A High School Arithmetic: (Wentworth & Hill's Practical Arithmetic).

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Ginn, 1888 - Arithmetic - 509 pages
 

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Page 360 - Sixty days after sight of this first of Exchange (Second and Third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 235 - If a footman travel 130 miles in 3 days, when the days are 12 hours long ; in how many days, of 10 hours each, may he travel 360 miles ? Ans. 9|f days. 5. If 120 bushels of corn can serve 14 horses 56 days, how many days will 94 bushels serve 6 horses?
Page 245 - What will be the cost of plastering the walls and ceiling of a room 27 ft. 4 in. long, 20 ft. wide, and 12 ft. 6 in. high, at 27 cents per square yard, if 20 sq. yds. be deducted for doors, windows, and base-board?
Page 235 - How many bushels of wheat will serve 72 people 8 days when 4 bushels serve 6 people 24 days ? 59. If 2 horses eat 8 bushels of oats in 16 days, how many horses will eat 3000 bushels in 24 days ? 60.
Page 244 - How many square yards of plastering in the walls and ceiling of a room 30 ft.
Page 435 - June, 1889.) 1. In how many years will a sum of money double itself at 4 per cent., interest being compounded semi-annually ? 2.
Page 253 - Find the surface of a rectangular block of stone 4 ft. long, 2} ft. broad, l1 ft. thick. 16. A lake whose area is 45 A. is covered with ice 3 in. thick. Find the weight of the ice in tons, if a cubic foot weigh 920 oz. avoirdupois.
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