Arithmetic Designed for Academies and Schools: With Answers

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A.S. Barnes & Company, 1844 - Arithmetic - 340 pages
 

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Page 30 - We have seen that multiplying by a whole number is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier.
Page 73 - Divide the numerator by the denominator. The quotient will be the whole number, and the remainder, if...
Page 131 - ... then the above obligation to be void ; otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Page 131 - THE CONDITION of the above obligation is such, that if the above bounden James Wilson, his heirs, executors, or administrators, shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid, unto the above named John Pickens, his executors, administrators, or assigns, the just and full sum of Here insert the condition.
Page 55 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 120 - GO days, $500 to be paid in 120 days, and $750 to be paid* in 180 days : what is the equated time for the payment of the whole? Ans. 137^| days. 7. A merchant has due him $1500 ; one-sixth is to be paid in 2 months ; one-third in 3 months ; and the rest in 6 months: what is the equated time for the payment of the whole ? Ans.
Page 154 - There are 1000 men besieged in a town with provisions for 5 weeks, allowing each man 16 ounces a day. If they are reinforced by 500 more and no relief can be offered till the end of 8 weeks, how many ounces must be given daily to each man ? Ans.
Page 126 - To find the contents of a cylinder, Multiply the area of the base by the altitude : the product will be the contents.
Page 55 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...

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