.... . 364 quotient. 729 greatest. 551093 sum, Ans. 4. A man bought a horse and was to give a farthing for the first nail, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, &c. in geometrical progression : The number of nails was to be 7 in each shoe, viz. '28 nails in all...

...Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess board, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, doubling continually, to 64, the whole number of squares. Now, supposing a pint to contain 1080 of theje grains,...

...Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess board, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, doubling continually, to 64, the whole number of squares. Now, supposing, a pint to contain 7680 of these grains,...

...I =2)72 8 81 243 30+ Quotient. 729 ' . 729 1093 1. A man bought a horse and was to give a farthing for the first nail, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, &c. in geometrical progressiob. The number of nulls wa.>* to be 7 in each shoe, viz. 28 nails in all...

...9t2. 7. What sum would a horse sell for that has 4 shoes on, with 8 nails in each shoe, at 1 farthing for the first nail, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on ? And what would be the price of another horse, having only two shoes, on the same conditions ? Ans....

...Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square oa the chess board, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, doubling continually, to 64 the whole number of squares. Now, supposing a pint to contain 7680 of these grains,...

...man offers to sell his horse by the nails in his shoes, which are in number 32 ; he demands 1 liard for the first nail, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, 8 for the fourth, and so on, demanding for each nail twice the price of the preceding. It is required...

...man offers to sell his horse by the nails in his shoes, which are in number 32 ; he demands 1 Hard for the first nail, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, 8 for the fourth, and so on, demanding for each nail twice the price of the preceding. It is required...

...newly shod all around, with Ь nails in each shoe, on these conditions, viz. he was to give 1 farthing for the first nail, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, in a duplicate ratio for each nail in the 4 shoes ; what did the horse amount to ? Ans. £4473924 5s....

...of what number ? 52. 100 is | of what number ? 53. A man bought a horse, and was to give a farthing for the first nail, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, &c. the number of nails was to be 7 in each shoe ; viz. 28 nails in all. What must be paid for the...