Practical Arithmetic, Uniting the Inductive with the Synthetic Mode of Instruction: Also Illustrating the Principles of Cancelation. For Schools and Academies |
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... merchant sold 15 barrels of flour to one man , 5 to another , and 7 to another ; how many barrels of flour did he sell ? 31. In a certain school there are 60 boys and 30 girls : how many scholars does that school contain ? Analysis ...
... merchant sold 15 barrels of flour to one man , 5 to another , and 7 to another ; how many barrels of flour did he sell ? 31. In a certain school there are 60 boys and 30 girls : how many scholars does that school contain ? Analysis ...
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... merchant , on closing his business for the day , found he had received 23 dollars from one customer , 57 from another , 31 from another , and 25 from various oth- How much did he receive that day ? ers . 14. A laborer , in pursuit of ...
... merchant , on closing his business for the day , found he had received 23 dollars from one customer , 57 from another , 31 from another , and 25 from various oth- How much did he receive that day ? ers . 14. A laborer , in pursuit of ...
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... merchant , on looking over his accounts , found he owed one man 750 dollars , another 648 , another 597 , another 486 , another 379 , and another 287 dollars . What was the amount of his debts ? 34. A man bought a span of horses for 275 ...
... merchant , on looking over his accounts , found he owed one man 750 dollars , another 648 , another 597 , another 486 , another 379 , and another 287 dollars . What was the amount of his debts ? 34. A man bought a span of horses for 275 ...
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... merchant bought calico to the amount of 568 dollars , silks to the amount of 479 dollars , and broad- cloths to the amount of 784 dollars . He sold them so as to gain 134 dollars on the calico , 178 dollars on the silks , and 242 ...
... merchant bought calico to the amount of 568 dollars , silks to the amount of 479 dollars , and broad- cloths to the amount of 784 dollars . He sold them so as to gain 134 dollars on the calico , 178 dollars on the silks , and 242 ...
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... merchant , on closing his business for the day , found he had received 23 dollars from one customer , 57 from another , 31 from another , and 25 from various oth- How much did he receive that day ? ers . 14. A laborer , in pursuit of ...
... merchant , on closing his business for the day , found he had received 23 dollars from one customer , 57 from another , 31 from another , and 25 from various oth- How much did he receive that day ? ers . 14. A laborer , in pursuit of ...
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12 cents 15 dollars added amount annexed answer Arithmetic barrels of flour bushels called ciphers column common denominator common fraction composite number compound interest COMPOUND NUMBERS contained cords of wood cube root cubic decimal fractions denotes difference discount divided dividend division dolls equal factors example expressed farthings Federal Money feet fourth gain gallons given fractions given number greatest common divisor Hence hogsheads horses hundred hundredths improper fraction inches interest of $1 lars least common multiple lower denominations merchant bought miles mills mixed number months multiplicand Multiply Operation paid payable pence present worth principal proportion pwts quantity quarts quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder right hand rods sell shillings slate sold Solution square root subtract tens tenths third thousandths units weight whole number Write yards of cloth
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Page 279 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 176 - What part of a year is 1 month ? 2 months ? 3 months ? 4 months ? 5 months ? 6 months ? 7 months? 8 months? 9 months? 10 months? 11 months ? 105.
Page 92 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; to the product add the given numerator. The sum placed over the given denominator, will form the improper fraction required.
Page 223 - ... any number divided by 9, will leave the same remainder, as the sum of its figures, or digits, divided by 9 : which may be thus demonstrated.
Page 190 - RULE. Divide the given interest by the interest of $1 for the given time, and the quotient will be the answer.
Page 59 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 115 - Weight is used in weighing groceries and all coarse articles ; as sugar, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay, &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight
Page 95 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator.
Page 79 - A common multiple of two or more numbers is a number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus 12 is a common multiple of 3 and 4.
Page 273 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend. 5. Double the whole root already found for a new divisor, and continue the operation as before, until all the periods are brought down.