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12 cents 12 days 12 dollars 12 yards 20 dollars 9 cents 9 yards A's fortune amount apiece apples cost barrel cost barrel of fish barrels of flour boy bought bushels butter cents a piece cents a pound cents a yard cipal equals cloth cost coat cost 2 cents denominator dimes a piece dimes a yard distance Divide the number dollars a barrel dollars a yard earn eighths equals the interest farmer feet fifths flour cost fourths fraction gain per cent gallon give given principal double hogshead of molasses hound improper fraction James John length lowest terms marbles Mary bought merchant bought mixed number ninths orange cost ounces paid peaches pecks pennyweights pine-apples pints pound of candies pounds cost principal equals quarts rate per cent receive Reduce second cup sell sevenths sheep sixths SOLUTION thirds twelfths twice weeks yard cost yards of cloth
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Page 47 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 127 - ... of the hare's. How many leaps must the hound take to catch the hare ? 17.
Page 157 - DISCOUNT is an allowance made for the payment of money before it is due. The present worth of a debt payable at some future time, without interest, is such a sum of money as will, in the given time, amount to the debt. When the interest is at 6 per cent., the amount of $1 for one year, is $1-06; therefore, the present worth of $1-06, due one year hence, is $1.
Page 135 - If the first cup be covered it will weigh twice as much as the second, and if the second cup be covered it will weigh 3 times as much as the first. What is the weight of the second cup and cover...
Page 159 - A book was sold for 90 cents, which was 10 per cent less than its value ; what would have been the gain per cent, if it had been sold for $1.50...
Page 51 - TABLE. 2 pints pt. make 1 quart, marked qt. 8 quarts - 1 peck, - pk. 4 pecks - 1 bushel, - bu.
Page 33 - ... 3 miles an hour ; how far apart will they be at the end of 5 hours ? 64.
Page 139 - Interest is compensation for the use of money or value. The sum for the use of which interest is paid is called the Principal; the sum of the Principal and Interest is called the Amo'unt.
Page 114 - LI. 1. If a man can do a certain piece of work in 12 days, what part of it can he do in 1 day ? 2. If a man can drink a barrel of beer in 20 weeks, what part of it can he drink in-1 week ? 3.
Page 114 - ... 5. If it require 19 days to perform a certain journey, what part of it can be performed in 1 day ? 6. If A. can do a certain piece of work in 8 days, and B. could do the same in 12 days ; what part of it can each do in a day ? 7.