The Juvenile Mental Arithmetic: Designed for the Use of Primary and Common Schools, Being Also an Introduction to the American Intellectual Arithmetic ... |
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11 dollars 11 leaves 12 dimes 12 less 36 cents 9 cents 9 leaves 9 less barrel cost barrel of fish barrels of flour books cost bushel cost bushels of apples candies cost cents a pound cents a quart cents a yard cents a-piece cloth cost cost 12 cents cost 36 cost 5 pounds cost 7 yards cost 9 cows dimes a-piece dollars a barrel drams Eight fifths of 15 fish cost $8 fourths of 12 gallons gave 11 cents hay cost $15 hogshead hundred-weight leaves 9 lemons cost LESSON II marbles melon cost method of notation miles molasses months ninths number of days ounces pair pears cost pecks pencils pennyweights pints pound cost quart cost Quarters 66 Sarah 1 half sevenths of 42 sheep sixths SOLUTION.-If SUNG TABLE third of 12 twelfths of 36 weeks whole cost yard cost yards of calico yards of cloth
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Page 49 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 51 - TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, oz. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. 25 Pounds " 1 Quarter, qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, cwt. 20 Hundred Weight
Page 54 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November— All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone, Which has but twenty-eight in fine, Till Leap Year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 26 - ... he gave 3 hhds. of brandy, at 2 dollars a gallon ; 473 cwt. of sugar, at 8 dollars per cwt. How much did he then owe ? 27. A man bought 7 Ib. of sugar, at $0.125 per Ib. ; 4 gals. of molasses, at 0.375 per gall. ; 5 Ib. of raisins, at 80.14 per Ib.
Page 25 - ... many ? 21. 12 less 2 are how many ? 22. 13 less 3 are how many ? 23. 14 less 4 are how many ? 24. 15 less 5 are how many ? 25. 12 less 9 are how many ? 26. 12 less 10 are how many ? 27. 12 less 7 are how many ? 28. 12 less 5 are how many ? 29. 9 less 7 are how many ? 30. 13 less 7 are how many ? LESSON IV. 1. Edward had 9 oranges, and gave 5 of them to his sister ; how many had he left ? 2. A boy had 11 rabbits, 3 of which were killed by a dog ; how many had he left ? 3. A farmer, having 8 bushels...
Page 52 - This measure reepecta length and breadth. WINE MEASURE. 2 Pints - - make - 1 Quart. 4 Quarts - - - - - 1 Gallon. 42 Gallons - - - - 1 Tierce. 63 Gallons - - - - - 1 Hogshead. 84 Gallons - - - - - - 1 Puncheon. 2 Hogsheads - - - - 1 Pipe or Butt. : 2 Pipes or 4 Hogsheads 1 Tun.
Page 48 - ... rate of 28 miles an hour, and the other at the rate of 16 miles an hour ; how far apart will they be at the end of 7 hours ? 12. If 13 pounds of tea cost $ 16.25, what will 1 pound cost? what will 10 pounds cost? 13. If 5 boxes of pens cost $ 4.20, what will 12 boxes cost at the same rate ? 14. If 2 men can do a certain piece of work in 18 days, in how many days can 1 man do the same work ? in how many days can 9 men do it ? 15. In how many days can 45 men weave as much cloth as 60 men can weave...
Page 54 - The names of the months, and the number of days in each, are as follows : Names.
Page 51 - 1 Quarter of a yard, " qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Yard, " " yd. 3 Quarters " 1 Ell Flemish, " EF 5 Quarters " 1 Ell English,
Page 53 - Dry Measure is used in measuring articles not liquid ; as grain, fruit, salt, roots, ashes, etc. TABLE. 2 Pints (pt.) make 1 Quart qt. 8 Quarts " 1 Peck pk. 4 Pecks " 1 Bushel bu. 1. In England, 8 bu.