The Normal Higher Arithmetic: Designed for Common Schools, High Schools, Normal Schools, Academies, Etc |
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acres added amount annual annuity balance bank barrel base bill bought bushels called cents common compound consists contains cost cube cubic decimal denominator diameter difference discount divide dividend divisible divisor dollars draft duty equals excess exchange expressed factors feet figures four fraction gain gallons give given gold hand hence hundred inches insured interest invested least length less measure method miles months multiply OPERATION paid payable payment period places pound PRACTICE premium present prime PRINCIPLES proceeds profit proportion quantity quotient ratio received Reduce remainder result root Rule sell shares shillings sides similar simple sold SOLUTION square subtract tens term third thousand units weight whole wide worth write yards
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Page 182 - 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 362 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 294 - But if any payments be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on the principal sum due on the obligation, for one year, add- it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid, from the time it was paid up to the end of the year; add it to the sum paid, and deduct that sum from the principal and interest, added as above...
Page 364 - Divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts, and the quotient will be the average term of credit, estimated from the date xelecled.
Page 170 - Length 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5§ yards, or 16| feet -1 rod (rd.) 320 rods, or 5280 feet =1 mile (mi.) Square Measure 144 square inches (sq.
Page 116 - Point off as many decimal places in the quotient as there are ciphers annexed.
Page 230 - RULE. — Multiply the length (in feet) by the width (in inches) and divide the product by 12 — the result will be the contents in square feet.
Page 176 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 179 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 171 - ... from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended ; cubit, from the elbow to the end of the middle finger ; fathom, the length of the two arms extended.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Normal Higher Arithmetic: Designed for Common Schools, High Schools, Normal Schools, Academies, Etc |
| Author | Edward Brooks |
| Publisher | Christopher Sower Company, 1877 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 8 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 542 pages |
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