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... amount being a concrete number of the same kind . Dissimilar concrete numbers cannot be added . 1. What is the sum ... Amount . of tens , and of hundreds in a similar way , and we obtain for the amount 788 . PROOF . - Begin at the top ...
... amount being a concrete number of the same kind . Dissimilar concrete numbers cannot be added . 1. What is the sum ... Amount . of tens , and of hundreds in a similar way , and we obtain for the amount 788 . PROOF . - Begin at the top ...
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... amount of 545 dollars ; what was the whole cost ? 4. A merchant sold 2131 barrels of flour one month , 11023 barrels the next month , and 6022 barrels the follow- ing month ; how many barrels did he sell during the three months ? 5. A ...
... amount of 545 dollars ; what was the whole cost ? 4. A merchant sold 2131 barrels of flour one month , 11023 barrels the next month , and 6022 barrels the follow- ing month ; how many barrels did he sell during the three months ? 5. A ...
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... amount of 3100 dollars , sheep to the amount of 642 dollars , and a fine horse for 255 dollars ; how much did they all cost ? 14. A merchant bought groceries to the amount of 3210 dollars , dry goods to the amount of 12210 dollars , and ...
... amount of 3100 dollars , sheep to the amount of 642 dollars , and a fine horse for 255 dollars ; how much did they all cost ? 14. A merchant bought groceries to the amount of 3210 dollars , dry goods to the amount of 12210 dollars , and ...
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... amount of 1111 dollars , paper to the amount of 2231 dollars , and dry goods to the amount of 23225 dollars ; how much did the whole cost ? 20. A man has a farm worth 1522 dollars , a mortgage worth 23134 dollars , and 5222 dollars of ...
... amount of 1111 dollars , paper to the amount of 2231 dollars , and dry goods to the amount of 23225 dollars ; how much did the whole cost ? 20. A man has a farm worth 1522 dollars , a mortgage worth 23134 dollars , and 5222 dollars of ...
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... amount 17042 . PROOF by the excess of 9's . - Find the excess of 9's in the sum of the digits of each of the numbers added , and if the excess of 9's in these excesses , equals the excess of 9's in the product , the work may be ...
... amount 17042 . PROOF by the excess of 9's . - Find the excess of 9's in the sum of the digits of each of the numbers added , and if the excess of 9's in these excesses , equals the excess of 9's in the product , the work may be ...
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15 days abstract numbers acres acres of land amount arithmetical Arithmetical Progression barrels of flour barrels of sugar broadcloth bushels bushels of wheat cents a pound ciphers circumference common fraction contain cost cube root currency decimal DENOMINATE NUMBERS diameter digits Divide dividend divisible dollars equals the number equivalent fractions excess of 9's expressed farm farmer figure gain gallons Geometrical Progression given greatest common measure Hence horses hundreds improper fraction inches integer least common denominator least common multiple length lowest terms merchant bought miles minuend mixed number molasses Multiply OPERATION oxen paid payment piece PRACTICAL QUESTIONS prime factors quantity quotient rate per cent ratio receive Reduce remainder rods sheep shillings side sold solidity square feet square root subtract surface Table tens third Troy Weight units weight wheat whole number width worth
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Page 255 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 199 - If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due...
Page 57 - TABLE. 16 drams, dr. make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces - - 1 pound, - Ib. 25 pounds - - 1 quarter, - qr. 4 quarters - - 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight 1 ton, - - T.
Page 134 - When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers.
Page 62 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day...
Page 6 - Romans, employs in expressing numbers seven capital letters, viz. : I for one ; V for five ; X for ten ; L for fifty ; C for one hundred ; D for five hundred ; M for one thousand.
Page 232 - ... subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder annex the next period for the next dividend.
Page 86 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor of 36 and 54, since it is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder.
Page 56 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 100 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.