The Mercantile Arithmetic, Adapted to the Commerce of the United States, in Its Domestic and Foreign Relations: With an Appendix Containing Practical Systems of Mensuration, Gauging, and Book-keepingRichardson & Lord, 1828 - 315 páginas |
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Página 105 - ... interest at that time due : add that interest to the principal, and from the sum subtract the payment made at that time, together with the preceding payments (if any) and the remainder forms a new principal ; on which compute and subtract the interest, as upon the first principal: And proceed in this manner to the time of judgment.
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Página 65 - REDUCTION OF DECIMALS. CASE I. To reduce a vulgar fraction to its equivalent decimal. RULE. Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quotient will be the decimal required.
Página 136 - B, by spending 150 dollars per annum, more than A, at the end of 8 years finds himself 400 dollars in debt ; what is their income, and what does each spend per annum?
Página 21 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Página 29 - APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound.
Página 81 - To reduce any given quantity to the fraction »/,i» greater denomination of the same kind. RULE. Reduce the given quantity to the lowest denomination mentioned for a numerator...
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