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... farming implements to the 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 ...
... farming implements to the 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 ...
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... farm for 4120 dollars , paid 1400 dollars for having it improved , and sold it so as to gain 1150 dollars ; for how ... farms ; the first was worth 23520 dollars , the second 11120 dollars , the third 3200 dollars , and the fourth 32100 ...
... farm for 4120 dollars , paid 1400 dollars for having it improved , and sold it so as to gain 1150 dollars ; for how ... farms ; the first was worth 23520 dollars , the second 11120 dollars , the third 3200 dollars , and the fourth 32100 ...
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... farm worth 1522 dollars , a mortgage worth 23134 dollars , and 5222 dollars of bank sock ; how much is he worth ? CASE II . ART . 31. Addition of abstract numbers in general . 1. What is the sum of 4317 + 346 + 59 + 6831 + 2194 +3285 ...
... farm worth 1522 dollars , a mortgage worth 23134 dollars , and 5222 dollars of bank sock ; how much is he worth ? CASE II . ART . 31. Addition of abstract numbers in general . 1. What is the sum of 4317 + 346 + 59 + 6831 + 2194 +3285 ...
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... drover bought 497 sheep one week , 847 the next week , 943 the third week , 1496 the fourth week , and 18550 the fifth week ; -how many sheep did he buy in all ? 5. A gentleman owns a farm worth 3450 dollars , ART . 31. ] 19 ADDITION .
... drover bought 497 sheep one week , 847 the next week , 943 the third week , 1496 the fourth week , and 18550 the fifth week ; -how many sheep did he buy in all ? 5. A gentleman owns a farm worth 3450 dollars , ART . 31. ] 19 ADDITION .
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... farm worth 3450 dollars , a build- ing lot worth 3759 dollars , a store and lot worth 5868 dollars , a fine horse and carriage worth 775 dollars ; what is the amount of his property ? 6. From New York to Kingston is 90 miles , from King ...
... farm worth 3450 dollars , a build- ing lot worth 3759 dollars , a store and lot worth 5868 dollars , a fine horse and carriage worth 775 dollars ; what is the amount of his property ? 6. From New York to Kingston is 90 miles , from King ...
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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.