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... receive ? 17. Four persons A , B , C and D propose to purchase a manufactory , valued at 97802 dollars . A is to pay 4990 dollars , B 12647 dollars , C 19682 dollars , and D the remainder ; what sum will D have to pay ? 18. Having in my ...
... receive ? 17. Four persons A , B , C and D propose to purchase a manufactory , valued at 97802 dollars . A is to pay 4990 dollars , B 12647 dollars , C 19682 dollars , and D the remainder ; what sum will D have to pay ? 18. Having in my ...
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... receive for them ? 2. What cost 184 barrels of flour , at 6 dollars a barrel ? 3. What cost 1987 acres of land , at 9 dollars an acre ? 4. What cost 4786 barrels of sugar , at 9 dollars a barrel ? 5. In 1 mile there are 5280 feet ; how ...
... receive for them ? 2. What cost 184 barrels of flour , at 6 dollars a barrel ? 3. What cost 1987 acres of land , at 9 dollars an acre ? 4. What cost 4786 barrels of sugar , at 9 dollars a barrel ? 5. In 1 mile there are 5280 feet ; how ...
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... received for each ? 6. A man bought 12 tons of hay for 192 dollars ; how much did he pay a ton ? 7. A boy sold 11 rabbits for 286 cents ; how much did he receive a piece ? 8. A girl spent 342 cents for oranges , at 3 cents a piece ; how ...
... received for each ? 6. A man bought 12 tons of hay for 192 dollars ; how much did he pay a ton ? 7. A boy sold 11 rabbits for 286 cents ; how much did he receive a piece ? 8. A girl spent 342 cents for oranges , at 3 cents a piece ; how ...
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... receive a piece ? 8. A drover paid 1456 dollars for cattle , giving 56 doilars a head ; how many cattle did he buy ? 9. A farmer bought 98 acres of land for 2178 dollars ; how much did he pay an acre ? 10. In a certain corn - field ...
... receive a piece ? 8. A drover paid 1456 dollars for cattle , giving 56 doilars a head ; how many cattle did he buy ? 9. A farmer bought 98 acres of land for 2178 dollars ; how much did he pay an acre ? 10. In a certain corn - field ...
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... rye and oats for 3 times as much as he received for the corn and wheat together , lacking 148 dollars . Out of these proceeds he bought 6 span of horses , at 275 dol- lars a span ; 5 yoke of oxen , at 54 [ CHAP . II . LONG DIVISION .
... rye and oats for 3 times as much as he received for the corn and wheat together , lacking 148 dollars . Out of these proceeds he bought 6 span of horses , at 275 dol- lars a span ; 5 yoke of oxen , at 54 [ CHAP . II . LONG DIVISION .
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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.