Written ArithmeticBrewer & Tileston, 1876 |
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... . 31 . 16 , 17 , and 18 . 28. 7 , 8 , and 9 . 29. 10 , 11 , and 12 . 32. 19 , 20 , and 21 . 33 . 1 to 21 inclusive . For further Exercises on the Table , see Key 34. Paid $ 2400 ( dollars ) for my farm 22 SIMPLE NUMBERS .
... . 31 . 16 , 17 , and 18 . 28. 7 , 8 , and 9 . 29. 10 , 11 , and 12 . 32. 19 , 20 , and 21 . 33 . 1 to 21 inclusive . For further Exercises on the Table , see Key 34. Paid $ 2400 ( dollars ) for my farm 22 SIMPLE NUMBERS .
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George Augustus Walton. 34. Paid $ 2400 ( dollars ) for my farm , $ 155 for my horse and tart , $ 26 for garden utensils , $ 86 for a mowing - machine , $ 10 for a horse - rake , and $ 108 for a pair of oxen . Required the amount . 35. A ...
George Augustus Walton. 34. Paid $ 2400 ( dollars ) for my farm , $ 155 for my horse and tart , $ 26 for garden utensils , $ 86 for a mowing - machine , $ 10 for a horse - rake , and $ 108 for a pair of oxen . Required the amount . 35. A ...
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... dollars , what will 368 barrels cost ? 27. If a person by working 12 hours a day can do a piece of work in 37 days , in how many days can he do it working 1 hour a day ? 4 28. I have 5 bins , which contain 69 bushels each . What will be ...
... dollars , what will 368 barrels cost ? 27. If a person by working 12 hours a day can do a piece of work in 37 days , in how many days can he do it working 1 hour a day ? 4 28. I have 5 bins , which contain 69 bushels each . What will be ...
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... dollars apiece , 3 pairs slippers at 1 dollar a pair , 2 pairs boots at 4 dol- lars a pair , and 3 dozen stockings at 2 dollars a dozen ? 34. Suppose in 1 yard of cloth there are 580 fibres of warp and 432 of filling , and that each ...
... dollars apiece , 3 pairs slippers at 1 dollar a pair , 2 pairs boots at 4 dol- lars a pair , and 3 dozen stockings at 2 dollars a dozen ? 34. Suppose in 1 yard of cloth there are 580 fibres of warp and 432 of filling , and that each ...
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... dollars a barrel , can I buy for 259 dollars ?? 15. At 11 cents a yard , how many yards of cloth can I buy for 368972 cents ? 16. If 12 pieces of cloth contain 408 yards , how many yards in a piece ? 4 17. How many weeks are there in ...
... dollars a barrel , can I buy for 259 dollars ?? 15. At 11 cents a yard , how many yards of cloth can I buy for 368972 cents ? 16. If 12 pieces of cloth contain 408 yards , how many yards in a piece ? 4 17. How many weeks are there in ...
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Page 117 - 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 268 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. III. Double the root already found for a divisor ; seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 68 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 289 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called a circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 306 - The sum of all the terms. Any three of which being given, the other two may be found.
Page 114 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as AEFGBD.
Page 278 - 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 306 - ... found. This gives rise to twenty distinct cases, a few of the more important of which will be here presented. NOTE I. — For the remaining cases, also for full discussions of Geometrical Progression and Annuities, the student is referred to works on Algebra.
Page 10 - L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand.
Page 248 - The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes and 4 and 6 are the means.