Written ArithmeticBrewer & Tileston, 1876 |
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... miles in the British Isles , there being in Scotland 30000 , in England 31200 , in Wales 7200 , and in Ireland 32500 ? 43. The United States contain 3284100 square miles more than the British Isles ; required the area of the United ...
... miles in the British Isles , there being in Scotland 30000 , in England 31200 , in Wales 7200 , and in Ireland 32500 ? 43. The United States contain 3284100 square miles more than the British Isles ; required the area of the United ...
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... miles apart , travel towards each other , one 46 miles , the other 51 miles a day ; how far apart will they be at the end of one day ? 2. If the above persons travel away from each other , how far apart will they be at the end of one ...
... miles apart , travel towards each other , one 46 miles , the other 51 miles a day ; how far apart will they be at the end of one day ? 2. If the above persons travel away from each other , how far apart will they be at the end of one ...
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... miles , at 5 miles an hour ? 19 9 times a certain number equals 324783 ; what is that number ? 20. 8X what = 36924 ? 4034 Ans . 36,087 . 21. 12 X what = 46817 ? LONG DIVISION . 59. Long Division is the process of dividing where the ...
... miles , at 5 miles an hour ? 19 9 times a certain number equals 324783 ; what is that number ? 20. 8X what = 36924 ? 4034 Ans . 36,087 . 21. 12 X what = 46817 ? LONG DIVISION . 59. Long Division is the process of dividing where the ...
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... miles , from Albany to Buffalo , 298 miles . How long will it take a train to pass over the road at the rate of 28 miles an hour , allowing 2 hours for detentions between Boston and Albany , 1 hour at Al- bany , and 3 between Albany and ...
... miles , from Albany to Buffalo , 298 miles . How long will it take a train to pass over the road at the rate of 28 miles an hour , allowing 2 hours for detentions between Boston and Albany , 1 hour at Al- bany , and 3 between Albany and ...
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... miles farther on , and light travels at the rate of 191500 miles a second , how many seconds is it in . passing from the sun to the moon and back to the earth ? Ans . 498 81000 seconds . 191500 31. If 3871 be divided by 79 , and the ...
... miles farther on , and light travels at the rate of 191500 miles a second , how many seconds is it in . passing from the sun to the moon and back to the earth ? Ans . 498 81000 seconds . 191500 31. If 3871 be divided by 79 , and the ...
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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.