Arithmetic for Schools: American Ed |
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acres Algebra amount annum bill breadth bushels carpet centimetres Compound Interest contains counters cubic cubic foot denominator digits discount divisor dollars equal Example Example ii Express feet Find the cost Find the difference find the number Find the value francs gain gallon gals given number hence horses hundred inches income invested length London lowest terms method metres mile race miles an hour miles per hour million minutes months multiply a given nearest cent number of days power of ten Present Value profit quotient rate per cent recurring decimal Reduce remainder result of dividing selling share significant figures Simple Interest Simplify sold square root subtracted tenth thousand thrice tons 10 cwt tons 12 tons 5 cwt unit vulgar fraction walk whole number wide yards
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Page 281 - A man embarks his property in four successive ventures. In the first he clears 100 per cent, and in. each of the others he loses 20 per cent.
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Page 279 - Find the simple fraction which expresses the value of 7 + v^i, when divided by 6J times (3 + $/~5£). 10. How many cubes, whose edges are | in. long, can be contained in a box, of which the base is 18 sq. inches, and height 7J inches ? 11. The volumes of spheres are in proportion to the cubes of their radii : the radii of two spheres are in the ratio of 4 to 5 ; and the weights of equal portions of the smaller and larger spheres are as 12 : 7 ; given that the weight of the smaller sphere is 256 Ibs.,...
Page 43 - Art. 443 that a number is divisible by 9 when the sum of its digits is divisible by 9...
Page 55 - A fraction whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator is an improper fraction.
Page 54 - To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator have no common factor.
Page 66 - Hence, in multiplying a fraction by a fraction, we multiply the numerators together for the new numerator, and the denominators together for the new denominator.
Page 44 - A number is divisible by 3 when the sum of its digits (figures) is divisible by 3 ; it is divisible by 9, when the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.