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... Loss , 240 Cube Root , 368 Commission , . 246 Similar Volumes , 374 Stocks and Dividends , 249 Higher Roots , . .375 Par , Premium and Discount , 253 SECTION XI . Brokerage , 257 • ARITHMETICAL AND GEOMETRI- Income from Investments ...
... Loss , 240 Cube Root , 368 Commission , . 246 Similar Volumes , 374 Stocks and Dividends , 249 Higher Roots , . .375 Par , Premium and Discount , 253 SECTION XI . Brokerage , 257 • ARITHMETICAL AND GEOMETRI- Income from Investments ...
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... loss ? 6. A cow was bought for 18 dollars and sold for 28 dollars ; what was the gain ? 7. Begin at 2 and count by 2's to 40 ; begin at 40 and count by 2's backward to 2 . 8. Begin at 45 and count by 3's backward to 3 ; begin at 44 and ...
... loss ? 6. A cow was bought for 18 dollars and sold for 28 dollars ; what was the gain ? 7. Begin at 2 and count by 2's to 40 ; begin at 40 and count by 2's backward to 2 . 8. Begin at 45 and count by 3's backward to 3 ; begin at 44 and ...
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... loss of $ 35 : what did she receive for it ? 16. A man bought a horse for $ 175 , paid $ 15 for his keeping , and sold him for $ 240 ; what was the gain ? 17. A lady bought some needles for 8 cents , some thread for 15 cents , and some ...
... loss of $ 35 : what did she receive for it ? 16. A man bought a horse for $ 175 , paid $ 15 for his keeping , and sold him for $ 240 ; what was the gain ? 17. A lady bought some needles for 8 cents , some thread for 15 cents , and some ...
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... loss of $ 987 ; what did he receive for it ? 8. A and B together own 10,840 acres does B own if A owns 5284 acres ? 9. Gen. Zachary Taylor was born in 1850 ; how old was he when he died ? Ans . $ 9865 . of land ; how much Ans . 5556 ...
... loss of $ 987 ; what did he receive for it ? 8. A and B together own 10,840 acres does B own if A owns 5284 acres ? 9. Gen. Zachary Taylor was born in 1850 ; how old was he when he died ? Ans . $ 9865 . of land ; how much Ans . 5556 ...
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... loss to one taking 2 gallons ? Ans . 123 cents . 7. A grocer sold molasses at 15 cents a quart , but the clerk , by mistake , measured a day's sales by the dry quart ; he sold 25 gallons ; what did it cost a quart liquid measure ? Ans ...
... loss to one taking 2 gallons ? Ans . 123 cents . 7. A grocer sold molasses at 15 cents a quart , but the clerk , by mistake , measured a day's sales by the dry quart ; he sold 25 gallons ; what did it cost a quart liquid measure ? Ans ...
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acres amount Arithmetic Avoirdupois bank barrels bill bought brokerage bushels called ciphers common difference common fraction composite number compound interest compound number contained cords cost cube root cubic feet decimal diameter discount Divide dividend divisible dollars draft equal factors exchange find the rate Find the sum flour gain gallons given gold greatest common divisor hence hundred hundredths indorser interest least common multiple longitude measure MENTAL EXERCISES method miles minuend minus months Multiply muslin number equals number of terms OPERATION paid par value payable payment pence pound premium prime factors principal proceeds proportion quantity quotient ratio receive Reduce reichsmarks remainder rods Rule Rule.-I sell shares shillings sold SOLUTION SOLUTION.-If square root subtract subtrahend tens tenths thousandths tons units weight wide worth write WRITTEN EXERCISES
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Page 417 - Measures of Length. 10 millimeters (mm.) 1 centimeter (cm.) 10 centimeters 1 decimeter (dm.) 10 decimeters 1 meter (m.) 10 meters 1 dekameter (Dm.) 10 dekameters 1 hectometer (Hm.) 10 hectometers 1 kilometer (Km.) 10 kilometers 1 myriameter (Mm.) 1181.
Page 166 - LENGTH 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5| yards = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.) 1 mile = 1,760 yd.
Page 178 - 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 306 - Congress assembled, that the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value ; and the values of the standard coins in circulation of the various nations of the .world shall be estimated annually by the Director of the Mint, and be proclaimed on the first day of January by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 172 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 41 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another.
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