Arithmetic Designed for Academies and Schools: With AnswersA.S. Barnes & Company, 1844 - 340 pages |
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... Compound Number , and especially so , when we find it applied to such numbers as 3 pounds , 3 dollars , 3 shillings , & c . Why is 3 pounds a compound number any more than 3 ? If it be answered that 3 pounds is composed or compounded of ...
... Compound Number , and especially so , when we find it applied to such numbers as 3 pounds , 3 dollars , 3 shillings , & c . Why is 3 pounds a compound number any more than 3 ? If it be answered that 3 pounds is composed or compounded of ...
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... Compound Interest , APPLICATIONS TO BUSINESS . Commission and Brokerage , Insurance , Discount , Loss and Gain , Equation of Payments , Single Fellowship , Double Fellowship , Tare and Tret , Definition of , & c . , DUODECIMALS ...
... Compound Interest , APPLICATIONS TO BUSINESS . Commission and Brokerage , Insurance , Discount , Loss and Gain , Equation of Payments , Single Fellowship , Double Fellowship , Tare and Tret , Definition of , & c . , DUODECIMALS ...
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... Compound Interest - Discount , Commission and Brokerage , Percentage , Insurance , Banking , - 319 - 320 323 325 - 326 - 327 - 328 - 330 - 331 Loss and Gain - Fellowship , Taxing , Equation of Payments , Custom House Business , - 332 ...
... Compound Interest - Discount , Commission and Brokerage , Percentage , Insurance , Banking , - 319 - 320 323 325 - 326 - 327 - 328 - 330 - 331 Loss and Gain - Fellowship , Taxing , Equation of Payments , Custom House Business , - 332 ...
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... compound is said to be as many carats fine as it contains carats of the more precious metal , and to contain as much alloy as it contains carats of the baser . For example , if 20 carats of gold be mixed with 4 of silver , the mixture ...
... compound is said to be as many carats fine as it contains carats of the more precious metal , and to contain as much alloy as it contains carats of the baser . For example , if 20 carats of gold be mixed with 4 of silver , the mixture ...
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... Compound , and Mixed . A PROPER FRACTION is one in which the numerator is less than the denominator . The value of every proper fraction is less than 1. ( See § 44. ) The following are proper fractions : 1 3 3 5 9 8 " 59 AN IMPROPER ...
... Compound , and Mixed . A PROPER FRACTION is one in which the numerator is less than the denominator . The value of every proper fraction is less than 1. ( See § 44. ) The following are proper fractions : 1 3 3 5 9 8 " 59 AN IMPROPER ...
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acres amount annex apiece apples barrels Bought bushels bushels of wheat called casks cent per annum ciphers cloth cost column common denominator common difference composite number contains cords cube root cubic Currency decimal fraction decimal places denominate number diameter dimes dividend division dollars drams Dry measure equal EXAMPLES express farthings Federal Money feet figures following RULE foot four gallon given number gives greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred hundredths improper fractions inches least common multiple lower denomination lowest terms measure merchant miles mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand multiply number of terms OPERATION ounces paid payment pence pints quarts quotient receive Reduce remainder Repeat the Table rods sell sheep shillings simple numbers sold solid square root subtract sugar tens thousandths Troy weight tuns VULGAR FRACTIONS weight whole number wine Write yards of cloth
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Page 45 - We have seen that multiplying by a whole number is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier.
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