Practical Arithmetic, Uniting the Inductive with the Synthetic Mode of Instruction: Also Illustrating the Principles of Cancelation. For Schools and Academies |
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... gain 75 dollars . How much did he sell it for ? 5. A lady purchased materials for 3 dresses . For the first she paid 15 dollars , for the second , 9 dollars , and for the third , 7 dollars . How much did she pay for them all ? 6. A boy ...
... gain 75 dollars . How much did he sell it for ? 5. A lady purchased materials for 3 dresses . For the first she paid 15 dollars , for the second , 9 dollars , and for the third , 7 dollars . How much did she pay for them all ? 6. A boy ...
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... gain 15 dollars , How much did he sell it for ? 17. A lad bought a geography for 50 cents , a grammar for 25 cents , an arithmetic for 13 cents , and a slate for 10 cents . How much did he give for them all ? 18. A gentleman purchased a ...
... gain 15 dollars , How much did he sell it for ? 17. A lad bought a geography for 50 cents , a grammar for 25 cents , an arithmetic for 13 cents , and a slate for 10 cents . How much did he give for them all ? 18. A gentleman purchased a ...
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... gain 175 dollars ? 26. A gentleman paid 75 dollars for one piece of cloth , 67 dollars for another , 54 dollars for another , and 48 dol- lars for another . How much did he pay for all ? 27. A certain orchard contains 56 apple - trees ...
... gain 175 dollars ? 26. A gentleman paid 75 dollars for one piece of cloth , 67 dollars for another , 54 dollars for another , and 48 dol- lars for another . How much did he pay for all ? 27. A certain orchard contains 56 apple - trees ...
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... gain 134 dollars on the calico , 178 dollars on the silks , and 242 dollars on the broadcloths . How much I did he sell them for ? What was the amount of his gains ? 41. A merchant pays 560 dollars a year for store rent , 386 dollars to ...
... gain 134 dollars on the calico , 178 dollars on the silks , and 242 dollars on the broadcloths . How much I did he sell them for ? What was the amount of his gains ? 41. A merchant pays 560 dollars a year for store rent , 386 dollars to ...
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... gain 568 dollars on the oil , and 346 dollars on the candles . How much did he receive for the whole ? 45. In 1840 the state of Maine contained 501793 in- habitants ; New Hampshire , 284574 ; Vermont , 291948 ; Massachusetts , 737699 ...
... gain 568 dollars on the oil , and 346 dollars on the candles . How much did he receive for the whole ? 45. In 1840 the state of Maine contained 501793 in- habitants ; New Hampshire , 284574 ; Vermont , 291948 ; Massachusetts , 737699 ...
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Page 316 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 212 - What part of a year is 1 month ? 2 months ? 3 months ? 4 months ? 5 months ? 6 months ? 7 months? 8 months? 9 months? 10 months? 11 months ? 105.
Page 313 - 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.
Page 223 - If there be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above ; and, in like manner, from one payment to another, till all the payments are absorbed ; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Page 223 - But if any payment be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on the principal sum due on the obligation, for one year, add it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid, from the time it was paid, up to the end of the year; add it to the sum paid, and deduct that sum from the principal and interest added as above.
Page 71 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 176 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 133 - Weight is used in weighing groceries ana all coarse articles ; as, sugar, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay; &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ibs. " 1 hundred weight, " cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton,
Page 221 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. " If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
Page 104 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction : to the product add the given numerator. The sum placed over the given denominator, will form the improper fraction required.