Mental Arithmetic, Or, First Lessons in Numbers for Children |
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66 eight 66 seven acre apples Auburn barrel of flour boys called cents a pound cents a quart cents a yard cents will buy contained cost six dollars a barrel dollars a yard DRY MEASURE eight 66 eight cents eight dollars eighteen eleven leaves equal fifths fifty fifty-four fifty-six five cents five dollars forty forty-five forty-two fourths gallons gave half hogshead hundred improper fraction inkstand leaves five leaves nought lemon LESSON II LESSON VIII marbles Mental Arithmetic metic miles an hour molasses nine 66 nine cents ninety ninths number or thing orange cost ounce pair peaches pounds of tea pupil raisins seven cents seventy shillings a yard six cents sixteen sixths sixty sixty-three slate Solution teacher ten cents third third wire thirteen thirty thirty-five thirty-six thirty-two THOMSON three cents three times four training day TROY WEIGHT twenty twenty-eight twenty-four weeks whole worth yards of cloth
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Page 67 - ... for which he paid $116.64; how much did he pay a pound? 204. If 40 tons of hay cost $580, how much is that per ton ? What would 37 tons cost at the same rate? 40 tons ? 37864 tons? 205. If Mr.
Page 30 - ... than a lemon ? 2. A man having bought eight yards of cloth, used five yards to make a suit of clothes: how many yards had he left ? 3. Frank has seven marbles, and John has five : how many more marbles has Frank than John ? 4. A man bought a cow for ten dollars, and gave a barrel of flour worth five dollars, and paid the rest in money : how much money did he pay ? 5. If a bushel of wheat costs nine shillings, and a bushel of corn five shillings, what is the difference in their price ? 6. A man...
Page 45 - At five cents a pound, what cost eight pounds of figs ? 7. There are eight rows of trees in an orchard, and seven trees in a row : how many trees are there in the orchard ? 8. In New York, eight shillings make a dollar : how many shillings are there in eight New York dollars ? 9.
Page 94 - Circular Measure is applied to the divisions of the circle, and is used in reckoning latitude and longitude, and the motion of the heavenly bodies. 60 seconds (") make 1 minute, marked ' 60 minutes " 1 degree, " ° 30 degrees " 1 sign, " s. . ' 12 signs, or 360° " 1 circle,
Page 65 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 74 - ... Ans. 6 barrels. 27. A farmer bought 6 pounds of tea, at 4 shillings a pound, and paid for it in wheat, at 8 shillings a bushel : how many bushels did it take ? 28. A man bought a cow for 10 dollars, and sold it for 16 dollars : how much did he make by his bargain ? 29. If Horatio buys 6 oranges, at 3 cents apiece, and sells them again for 4 cents apiece, how much will he make by his bargain ? 30. In 5 times 8, how many times 10 ? 31. In 6 times 6, how many times 4 ? 32. In 8 times 3, how many...
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