An Intellectual Arithmetic: With an Introduction to Written Arithmetic |
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Page 40 - 7. Two men start from the same place and travel in opposite directions : one travels 3 miles an hour, and the other 4 miles an hour ; how far apart will they be at the end of 1 hour ? of 2 hours ? of 5 hours
Page 40 - hours ? 8. Two men start from the same place, and travel in the same direction, one at the rate of 2 miles an hour, and the other at the rate of 12 miles an hour ; how far apart will they be in 1 hour ? in 2 hours ? in 4 hours
Page 108 - UNITED STATES MONEY. TABLE. 10 mills (m.) — 1 cent, ct, 10 cents — 1 dime, d. 10 dimes — 1 dollar,!. 10 dollars = 1 eagle, E, 1. How many mills in 2 cents?
Page 120 - 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen = 1 gross. 12 gross =: 1 great gross. 20 units = 1 score. PAPER. 24 sheets = 1 quire. | 20 quires =. 1 ream.
Page 131 - miles an hour and the other at the rate of 40 miles an hour ; how far apart will they be at the end of 2 hours
Page 112 - TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) ==. 1 pennyweight, pwt. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce, . . . oz. 12 ounces = 1 pound, . . . Ib. 1. How many grains in
Page 116 - 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) = 1 cubic foot, cu. ft. 27 cubic feet =. 1 cubic yard, cu. yd.
Page 131 - and the other at the rate of 5 miles an hour, how far apart will they be at the end of 1 hour
Page 40 - 3 miles an hour, and the other 4 miles an hour ; how far apart will they be at the end of 1 hour
Page 114 - 1 square foot, sq. ft. 9 square feet =. 1 square yard, sq. yd. 304- square yards, or