Written ArithmeticBrewer & Tileston, 1876 |
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... 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 the capacity of a bin which will contain as much as all of them ? 29. If 6 yards of cloth ...
... 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 the capacity of a bin which will contain as much as all of them ? 29. If 6 yards of cloth ...
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... pieces of cloth contain 408 yards , how many yards in a piece ? 4 17. How many weeks are there in 4781 days ? 18. How many hours will it take me to walk 1378 miles , at 5 miles an hour ? 19 9 times a certain number equals 324783 ; what ...
... pieces of cloth contain 408 yards , how many yards in a piece ? 4 17. How many weeks are there in 4781 days ? 18. How many hours will it take me to walk 1378 miles , at 5 miles an hour ? 19 9 times a certain number equals 324783 ; what ...
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... , 1 hour at Al- bany , and 3 between Albany and Buffalo ? Ans . 23 hours . 22. The Ohio Canal descends 1832 feet in 152 locks ; what is the average descent in each lock ? 23. If 8 presses can coin 19000 pieces of money 40 SIMPLE NUMBERS .
... , 1 hour at Al- bany , and 3 between Albany and Buffalo ? Ans . 23 hours . 22. The Ohio Canal descends 1832 feet in 152 locks ; what is the average descent in each lock ? 23. If 8 presses can coin 19000 pieces of money 40 SIMPLE NUMBERS .
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George Augustus Walton. 23. If 8 presses can coin 19000 pieces of money in an hour , how many pieces can one press coin in a minute , 60 minutes making an hour ? 24. In how many days , of 12 hours each , can the president of a bank sign ...
George Augustus Walton. 23. If 8 presses can coin 19000 pieces of money in an hour , how many pieces can one press coin in a minute , 60 minutes making an hour ? 24. In how many days , of 12 hours each , can the president of a bank sign ...
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... piece of work in 24 days , how long will it take one man to do it ? 17. If 768 be one factor , and 861-237 the other factor , what is the product ? 18. Smith & Co. consume 74 tons of coal in a year ; how much more must they pay for ...
... piece of work in 24 days , how long will it take one man to do it ? 17. If 768 be one factor , and 861-237 the other factor , what is the product ? 18. Smith & Co. consume 74 tons of coal in a year ; how much more must they pay for ...
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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.