Questions and exercises in elementary mathematics |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 17
Page
... contain some features sufficiently distinctive and valuable to warrant its appearance . The chief aim of the work is to place prominently before the learner the fact that the principle of ' cause and effect ' is as applicable to ...
... contain some features sufficiently distinctive and valuable to warrant its appearance . The chief aim of the work is to place prominently before the learner the fact that the principle of ' cause and effect ' is as applicable to ...
Page 2
... contains 2 oz . 9 dwts . 3 grs . of metal ? 5. What is the price of 32 yards of ribbon at Is . 43d . per yard ? 6. A person wastes three - quarters of an hour every day how many days will he have wasted between to- day and the end of ...
... contains 2 oz . 9 dwts . 3 grs . of metal ? 5. What is the price of 32 yards of ribbon at Is . 43d . per yard ? 6. A person wastes three - quarters of an hour every day how many days will he have wasted between to- day and the end of ...
Page 4
... contain as many half - crowns as the other contains shillings . 24. A merchant spends 16361. 5s . on equal quantities of wheat at 42s . , barley at 21S . , and oats at 14s . a quarter : what quantity of each will he have ? 25. What is ...
... contain as many half - crowns as the other contains shillings . 24. A merchant spends 16361. 5s . on equal quantities of wheat at 42s . , barley at 21S . , and oats at 14s . a quarter : what quantity of each will he have ? 25. What is ...
Page 18
... contain 15 square feet ? 3. How many yards of carpet a yard wide will be required for a room 12 yards long by 6 yards I foot 6 inches broad ? and how many for another room 221 feet by 19 feet ? 4. What will be the cost of carpet yard ...
... contain 15 square feet ? 3. How many yards of carpet a yard wide will be required for a room 12 yards long by 6 yards I foot 6 inches broad ? and how many for another room 221 feet by 19 feet ? 4. What will be the cost of carpet yard ...
Page 33
... contain nitre , sulphur , and charcoal in the proportion of 85 , 10 , '05 and 80 , • 12 , 08 respectively : how much of each ingredient will there be in 2 lbs . of gunpowder made by taking lb. out of each parcel ? 16. A , B , C rent ...
... contain nitre , sulphur , and charcoal in the proportion of 85 , 10 , '05 and 80 , • 12 , 08 respectively : how much of each ingredient will there be in 2 lbs . of gunpowder made by taking lb. out of each parcel ? 16. A , B , C rent ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acres amount angle annum bought broad carpet cent circle cloth College common compound interest contains cost Crown 8vo decimal difference Divide earn equal Examinations Express Extract the square feet feet 6 inches feet long feet wide figure Find the G.C.M. Find the square Find the value forms four fraction gain gallons give given guinea half inches inches long inches wide income interest invested length miles minutes months Multiply Oxford person piece poles pound present produce proportion Prove quantities QUESTIONS ratio receive Reduce remainder sell Shew shilling side simple interest Simplify sold Solve the equations square root square yard straight line Subtract Translation triangle twice walk walls weeks weight whole wide worth yards yards long
Popular passages
Page 169 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz.
Page 22 - If 4 men can do a piece of work in 20 days, how long will it take 5 men to do a similar piece of work ? 2.
Page 170 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 172 - If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the squares of the whole line, and of one of the parts, are equal to twice the rectangle contained by the whole and that part, together with the square of the other part. Let the straight line AB be divided into any two parts in the point C ; the squares of AB, BC are equal to twice the rectangle AB, BC, together with the square of AC.
Page 170 - To describe a parallelogram equal to a given triangle, and having an angle equal to a given angle.
Page 169 - Upon the same base, and on the same side of it, there cannot be two triangles that have their sides which are terminated in one extremity of' the base, equal to one another, and likewise those which are terminated in the other extremity.
Page 92 - A laborer agreed to serve for 36 days on condition that for every day he worked he should receive $1.25, and for every day he was absent he should forfeit 50 cents.