The Complete Arithmetic, Oral and Written: Second PartIvison, Blakeman, Taylor & Company, 1876 - 272 pages |
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Page 197 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 169 - Whence it follows, that the cube of a number composed of tens and units, is equal to the cube of the tens, plus three times the product of the square of the tens by the units, plus three times the product of the tens by the square of the units, plus the cube of the units. This being the case, the cube of the tens...
Page 152 - B, by spending $ 30 per annum more than A, at the end of 8 years finds himself $40 in debt; what is their income, and what does each spend per annum ? Ans.
Page 233 - Time 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr . ) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk...
Page 68 - Coupon. A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due. Credit Memorandum.
Page 124 - Four quantities are in proportion when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourth.
Page 164 - Separate the given number into periods of two figures each, beginning at the right hand: the period on the left will often contain but one figure.
Page 93 - Treasury, in compliance with the first section of the act of March 3, 1873, viz: "That the value of foreign coins, as expressed in the money of account of the United States, shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value...
Page 51 - UNITED STATES RULE. I. Find the amount of the given principal to the time of the first payment, and if this payment exceed the interest then due subtract it from the amount obtained, and treat the remainder as a new principal. II. But if the interest...
Page 93 - 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 quarterly by the Director of the Mint and be proclaimed by the Secretary of the Treasury quarterly on the 1st day of January, April, July, and October in each year.