The American Arithmetic: Adapted to the Currency of the United States. Compiled for the Use of SchoolsC. Norris & Company and sold at their bookstore; sold also by E. Little & Company, Newburyport, and by the principal booksellers in New England, 1812 - Arithmetic - 231 pages |
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... quantity did he raise on both of them ? Ans . 2520 bushels . 2d . A man had ... demand the value of the estate ; and also the ninth son's share . Value of ... price of the whole . Ans . 48564 dolls . 5th . I sold 742 thousand of boards in ...
... quantity did he raise on both of them ? Ans . 2520 bushels . 2d . A man had ... demand the value of the estate ; and also the ninth son's share . Value of ... price of the whole . Ans . 48564 dolls . 5th . I sold 742 thousand of boards in ...
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... quantity of beef that each man had . Ans . 8 oz . 7th . If 10500 dollars are given for 750 barrels of flour ; I demand the price of one barrel . Ans . $ 14 . 8th . If 45 horses were sold in the West Indies for 9900 dollars , I demand ...
... quantity of beef that each man had . Ans . 8 oz . 7th . If 10500 dollars are given for 750 barrels of flour ; I demand the price of one barrel . Ans . $ 14 . 8th . If 45 horses were sold in the West Indies for 9900 dollars , I demand ...
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... demand the quantity in the 3 fields . Ans . 54 acres , 26 rods , 17 feet . 2d . Add together 64 acres , 2 reods , 39 rods ; 61 acres , 3 roods , 17 rods ; and 1904 acres , 2 roods , 22 rods . Ans . 231 acres , O roods , 38 rods . WINE ...
... demand the quantity in the 3 fields . Ans . 54 acres , 26 rods , 17 feet . 2d . Add together 64 acres , 2 reods , 39 rods ; 61 acres , 3 roods , 17 rods ; and 1904 acres , 2 roods , 22 rods . Ans . 231 acres , O roods , 38 rods . WINE ...
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... demand what was melted off . Ans . 10 oz . 12 pwt . 20 grs . 2. A Silver Smith had a quantity of silver , its weight was 21 lbs . 9 oz .; he refined it by melting , and then weighed it again , and its weight was 15 lb. 10 oz . 11 pwt ...
... demand what was melted off . Ans . 10 oz . 12 pwt . 20 grs . 2. A Silver Smith had a quantity of silver , its weight was 21 lbs . 9 oz .; he refined it by melting , and then weighed it again , and its weight was 15 lb. 10 oz . 11 pwt ...
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... demand the quantity stolen . Ans . 19 cwt . 2 qr . 19 lb. 3. I bought 27 cwt , 2 qr . 19 lb. of flour , and sold 19 cwt . 3 qr . 27 lb .: what remains on hand ? Ans . 7 cwt . 2 APOTHECARIES ' WEIGHT . qr . 20 lb. 14 lb. Oz . dr . 10 6 ...
... demand the quantity stolen . Ans . 19 cwt . 2 qr . 19 lb. 3. I bought 27 cwt , 2 qr . 19 lb. of flour , and sold 19 cwt . 3 qr . 27 lb .: what remains on hand ? Ans . 7 cwt . 2 APOTHECARIES ' WEIGHT . qr . 20 lb. 14 lb. Oz . dr . 10 6 ...
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Page 121 - 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 92 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 189 - RULE. — To the square of the bung diameter add the square of the head diameter ; multiply the sum by the length, and the product by .0014 for ale gallons, or by .0017 for wine gallons.
Page 80 - Place the numbers on the same line, and divide by the least number that will divide two or more of them without a remainder, and set down in a line below the quotients and the undivided numbers.
Page 60 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 79 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 7 - Multiplication; and denotes that all the numbers, between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus 9X9 signifies that 9 is to be multiplied by 9, or 9X9X9 must be multiplied.
Page 165 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 94 - RULE. Multiply the principal by the rate per cent, and •that product by the number of years : the last product...
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