The North American Arithmetic: Part Second, Uniting Oral and Written Exercises in Corresponding Chapters

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Jenks & Palmer, 1834 - Arithmetic - 191 pages
 

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Page 169 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms. 1. Reduce f of | to a simple fraction.
Page 87 - If 2 men start from the same place and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 4 miles an hour, and the other at the rate of 5 miles an hour, how far apart will they be at the end of 1 hour ? At the end of 2 hours ? 5 hours?
Page 32 - HowmanyarelQtimes6t 26. If one silk bonnet be worth 7 handkerchiefs, how many bonnets are 56 handkerchiefs worth ? 27. How many times 7 in 56 ? How many are 8 times 7? 28. If I give a barrel of flour for 4 bushels of wheat, how many barrels must I give for 36 bushels ? 29. How many times 4 in 36? How many are 9 times 4? 30. If a man can build 8 rods of fence in a day, how many days will it take him to build 72 rods ? 31. How many times 8 in 72 ? How many are 9 times 8? 32. If 5 bushels of wheat will...
Page 174 - Multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, for a numerator; and multiply the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, far a denominator.
Page 139 - ... of the next higher: write the remainder under the column added, and carry the quotient to the next column.
Page 168 - Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on ; always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains ; the last divisor is the greatest common divisor required.
Page 116 - Cut off- as many figures from the right hand of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor. The remaining figures of the dividend will be the quotient, and those cut off the remainder.
Page 84 - A farmer cut 18 f tons of hay, and sold 2f tons of it. How many tons had he left ? 19. ( § 30.) When coffee is f of a dollar per pound, how many pounds can be bought for f of a dollar ? 20. (§ 30.) A tenant raised 58 f bushels of corn, and gave his landlord f of it for the use of the land.
Page 178 - ... feet in length, and 15 feet in width? 30. How many bricks will it take to build a wall, 1 foot thick, 5 feet high, and 24 feet long; each brick being 8 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 2 inches thick?
Page 182 - RULE. Multiply as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the product point off as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in loth factors.

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