Written ArithmeticBrewer & Tileston, 1876 |
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... sold 429 yards . How many yards were left ? Ans . 776 yards . 3. There are 205 sheep in a flock ; if 109 of them should be driven to market , how many would remain ? Ans . 96 sheep . 4. A merchant bought goods for $ 1084 , and sold them ...
... sold 429 yards . How many yards were left ? Ans . 776 yards . 3. There are 205 sheep in a flock ; if 109 of them should be driven to market , how many would remain ? Ans . 96 sheep . 4. A merchant bought goods for $ 1084 , and sold them ...
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... sold at a loss of $ 4975 ; what did she bring ? 5. If the subtrahend be 369 quadrillion , and the remainder 99 quadrillion 13 billion , what is the minuend ? 6. The difference between two numbers is 95478. The larger number is 148769 ...
... sold at a loss of $ 4975 ; what did she bring ? 5. If the subtrahend be 369 quadrillion , and the remainder 99 quadrillion 13 billion , what is the minuend ? 6. The difference between two numbers is 95478. The larger number is 148769 ...
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... ; and shoes for $ .82 . Required the entire cost . 46. Bought a horse for $ 95.00 ; a wagon for $ 63.00 , and Larness for $ 15.00 ; kept them a week , paying $ 2.50 for board for the horse , then sold them all for $ FEDERAL MONEY . 47.
... ; and shoes for $ .82 . Required the entire cost . 46. Bought a horse for $ 95.00 ; a wagon for $ 63.00 , and Larness for $ 15.00 ; kept them a week , paying $ 2.50 for board for the horse , then sold them all for $ FEDERAL MONEY . 47.
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... sold in New York market in one week , averaging 874 lbs . apiece , at 7 cents per pound ; what was received for them ? 53. Bought 2 pieces of flannel , each containing 62 yards , for $ 39.68 , and sold them for 40 cents per yard . What ...
... sold in New York market in one week , averaging 874 lbs . apiece , at 7 cents per pound ; what was received for them ? 53. Bought 2 pieces of flannel , each containing 62 yards , for $ 39.68 , and sold them for 40 cents per yard . What ...
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... Sold to one man 10 acres woodland for $ 85.00 per acre ; to another a house lot of one acre for $ 90.00 ; and the remainder to a third for $ 2025.00 . What did I gain by the operation ; and for how much per acre did I sell the re ...
... Sold to one man 10 acres woodland for $ 85.00 per acre ; to another a house lot of one acre for $ 90.00 ; and the remainder to a third for $ 2025.00 . What did I gain by the operation ; and for how much per acre did I sell the re ...
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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.