The standard arithmetic

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Page 18 - MR. PITT. • • THE defect of representation is the national disease ; and unless you apply a " remedy directly to that disease, you must inevitably take the consequences with " which it is pregnant. Without a parliamentary Reform the nation will be " plunged into new wars ; without a parliamentary Reform you cannot be safe against " bad ministers, nor can even good ministers be of use to you, — No honest man can, " according to the present system, continue minister.
Page 7 - A man walks 18 mi. 106 rds. 3f yards in 5£ hours. How long does he take to walk a mile and a half? 50. When an ounce of gold is worth $19.45, what is the value of .04 of a pound ? Ex. If 27 men can do a piece of work in 14 days, working 10 hours a day, how many hours a day must 12 men work to do the same work in 45 days? Since 27 men can do the work in 14 x 10 hours = 140 hours, 1 man can do it in 27 x 140 hours, and 12 men can do it in £i|JAo hours = 315 hours.
Page 10 - If 12 men build a wall 60 feet long, 4 thick, and 20 high in 24 days, working 12 hours a day, how many must be employed to build a wall 10o feet long, 3 thick, and 12 high in 18 days, working 8 hours a day ? 33.
Page 9 - D, A, and B in 1 8 ; in what time will it be done by all together, and by each separately?
Page 6 - The purchase money of a parcel containing 907 articles of equal value is £1703, 9s. 2^d., show the cost price of each article. Test the answer by more methods than one.
Page 19 - Nothing contributes so much to establish Freedom and Expedition in Writing, as frequent practice in striking simple bold flourishes, capital letters, &e., by command of the hand. Therefore those who...
Page 18 - Make out a Bill, with Names and Dates — Man's time for 3 days at 4s. 4d. per day ; J dozen bells at 2s. Id.

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