Download or read book The Essentials of Arithmetic, Oral and Written; for Upper Grades Volume 2 written by Gordon Augustus Southworth and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ... and Process. djed May 5, 182i. How long had he lived? 8/1769 to 8/1820 = 51 yr. E Mn the ss. 8/15 to 4/15-= 8 mo., .onf.. 4/15 to 5/5 =20d 7. Find the time from May 22, 1890, to June 12, 1893. 8. Find the time from Dec. 25, 1893, to Mar. 3, 1896. 9. How long from 4/18, '96 to 3/11, '99? 10. Find your exact age to-day. 283.--Interest: Choice Methods Of Computing Interest. of Methods. I. A general method, page 106. Written bankers' method, page 160. III. The one-dollar method, page 163. Any of these three methods may be used exclusively, but as no one method is always the best, it is well to learn to choose the one that will give an accurate result most quickly. Solve the following problems by each method, compare results, and tell which method you prefer, and why. 1. Find the interest of $ 360 at 7% for 207 d. 2. What is the amount of $ 75 at 8% for 3 yr. 4 mo.? 3. What shall be paid for the use of $ 723.60 for 85 days at 10% interest? 14. Interest is the product of what three factors? 15. Which method of finding interest is best when principal, rate, or time is divided by 4? By 4? 6? 9 or 12? Why? 16. Which method uses the aliquot parts of the time? 17. Which are "6% methods "? Why so called? 18. Which is the best method when there are years, months, and days in the time, and when cancellation is impossible? 19. What is the interest of $ 400 at 10% for 2 years? 284.--For Frequent Practice. At sight. 1. Find 200 months' interest of $87.56 at 6%. 2. Find 20 months' interest of $300 at 3%. 3. Interest of $ 500 for $ yr. at 10%? 4. Interest of $ 1 for 6 d. at 6%? 5. Interest of $569 for 60 days at 6%? 6. Interest of $ 100 for 4 yr. at 8%? 7. f yr. interest of $ 400 at 9%? 8. 8 mo. interest of $ 200 at 9%? 9. 22 mo. interest of $ 500...