A Mental Arithmetic Upon the Inductive Plan: Being an Advanced Intellectual Course, Designed for Schools and Academies

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Robert S. Davis & Company, 1859 - Arithmetic - 154 pages
 

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Page 26 - ... miles an hour, how far apart will they be at the end of 1 hour ? At the end of 2 hours ? 4 hours ? 10 hours ? Why ? 4.
Page 118 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another number.
Page 41 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 47 - TABLE. 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) make 1 cubic foot, ...... cu. ft. 27 cubic feet
Page 62 - If the numerator is less than the denominator, the fraction is called a proper fraction; if it is equal to or greater than the denominator, the -fraction is called an improper fraction.
Page 43 - TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, oz. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. 25 Pounds " 1 Quarter, qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, cwt. 20 Hundred Weight
Page 144 - The head of a fish is 12 inches long, the tail is as long as the head + £ of the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail ; what is the length of the fish ? 4.
Page 49 - At 2 cents? 8. What cost 2 pecks of cherries, at 4 cents a pint ? At 5 cents ? 9. How many quarts in 2 bushels ? In 3 bushels ? In 10 bushels ? 10. How many quarts in 2bu.
Page 145 - If you should purchase a lot of sheep, ai $ 2.50 apiece, and should lose £ of the number, at what price each must you sell the rest so as neither to gain nor lose ? 20. A man left ^ of his estate to his wife, ^ of the remainder to his son, and -| of the remainder to his daughter ; the three legacies amounted to $ 900 ; how much was the whole estate ? 21.

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