First Lessons in Algebra, Being an Easy Introduction to that Science: Designed for the Use of Academies and Common Schools

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Jenks & Palmer, 1842 - Algebra - 252 pages
 

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Page 68 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient.
Page 120 - A man driving his geese to market, was met by another, who said, good morrow, master, with your hundred geese ; says he, I have not a hundred ; but if I had half as many more as I now have, and two geese and a half, I should have a hundred ; how many had he ? /C s"~
Page 68 - Then divide the first term of the remainder by the first term of the divisor...
Page 244 - Several gentlemen made an excursion, each taking the same sum of money. Each had as many servants attending him as there were gentlemen ; the number of dollars which each had was double the number of all the servants, and the whole sum of money taken out was 3456 dollars.
Page 249 - The fore-wheel of a carriage makes 6 revolutions more than the hind- wheel in going 120 yards; but if the circumference of each wheel be increased one yard, it will make only 4 revolutions more than the hind-wheel in the same distance.
Page 164 - If A and B together can perform a piece of work in 8 days, A and C together in 9 days, and B and C in 10 days : how many days would it take each person to perform the same work alone ? Ans.
Page 129 - There is a fish whose head weighs 9 lb. his tail weighs as much as his head and half his body, and his body weighs as much as his head and tail both.
Page 220 - Each man received one third as many shillings as there were persons relieved ; and each woman received twice as many shillings as there were women more than men. The men received all together 18s.
Page 207 - RULE. I. Separate the given number into periods of two figures each, beginning at the right hand: the period on the left will often contain but one figure.
Page 233 - In a parcel which contains 24 coins of silver and copper, each silver coin is worth as many pence as there are copper coins, and each copper coin is worth as many pence as there are silver coins, and the whole is worth 18 shillings. How many are there of each ? Ans. 6 of one, and 18 of the other.

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