 | James Morgan Rawlins - Mental arithmetic - 1899 - 196 pages
...barrel of flour, which sells for $8, what is a bushel of wheat worth ? LESSON XXXVII. 1. If 12 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, how long will it take 9 men to do it ? Solution. — 1. The process is (12 X 6) -=- S ¡ = 8. 2. Since 12 men do the work... | |
 | George Egbert Fisher, Isaac Joachim Schwatt - Algebra - 1900 - 484 pages
...cent on the first kind as he lost on the second. How much did he pay for each kind ? 18. Two workmen can do a piece of work in 6 days. How long will it take each of them to do the work, if it takes one 5 days longer than the other ? 19. Two men, A and B, receive... | |
 | John Marvin Colaw, John Kelley Ellwood - Arithmetic - 1900 - 300 pages
...must I pay for 2 pounds? 5. If J of a pound of cheese costs 5 cents, how much will 2 pounds cost? 6. If 4 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, how many days will it take 3 men to do it? If it takes 4 men 6 days to do the work, it will take 1 man... | |
 | George Egbert Fisher - 1901 - 622 pages
...cent on the first kind as he lost on the second. How much did he pay for each kind ? 18. Two workmen can do a piece of work in 6 days. How long will it take each of them to do the work, if it takes one 5 days longer than the other ? 19. Two men, A and B, receive... | |
 | George Egbert Fisher, Isaac Joachim Schwatt - Algebra - 1901 - 664 pages
...cent on the first kind as he lost on the second. How much did he pay for each kind? 18. Two workmen can do a piece of work in 6 days. How long will it take each of them to do the work, if it takes one 5 days longer than the other ? 19. Two men, A and B, receive... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - Arithmetic - 1901 - 170 pages
...worth 22 cents, how much is half a yard worth ? 3. 5 feet are — inches. 12 yards are — feet. 4. If 4 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, in how many days can 3 men do it ? 2 men ? 5. At 4 cents apiece, how many oranges cost $4.32? 6. In... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - Arithmetic - 1901 - 168 pages
...field is 22 rods square. How many rods of fence will enclose it and divide it into 4 equal fields ? 16. If 4 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, in how many days can 3 men do it ? 12 men ? 8 men ? LESSON 7O 1. Multiply 3958 by 768. 2. Divide 31,473... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - Arithmetic - 1901 - 152 pages
...worth 22 cents, how much is half a yard worth ? 3. 5 feet are — inches. 12 yards are — feet. 4. If 4 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, in how many days can 3 men do it ? 2 men ? 5. At 4 cents apiece, how many oranges cost $4.32? 6. In... | |
 | Michigan. Department of Public Instruction - Education - 1902 - 330 pages
...CLASSES. Mental Work. (Write full analysis; 26 credits for this work.) 1. A can do % as much as B. 1f B can do a piece of work in 6 days. how long will it take A to do it? 2. Analyze an example to show why inverting the divisor and multiplying will divide by... | |
 | Alvord D. Robinson - Arithmetic - 1902 - 652 pages
...long will it take one man ? 7. A man earns $15 in a week. What does he earn in 4 weeks ? 8. Seven men do a piece of work in 6 days. How long will it take one man? 9. What is the cost of a dozen hats at $4 ? 10. A lady bought 6 yd. of cloth at 12/ a yard.... | |
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If 16 men finish a piece of work in 28J days, how long will it take 12 men to do the same work... 
