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... bushels an acre , how many bushels of wheat will be harvested from 640 acres ? 19. A good cow yields 168 pounds of butter a year . If it takes 215,000 cows to supply London with butter , how many pounds of butter are consumed in that ...
... bushels an acre , how many bushels of wheat will be harvested from 640 acres ? 19. A good cow yields 168 pounds of butter a year . If it takes 215,000 cows to supply London with butter , how many pounds of butter are consumed in that ...
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... bushels of oats , how many bushels will 911,200 acres produce ? 28. If one acre produces 42 bushels of corn , how many bushels will 201,106 acres produce ? 29. If one acre produces 17 bushels of wheat , how many bushels will 613,263 ...
... bushels of oats , how many bushels will 911,200 acres produce ? 28. If one acre produces 42 bushels of corn , how many bushels will 201,106 acres produce ? 29. If one acre produces 17 bushels of wheat , how many bushels will 613,263 ...
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... bushel brings $ 831.60 . How many bushels did he raise ? 23. Find the cost of 15,964 feet of boards at $ 39.25 a thousand . 24. Find the cost of 19,500 laths at 35 cents a hundred . 25. What will be paid for shipping 1500 tons of wheat ...
... bushel brings $ 831.60 . How many bushels did he raise ? 23. Find the cost of 15,964 feet of boards at $ 39.25 a thousand . 24. Find the cost of 19,500 laths at 35 cents a hundred . 25. What will be paid for shipping 1500 tons of wheat ...
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... bushel . He bought the same number of bushels of both kinds of grain and paid for both together $ 607.50 . How many bushels of each kind did he buy ? 16. When potatoes are worth $ 0.77 per bushel , and corn $ 1.10 , how many bushels of ...
... bushel . He bought the same number of bushels of both kinds of grain and paid for both together $ 607.50 . How many bushels of each kind did he buy ? 16. When potatoes are worth $ 0.77 per bushel , and corn $ 1.10 , how many bushels of ...
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... bushels of rye , 384 of oats , and 416 of wheat . He sends his grain to market in bags of equal size . What is the greatest number of bushels which each bag can hold , provided there is no mixture of the different kinds of grain ? 4 ...
... bushels of rye , 384 of oats , and 416 of wheat . He sends his grain to market in bags of equal size . What is the greatest number of bushels which each bag can hold , provided there is no mixture of the different kinds of grain ? 4 ...
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Page 178 - 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 168 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 126 - When necessary, reduce the fractions to their least common denominator. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend, from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference of the new numerators over the common denominator.
Page 339 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend. 5. Double the whole root already found for a new divisor, and continue the operation as before, until all the periods are brought down. NOTE.
Page 93 - ... and so on until the quotient is itself a prime number. The several divisors and the last quotient are the prime factors.
Page 182 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the Circumference, all points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the Centre.
Page 160 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq.
Page 108 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator.
Page 290 - If a man walk 3 miles an hour, how many hours will it take him to walk 30 miles ? 17. Bought 4 barrels of flour for 28 dollars ; what was the cost of one barrel ? 18. If I pay 27 cents for 3 pounds of sugar, how much do I pay a pound ? 19. 15 are how many times 3 ? 5 ? 20.
Page 170 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.