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" A laborer agreed to serve for 36 days on condition that for every day he worked he should receive $1.25, and for every day he was absent he should forfeit 50 cents. "
A Common School Arithmetic - Page 123
by Bothwell Graham - 1895 - 207 pages
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A Treatise on Algebra, in Practice and Theory: With Notes and ..., Volume 1

John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1813 - 456 pages
...бОО — 500, Conseqr x= 1OO tbe number of bushels required. 12. A labourer engaged to serve for 40 days, on condition that for every day he worked he should receive 20d., but for every day he was absent he should forfeit Sd. : now, at the end of the time, he had to...
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An Introduction to Algebra: With Notes and Observations : Designed for the ...

John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1818 - 284 pages
...9*=600 — 500, Consequently z=100the number of bushels required. 12. A labourer engaged to serve for 40 days, on condition that for every day he worked he should receive ZOd., but for every day he was absent he should forfeit 8d., : now. at the end of the time, he had...
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The New Federal Calculator, Or, Scholar's Assistant: Containing the Most ...

Thomas Tucker Smiley - Arithmetic - 1825 - 224 pages
...annum ? С Their income 2606. Ans. < A. spends 400, ( B. spends 650. 3. A labourer engaged himself for 50 days on condition that for every day he worked he should receive t dollar, but for every day that he was idle he should for felt 50 cen's, at the expiration of the...
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An Introduction to Algebra: With Notes and Observations, Designed for the ...

John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1825 - 336 pages
...9o;=tiOO-500, Consequently x= 100 the number ef bushels required. 12. A labourer engaged to serve for 40 days, on condition that for every day he worked he should receive 20d., but for every day he was absent he should forfeit 3d., : now at the end of the time, he had to...
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An Introduction to Algebra Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction

Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1826 - 290 pages
...subtracting, and those which have -\- must be changed to — . 2. A gentleman hired a labourer for 20 days on condition that, for every day he worked, he should receive 7s., but for every day he was idle, he should forfeit 3s. At the end of the time agreed on he received...
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An Introduction to Algebra Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction

Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1828 - 330 pages
...subtraMng, and those which have -\- must be changed to — . 2. A gentleman hired a labourer for 20 days on condition that, for every day he worked, he should receive 7s., but for every day he was idle, he should forfeit 3s. At the end of the time agreed on he received...
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The Arithmetical Manual

Samuel Read Hall - Arithmetic - 1832 - 294 pages
...of a shilling to the fraction of a farthing. Ans. J. 28. A labourer was hired for 60 days upon this condition, that for every day he worked, he should...75 cents, and for every day he was idle he should forfeit 37J cents; at the expiration of the time he received 18 dollars ; how many days did he work,...
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The American Student's Guide: Containing a Compendious System of Theoretical ...

George Alfred - Arithmetic - 1834 - 336 pages
...be equal to the given number. , EXAMPLEğ. 1 . A man was hired 50 days on these conditions, that is, for every day he worked he should receive 75 cents, and for every day he was idle he should forfeit 25 cents ; at the expiration of the time, he received $27.50cts. How many days did he work,...
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A New System of Arithmetic: In which is Explained and Applied to Practical ...

Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1840 - 316 pages
...8 £. 2s., how many pairs of hose may be bought for 2 £. 16s.? Ans. 24 pairs. 74. A man was hired 50 days, on condition that for every day he worked, he should receive 6 s., and for every day he was idle, he should forfeit 2 s. At the expiration of the time, he received...
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An Elementary Treatise on Algebra, in Theory and Practice: With Attempts to ...

John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 634 pages
...— 500 : Consequently, z=100, the number of bushels required. 12. A laborer engaged to serve for 40 days, on condition that for every day he worked he should receive 20d., but for every day he was absent he should forfeit 8d. ; now, at the end of the time, he had to...
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