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... paid 1400 dollars for having it improved , and sold it so as to gain 1150 dollars ; for how much did he sell it ? - 11. A man traveled 214 miles one day , 232 miles the next day , and 320 the third day ; how far did he travel in the ...
... paid 1400 dollars for having it improved , and sold it so as to gain 1150 dollars ; for how much did he sell it ? - 11. A man traveled 214 miles one day , 232 miles the next day , and 320 the third day ; how far did he travel in the ...
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... paid 2999 dollars , and B the remainder ; -how many dollars did B pay ? 37. A and B traded farms ; A's farm is valued at 9863 dollars , and B's at 7807 dollars ; how much in equity ought B to pay A ? 38. Said A to B , I have 4605 sheep ...
... paid 2999 dollars , and B the remainder ; -how many dollars did B pay ? 37. A and B traded farms ; A's farm is valued at 9863 dollars , and B's at 7807 dollars ; how much in equity ought B to pay A ? 38. Said A to B , I have 4605 sheep ...
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... paid for a bonnet 24 dollars ; for a shawl 85 dollars ; for a silk dress 90 dollars ; and for some delaines 112 dollars ; -how much had she remaining ? 8. A market - woman , having 234 oranges , sold to one person 12 of them ; to ...
... paid for a bonnet 24 dollars ; for a shawl 85 dollars ; for a silk dress 90 dollars ; and for some delaines 112 dollars ; -how much had she remaining ? 8. A market - woman , having 234 oranges , sold to one person 12 of them ; to ...
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... paid for building his house 2460 dollars ; for his farm 4 times as much , lacking 986 dollars ; and for his furniture , 122 dollars less than he paid for building his house . How much did he pay for all , and for each respectively ? 3 ...
... paid for building his house 2460 dollars ; for his farm 4 times as much , lacking 986 dollars ; and for his furniture , 122 dollars less than he paid for building his house . How much did he pay for all , and for each respectively ? 3 ...
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... paid for them 8732 dollars , how many did he buy ? 12. How many barrels of molasses , at 17 dollars a barrel , can be bought for 3604 dollars ? 13. How many pieces of cloth , at 95 dollars a piece , can be bought for 3385 dollars ? 14 ...
... paid for them 8732 dollars , how many did he buy ? 12. How many barrels of molasses , at 17 dollars a barrel , can be bought for 3604 dollars ? 13. How many pieces of cloth , at 95 dollars a piece , can be bought for 3385 dollars ? 14 ...
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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.