The American Intellectual Arithmetic: Designed for the Use of Schools and Academies : Containing an Extensive Collection of Practical Questions, with Concise and Original Methods of Solutions, which Simplify Many of the Most Important Rules in Written ArithmeticSheldon & Company, 1866 |
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12 cents 12 dollars 18 days 30 days 9 cents A.'s fortune amount ANALYSIS ANALYSIS.-If apples cost Arithmetic barrels of flour boy bought bushels butter centimetres cents a pound cents a yard chestnuts cloth cost contained cord cost 5 cents decimal decimetre denominator distance Divide the number dollars a yard earn eighths equals the interest farmer feet fifths flour cost fourths gain per cent gallon gave give given principal hectometre hogshead of molasses hound improper fraction inches integer interest of $1 James John length LESSON lowest terms Mary melon merchant bought metre minuend mixed number myriametre orange cost ounces paid peaches pecks pennyweights piece pine-apples pints pole pounds cost present worth principal equals pupils quarts rate per cent receive Reduce remaining rods sell sevenths sheep shillings sixths subtract tenths thirds TROY WEIGHT twice weeks yard cost yards of cloth
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Page 53 - 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.
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Page 172 - When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers.
Page 171 - To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.
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Page 127 - The head of a fish is 7 inches long, the tail is as long as the head and |- of the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail ; what is the length of the fish ? 9.
Page 40 - If 1 man can ride 1 mile for 4 cents, how far can 2 men ride for 80 cents ? 6. If 10 men accomplish a certain piece of work in 2 days, how long will it take 1 man to do the same ? 7. If 3 yards of cloth make one coat, how many coats will 18 yards make ? 8.
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