Hopkins and Underwood's Arithmetic: Book One-two, Book 2Macmillan, 1912 - Arithmetic |
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... selling them at $ 84 each , a jobber makes a profit of $ 324 . How many horses does he sell ? EXERCISE 18 1. How many bags of Rio coffee can be bought for $ 882 , if one bag costs $ 21 ? 2. Currants sell for $ 14 a barrel . At this ...
... selling them at $ 84 each , a jobber makes a profit of $ 324 . How many horses does he sell ? EXERCISE 18 1. How many bags of Rio coffee can be bought for $ 882 , if one bag costs $ 21 ? 2. Currants sell for $ 14 a barrel . At this ...
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... selling price . Find the cost price of the shoes . 21. In an apple orchard of 840 trees 58 % bore fruit . How many trees were fruit - bearing ? 22. A ranchman lost during a blizzard 16 % of his sheep . If the number in his flock was ...
... selling price . Find the cost price of the shoes . 21. In an apple orchard of 840 trees 58 % bore fruit . How many trees were fruit - bearing ? 22. A ranchman lost during a blizzard 16 % of his sheep . If the number in his flock was ...
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... selling tea at 69 ¢ per pound , gains 3 of the cost of the tea . Find the cost per pound of the tea . 20 25. By selling cloth at 78 per yard a clothier loses of the cost of the cloth . Find the cost price per yard of the cloth . 26. The ...
... selling tea at 69 ¢ per pound , gains 3 of the cost of the tea . Find the cost per pound of the tea . 20 25. By selling cloth at 78 per yard a clothier loses of the cost of the cloth . Find the cost price per yard of the cloth . 26. The ...
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... selling it at a profit of 15 % ? What is the selling price per yard ? SOLUTION . 360 x $ 1.30 x 15 % $ 70.20 , gain . $ 1.30 cost per yd . = = .13 10 % of $ 1.30 = .065 5 % of $ 1.30 = $ 1.495 selling price per yd . Observe , selling ...
... selling it at a profit of 15 % ? What is the selling price per yard ? SOLUTION . 360 x $ 1.30 x 15 % $ 70.20 , gain . $ 1.30 cost per yd . = = .13 10 % of $ 1.30 = .065 5 % of $ 1.30 = $ 1.495 selling price per yd . Observe , selling ...
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... SELLING PRICE $ .25 $ .20 $ 1.50 $ 1.40 $ 160 Given selling price and rate per cent of profit or loss , to find cost price . Example 1. A piano was sold for $ 450 at a profit of 121 % . Find the cost price . ( 100 % +121 % ) of cost ...
... SELLING PRICE $ .25 $ .20 $ 1.50 $ 1.40 $ 160 Given selling price and rate per cent of profit or loss , to find cost price . Example 1. A piano was sold for $ 450 at a profit of 121 % . Find the cost price . ( 100 % +121 % ) of cost ...
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acres altitude angle barrel base bought bushel buys called carload circle circumference column commission common contains cubic cubic foot decimal point denominator diameter digits discount Divide dividend divisor dollars draft equal exactly divisible Example EXERCISE Express figure Find the area Find the cost Find the difference Find the G. C. D. Find the number Find the value Find the weight fraction gain per cent Galveston given Gold Greatest Common Divisor hundred inches Least Common Multiple long tons longitude marked price MEASURE meridian meter minuend multiplicand Multiply number is exactly places pounds premium prime factors prime meridian profit quantity quarts quotient radius rate per cent ratio rectangle Reduce remainder right triangle selling price short tons sides sold SOLUTION square miles square root square yards subtraction subtrahend United wheat Write
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Page 77 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal...
Page 78 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 340 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet — 1 square yard (sq.
Page 208 - The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms are called the means, of the proportion.
Page 340 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 275 - The square of the sum of two numbers is equal to the square of the first, plus twice the product of the first by the second, plus the square of the second.
Page 80 - Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds.
Page 302 - The volumes of similar solids are to each other as the cubes of their like dimensions.
Page 307 - The entire metric system of weights and measures is based upon a fundamental nnit called a meter, which is the ten-millionth part of the distance from the equator to the pole, and is the principal unit of linear measure.
Page 283 - ... the square on the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.