A New System of Arithmetic, on the Cancelling Plan: Embracing the Rules of the Three, Single and Double, Direct and Inverse; Barter; Loss and Gain; Reduction; Multiplication and Division of Fractions; Exchange of Currencies; Interest; and All Proportional Questions in One Rule Applicable to the Whole. The Process Greatly Simplified and Abridged |
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... barrels of flour cost , at 14 dollars a barrel ? Answer , 6048 dollars . 17. How many rods in 84 miles , there being 320 rods in a mile ? Answer , 26880 rods . 18. What will be the cost of 6328 thousands of boards , at 18 dollars per ...
... barrels of flour cost , at 14 dollars a barrel ? Answer , 6048 dollars . 17. How many rods in 84 miles , there being 320 rods in a mile ? Answer , 26880 rods . 18. What will be the cost of 6328 thousands of boards , at 18 dollars per ...
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... barrels of flour may be bought for 77 dollars , at 7 dollars per barrel ? 10. In how many hours will a man travel 48 miles , at the rate of 4 miles per hour ? 11. Eighty cords of wood are piled in 8 different piles . How many cords in ...
... barrels of flour may be bought for 77 dollars , at 7 dollars per barrel ? 10. In how many hours will a man travel 48 miles , at the rate of 4 miles per hour ? 11. Eighty cords of wood are piled in 8 different piles . How many cords in ...
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... barrels of flour cost 672 dollars , what will 1 barrel cost ? Answer , 6 dollars . 9. If 2624 bushels of corn be divided equally among 41 men , how many bushels will each receive ? As 41 is greater than 12 , and not a composite number ...
... barrels of flour cost 672 dollars , what will 1 barrel cost ? Answer , 6 dollars . 9. If 2624 bushels of corn be divided equally among 41 men , how many bushels will each receive ? As 41 is greater than 12 , and not a composite number ...
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... barrels , each containing 196 into barrels containing 196 pounds ? pounds each . How many bar- rels must he have ? 17. What will 24 oxen 18. If 24 oxen cost 1104 cost , at 46 dollars each ? dollars , what do they cost apiece ? 19. If a ...
... barrels , each containing 196 into barrels containing 196 pounds ? pounds each . How many bar- rels must he have ? 17. What will 24 oxen 18. If 24 oxen cost 1104 cost , at 46 dollars each ? dollars , what do they cost apiece ? 19. If a ...
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... barrels of flour may be bought for 6721 dollars , at 13 dollars per barrel ? Ans . 517 barrels . 11. Paid 57600 cents for eggs , paying at the rate of 12 cents a dozen . How many dozen did I buy ? Answer , 4800 dozen . 12. What will 168 ...
... barrels of flour may be bought for 6721 dollars , at 13 dollars per barrel ? Ans . 517 barrels . 11. Paid 57600 cents for eggs , paying at the rate of 12 cents a dozen . How many dozen did I buy ? Answer , 4800 dozen . 12. What will 168 ...
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Page 103 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 41 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 221 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 208 - Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the equated time, nearly.
Page 97 - TABLE. 10 Mills =1 Cent. 10 Cents =1 Dime. 10 Dimes =1 Dollar. 10 Dollars =1 Eagle.
Page 307 - America, to be paid to the said or his certain attorney, executors, administrators, or assigns: to which payment well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly by these presents.
Page 270 - ... above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and...
Page 85 - Divide by any number that will divide two or more of the given numbers without a remainder, and set the quotients, together with the undivided numbers, in a line beneath.
Page 251 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 223 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.