Intellectual Arithmetic: Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction |
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30 dollars 9 dollars asked the age barrel cost barrel of flour barrels of cider bought broadcloth bushel cost bushels of corn bushels of wheat cents apiece cloth cost contained cost 2 dollars divided dollars a barrel dollars a yard eight cents eight dollars Eighteen Eighty-nine Eleven equal farthings fifths Fifty-nine firkin of butter five dollars flour cost Forty-eight Forty-nine Forty-seven four dollars Fourteen fractions gallons gills give them apiece half halves horses eat hundred weight improper fraction lars less five less nine less seven lowest terms miles months nails Nineteen Ninety-eight Ninety-nine pence piece pints pound cost pupil quarters wide quarts Reduce rods seven dollars Seventeen sevenths Seventy-eight Seventy-nine sheep shillings a bushel six cents Sixteen sixths Sixty-nine sold subtraction tenths thirds Thirteen Thirty-eight Thirty-nine three cents three dollars twelve dollars Twenty-eight Twenty-nine week whole numbers yards cost yards of cloth
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Page 124 - What part of a year is 1 month ? 2 months ? 3 months ? 4 months ? 5 months ? 6 months ? 7 months? 8 months? 9 months?
Page 61 - One 1 Two 2 Three 3 Four 4 Five 5 Six 6 Seven 7 Eight 8 Nine 9 Ten 10 Eleven 11 Twelve 12 Thirteen 13 Fourteen 14 Fifteen 15 Sixteen 16 Seventeen 17...
Page 34 - Remark. When any thing, or any number, is divided into two equal parts, one of the parts is called the half of the thing or the number. 1. If an apple is worth two cents, what is one half of it worth ? 2.
Page 68 - ... 11. There is a school, in which 2 ninths of the boys learn arithmetic, 3 ninths learn grammar, 1 ninth learn geography, 1 ninth learn geometry, and 12 learn to write ; how many are there in the school ? and how many attending to each study ? 12.
Page 30 - There is an orchard consisting of ten rows of trees, and nine trees in each row ; how many trees are there in the orchard ? 12.
Page 114 - If 7 men can do a piece of work in 4| days, how long will it take 1 man to do it ? How long will it take 3 men to do it ? 4.
Page 17 - E. 1. A man bought a sheep for nine dollars, and to pay for it he gave five bushels of corn worth four dollars and the rest in money ; how much money did he pay.
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Page 72 - A man being asked how many sheep he had, said that he had them in two pastures ; in one pasture he had eight ; that threefourths of these were just one-third of what he had in the other. How many were there in the other ?
Page 131 - A farmer, being asked how many sheep he had, answered, that he had them in 4 pastures ; in the first he had ,' of his flock ; in the second ^ ; in the third £; and in the fourth 15; how many sheep had he ? 175.