Soulé's Philosophic Practical Mathematics: Designed for the Use of Accountants, Merchants, Business Men, Private Learners, High Grade Commercial Colleges and Normal Schools |
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allowed amount annuity arithmetical series assumed avoirdupois balance barrel bbls bonds bought brokerage bushels capital cash cent premium charged check figure column compound interest cube cube root cubic currency debit decimal deduct diameter difference divide dividend divisor dollars equal equated Explanation feet fraction frustum gallons given gold greatest common divisor hence hundred inches investment invoice least common multiple liabilities maturity Mdse measure merchant method miles milreis minuend months multiplicand multiply net investment number of terms OPERATION INDICATED OPERATION TO FIND Orleans paid partners payable payment pound sterling pounds cost present worth principal problem profits proportion quotient rate per cent ratio reason received Reduce remainder result SECOND OPERATION selling price share sold SOLUTION square square root Statement to find subtract sucrose tael units weight whole number yards
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Page 544 - Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury : unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury ; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury...
Page 617 - If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due, and then the surplus is to be applied towards discharging the principal; and interest is to be Computed on the balance, as aforesaid.
Page 618 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total. If there be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above; and in like manner from one payment to another, till all the payments are absorbed; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Page 618 - But if any payment 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 122 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 232 - ... lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid.
Page 513 - The assured will keep a set of books which shall clearly and plainly present a complete record of business transacted, including all purchases, sales and shipments, both for cash and credit...
Page 423 - There is an equilibrium upon the wheel and axle when the power is to the weight as the radius of the axle to the radius of the wheel.
Page 544 - If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
Page 338 - 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.