, 17s. 8d. for 3^ years at 4 per cent, per annum. Which is the better investment, bank stock paying 10 per cent, at 317, or 3 per cent, consols at 95 ? 5. If b^>c, and cT>b - c, prove that a - (b - f) = a - b + c. Add...

...ducats are there in £490 ? (337) At what time are the hands of a watch together between 7 and 8 ? (338) Which is the better investment, bank stock paying 10 per cent. at 234f, or Consols paying 3 per cent. at 92| ? (339) Express in figures thirteen hundred millions five...

...person buys £500 worth of stock at 98; ; what must he sell at to gain £21 5s. by the transaction ? 16. Which is the better investment, bank stock paying 10 per cent, at 319, or Threo per Cent. Consols at 96? 17. A man invests £1,297 10s. in the Three per Cents, at 95; ; he sells...