A New System of Mercantile Arithmetic: Adapted to the Commerce of the United States, in Its Domestic and Foreign Relations : with Forms of Accounts and Other Writings Usually Occurring in TradeEdmund M. Blunt, 1801 - 252 Seiten |
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... present worth , and the difference be tween the present worth and the given fum is the discount . EXAMPLES . I. What is the prefent worth of 450 DISCOUNT . 123 Buying and Selling Stocks • Discount.
... present worth , and the difference be tween the present worth and the given fum is the discount . EXAMPLES . I. What is the prefent worth of 450 DISCOUNT . 123 Buying and Selling Stocks • Discount.
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... present worth of 5150 dollars due in 4 months , discounting at the rate of 8 per cent . per annum , and allowing 1 per cent . for prompt payment ? Anf . 4950 dols . 4. A is to pay 5927 dols . on the 19th of April , 1799 , and 5989 ...
... present worth of 5150 dollars due in 4 months , discounting at the rate of 8 per cent . per annum , and allowing 1 per cent . for prompt payment ? Anf . 4950 dols . 4. A is to pay 5927 dols . on the 19th of April , 1799 , and 5989 ...
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... present worths will be increased to the total of the particular fums payable at the particu- lar times to come ; and that is the true equated time for payment of the whole . • BARTER Is the exchanging one commodity for another on fuch ...
... present worths will be increased to the total of the particular fums payable at the particu- lar times to come ; and that is the true equated time for payment of the whole . • BARTER Is the exchanging one commodity for another on fuch ...
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agio amount annum Anſ anſwer barrels bbls Boſton breadth bufhel cafks candareens cent centimes Change coffee coft commiffion copecs coſt cube root cyphers decimal diſcount ditto divide divifor dols ducats Engliſh equal EXAMPLES exchange faid fame farthings fecond Federal money feet fhillings fhip firft firſt fold fols fquare root fraction fterling ftivers fubtract fuch fugar gallon gilders given fum given number grotes hogfhead hundred improper fraction inches increaſe Integer intereft laft laſt lefs leſs livres livres tournois lofs Maffachuſetts maravadies meaſure merchant mills molaffes months Multiply muſt neat Newburyport number of terms payment pence perfons piaftres picul pound pound Sterling prefent quintals quotient reals plate reals vellon Reduce remainder rials rix dollar rotolas RULE rupees ſhip Spaniſh dollar ſquare Sterling tare thouſand TROY WEIGHT uſed veffel VULGAR FRACTIONS weight whole number yards
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Seite 84 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Seite 75 - The number above the line is called the numerator, and that below the line the denominator. The denominator...
Seite 56 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Seite 3 - An aft, for the encouragement of learning, by fecuring the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the Authors and proprietors of fuch copies during the times therein mentioned...
Seite 77 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Seite 60 - Multiply the decimal by the number of parts in the next less denomination, and cut off so many places for a remainder, to the right hand, as there are places in the given decimal. 2. Multiply the remainder by the next inferior denomination, and cut off...
Seite 18 - First, commit the words at the head of the table, viz. units, tens,^ hundreds, &c. to memory, then, to the simple value of each figure, join the name of its place, beginning at the left hand, and reading towards the right.
Seite 3 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Seite 219 - Find the first figure in the root, by the table of powers, which subtract from the given number. 3. Bring down the first figure in the next point to the remainder, and call it the dividend. 4. Involve the root into the next inferior power to that which is given ; multiply it by the given power, and call it the divisor. 5. Find a quotient figure by common division, and annex it to the root ; then involve the whole root into the given power, and call that the subtrahend.