A New System of Arithmetic, on the Cancelling Plan: Embracing the Rules of Three, Single and Double, Direct and Inverse; Barter; Loss and Gain; Reduction, Multiplication and Division of Fractions; Exchange of Currencies; Interest; and All Proportional Questions in One Rule Applicable to the Whole. The Process Greatly Simplified and Abridged |
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... paid 4 dollars , for the other two he paid 3 dollars apiece , for the cow he paid 20 dollars ; how many dollars did he pay for the whole , and how much more did he pay for the cow than for the sheep ? 7. Joseph bought a sled for 25 ...
... paid 4 dollars , for the other two he paid 3 dollars apiece , for the cow he paid 20 dollars ; how many dollars did he pay for the whole , and how much more did he pay for the cow than for the sheep ? 7. Joseph bought a sled for 25 ...
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... paid 7 dollars , for the other , 13 dollars ; how much more did the last cost than the first , and how much did she pay for both ? = It shows Signs . A cross is the sign of addition . that the numbers between which it is placed are to ...
... paid 7 dollars , for the other , 13 dollars ; how much more did the last cost than the first , and how much did she pay for both ? = It shows Signs . A cross is the sign of addition . that the numbers between which it is placed are to ...
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... A man borrowed of his friend at one time 100 dolls . , at another 150 dolls . , at another 175 dolls . He paid 275 dolls . How much did he borrow , and how PRACTICAL QUESTIONS . 27 Practical Questions in Addition and Subtraction,
... A man borrowed of his friend at one time 100 dolls . , at another 150 dolls . , at another 175 dolls . He paid 275 dolls . How much did he borrow , and how PRACTICAL QUESTIONS . 27 Practical Questions in Addition and Subtraction,
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... Paid 150 dollars for 6 tons of hay . How much was it a ton ? Answer , 25 dollars . 2. In a certain town there are 1280 inhabitants . average number in each family is S. are there ? 3. How many yards of cloth can dollars , at 7 dollars ...
... Paid 150 dollars for 6 tons of hay . How much was it a ton ? Answer , 25 dollars . 2. In a certain town there are 1280 inhabitants . average number in each family is S. are there ? 3. How many yards of cloth can dollars , at 7 dollars ...
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... paid for the whole , and how much more for the wheat and oxen than for the cows and waggon ? 584 . Answer , 336 . 9. The factors of a certain number are the difference between 1632 and 1700 , and between 94 and 5 dozen . What is that ...
... paid for the whole , and how much more for the wheat and oxen than for the cows and waggon ? 584 . Answer , 336 . 9. The factors of a certain number are the difference between 1632 and 1700 , and between 94 and 5 dozen . What is that ...
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Page 60 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 180 - RULE.* — Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the true time required.
Page 36 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 191 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 53 - TABLE. 10 Mills =1 Cent. 10 Cents =1 Dime. 10 Dimes =1 Dollar. 10 Dollars =1 Eagle.
Page 255 - America, to be paid to the said or his certain attorney, executors, administrators, or assigns: to which payment well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly by these presents.
Page 203 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 105 - Divide by any number that will divide two or more of the given numbers without a remainder, and set the quotients, together with the undivided numbers, in a line beneath.
Page 194 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.
Page 217 - If the errors are alike, divide the difference of the products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be th.e answer. But if the errors are unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, for the answer.