The American Elementary ArithmeticJ.P. Jewett & Company, 1857 - Arithmetic |
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11 yards 12 cents 13 leaves 20 leaves 24 cents 30 dollars 36 cents 9 cents 9 leaves acres barrels of flour bought broadcloth cents a-piece complete quotient contained cost 10 cents cows cubic cubic foot denominations dime dividend dollars remain unpaid dram drover purchased eighths eleventh equally divided EXERCISES farmer feet fifths figure following numbers fourth gallon girls given numbers greater number halves Henry hundred JAMES ROBINSON Jane lars leaves 11 leaves 12 LESSON leaves 9 less number measuring metic miles multiplicand multiply the divisor ninths number is divided number of dollars number of yards nuts oranges cost ounce paper of pins peaches pears PERFORMED pints pounds cost quotient recited remaining unsold sevenths sheep shillings silk sister sixths SLATE subtract tenths thing or number thirds thousand TROY WEIGHT twelfths weeks write writing-book yards of cloth
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Page 45 - If 4% bonds to the amount of $8000 face value are bought at 92^%, find the cost of the bonds, and the rate of income on the investment. 12. If 3 men can do a piece of work in 8 days of 10 hours each, how many men will be required to do the same work in 6 days of 8 hours each ? (Solve by proportion.) 13. By selling a horse for $144, a profit of 60 per cent is made; find the cost of the horse.
Page 6 - L, fifty ; C, one hundred; D, five hundred; M, one thousand.
Page 71 - The number below the line is called the denominator, because it gives the name or denomination to the fraction ; as, halves, thirds, fifths, &c.
Page 84 - In 4079160 minutes, how many years-? CIRCULAR MEASURE, OR MOTION. Circular measure is used in reckoning latitude and longitude ; also in computing the revolution of the earth and other planets round the sun. The denominations are circles, signs, degrees, minutes, and seconds. TABLE. 60 seconds (") - make - 1 minute, - marked - ' 60 minutes ----- 1 degree, - - - - - ° 30 degrees ,----- 1 sign, ------ s.
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Page 66 - It shows that the number before it is to be divided by the number after it. Thus 6 -i- 2 = 3 is read, 6 divided by 2 is equal to 3.
Page 53 - If 6 men can do a piece of work in 5 days, in how many days can 5 men do the same work ? 14.
Page 49 - ... acres, and in Hale's farm 264 acres. How many acres are there in both farms? 2. In one town there are 450 voters, and in another 673. How many more in one than in the other? 3. A miller ground 315 bushels of grain in one day, and 451 bushels in the next. How many bushels did he grind in both days? 4. In one week there are 7 days; how many days are there in 52 weeks? 5. How many casks of 3 bushels each will be required to hold 561 bushels of potatoes ? 6. How much can a man earn in 45 weeks at...
Page 45 - ... Richard spend ? Solution. Richard must have spent six times seven cents. 6 times 7 are 42. 2. If 4 yards of cloth are required to make 1 cloak, how many yards are required to make 5 cloaks ? 3. If 1 boat will carry 5 men across the river, how many men will 3 boats of the same size carry ? 4. If a man can earn 8 dollars in one week, how many dollars can he earn in 3 weeks ? 5. If a traveller ride 6 miles in one hour, how many miles can he ride in 9 hours ? 6. In a garden, there are 5 rows of plum...
Page 63 - Rule for Multiplication. — Write the multiplier under the multiplicand, placing units under units, tens under tens, etc., and draw a line beneath.