An Intellectual Arithmetic: Upon the Inductive Method with an Introduction to Written Arithmetic |
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$4 a yard 12 cents 12 dollars 12 per cent 12 rods 30 cents 30 days 9 cents 9 dollars acres apples cost asked the age barrel cost barrel of flour barrels of apples bushels of corn bushels of oats bushels of wheat cents a pound cents apiece cords of wood Count backward cows divided dollars a barrel dollars a yard earn eight Eighteen eighths of 24 eleven equal feet fifths flour cost Forty-eight Forty-nine furlongs gain gallons gave gills give half halves horses eat hound hour interest of $1 less 9 less six LESSON LESSON II lowest terms melon miles MINUEND molasses months nine ninths oranges paid peaches pears pecks pennyweights PHILLIPS ACADEMY piece pint pound cost pupil quarts Reduce seven sevenths of 21 sheep sixths sold Solution square rods subtract tenths third three fourths trees Troy Weight twelve weeks worth yards of cloth
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Page 100 - 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 64 - There is an orchard consisting of 8 rows of trees, having 12 trees in each row ; how many trees are there in the orchard ? 4.
Page 171 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. The number which shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend is called the quotient.
Page 95 - TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, marked oz. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, " Ib. 25 Pounds " 1 Quarter, " qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight. " cwt. 20 Hundred Weight " 1 Ton,
Page 64 - Two men depart from the same place, and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of...
Page 65 - If 4 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, in how many days can 3 men do twice as much work ? 15.
Page 171 - DIVISION we find how many times one number is contained in another. The number to be divided, is called the DIVIDEND ; the number by which to divide is called the DIVISOR; the number of times the dividend contains the divisor is called the QUOTIENT.
Page 133 - J of $ ? 35. A man owning £ of a ship, sold ^ of his share ; what part of the whole ship did he sell ? What part had he left?
Page 95 - TABLE. 16 drams, dr. make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces - - 1 pound, - Ib. 25 pounds - - 1 quarter, - qr. 4 quarters - - 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight 1 ton, - - T.