Written ArithmeticBrewer & Tileston, 1876 |
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... FORM OF DICTATION EXERCISES . BY G. A. WALTON , LATE PRINCIPAL OF OLIVER GRAMMAR SCHOOL , LAWRENCE , MAS . BREWER BOSTON : AND TILESTON . NEW YORK : J. W. SCHERMERHORN & CO . 1876 . Entered , according to Act of Congress , in the 。 A.
... FORM OF DICTATION EXERCISES . BY G. A. WALTON , LATE PRINCIPAL OF OLIVER GRAMMAR SCHOOL , LAWRENCE , MAS . BREWER BOSTON : AND TILESTON . NEW YORK : J. W. SCHERMERHORN & CO . 1876 . Entered , according to Act of Congress , in the 。 A.
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... Principal is the money lent . The Amount is the sum of the Principal and Interest . The Legal Rate is the rate per cent . per annum established by law . Usury consists in taking more than the legal rate . NOTE . The laws often impose ...
... Principal is the money lent . The Amount is the sum of the Principal and Interest . The Legal Rate is the rate per cent . per annum established by law . Usury consists in taking more than the legal rate . NOTE . The laws often impose ...
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... principal ; this is true of any sum at 6 % . Upon this fact is based an ingenious and practical method of computing interest . The following table shows the relation which the interest bears to the principal at 6 % for various periods ...
... principal ; this is true of any sum at 6 % . Upon this fact is based an ingenious and practical method of computing interest . The following table shows the relation which the interest bears to the principal at 6 % for various periods ...
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... Principal , ( ) , $ 480 .075 int . of $ 1 for 1 y . 3 m . Int . for 10 m . of ( 1 ) = ( 2 ) , 24 2400 66 66 5 m . of ( 2 ) = ( 3 ) , 12 3360 66 66 1 y . 3 m . Ans . $ 36 $ 36.000 , Ans . ILL . EX . , II . Required the amount of $ 872.32 ...
... Principal , ( ) , $ 480 .075 int . of $ 1 for 1 y . 3 m . Int . for 10 m . of ( 1 ) = ( 2 ) , 24 2400 66 66 5 m . of ( 2 ) = ( 3 ) , 12 3360 66 66 1 y . 3 m . Ans . $ 36 $ 36.000 , Ans . ILL . EX . , II . Required the amount of $ 872.32 ...
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... Principal , Int . for 1 ( 1 ) , $ 490 . yr . , .07 × ( 1 ) = ( 2 ) , 34.30 66 66 4 m . , } of ( 2 ) = ( 3 ) , 11.433 ... principal by the given rate ; and from that interest compute the interest for the given time , by Practice . ( Art ...
... Principal , Int . for 1 ( 1 ) , $ 490 . yr . , .07 × ( 1 ) = ( 2 ) , 34.30 66 66 4 m . , } of ( 2 ) = ( 3 ) , 11.433 ... principal by the given rate ; and from that interest compute the interest for the given time , by Practice . ( Art ...
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Page 117 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 268 - 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 68 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 289 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called a circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 306 - The sum of all the terms. Any three of which being given, the other two may be found.
Page 114 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as AEFGBD.
Page 278 - 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 306 - ... found. This gives rise to twenty distinct cases, a few of the more important of which will be here presented. NOTE I. — For the remaining cases, also for full discussions of Geometrical Progression and Annuities, the student is referred to works on Algebra.
Page 10 - L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand.
Page 248 - The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes and 4 and 6 are the means.