A New System of Arithmetic, on the Cancelling Plan: Embracing the Rules of the 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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... piece of land be 12. If a piece of land sell bought for 550 dolls . , and for 800 dolls . , which is 250 sold for 250 more than it more than it cost , what was cost , for how much is it sold ? the first cost ? 13. Peter the Great died ...
... piece of land be 12. If a piece of land sell bought for 550 dolls . , and for 800 dolls . , which is 250 sold for 250 more than it more than it cost , what was cost , for how much is it sold ? the first cost ? 13. Peter the Great died ...
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... piece of land , each paying 12 dollars . What did they all pay ? 6. If a horse can trot 11 miles in one hour , how many miles can he travel in 8 hours ? how many in 10 ? 12 ? 7. If a bushel of wheat cost 2 dollars , how many dol- lars ...
... piece of land , each paying 12 dollars . What did they all pay ? 6. If a horse can trot 11 miles in one hour , how many miles can he travel in 8 hours ? how many in 10 ? 12 ? 7. If a bushel of wheat cost 2 dollars , how many dol- lars ...
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... pieces of cloth , each piece containing 27 yards , at 7 dollars per yard . How much did he pay for the whole ? Answer , 2835 dollars . 38. If a ship sail 12 miles per hour , how far will she sail in 12 days ? Answer , 3456 miles . 39 ...
... pieces of cloth , each piece containing 27 yards , at 7 dollars per yard . How much did he pay for the whole ? Answer , 2835 dollars . 38. If a ship sail 12 miles per hour , how far will she sail in 12 days ? Answer , 3456 miles . 39 ...
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... piece of work in 24 days , in what time will 1 man do it ? 23. In 7894 feet , how ma- ny barley - corns ? 22. If 1 man do a piece of work in 792 days , in what time will 33 men do it ? 24. How many feet in 284184 barley - corns ...
... piece of work in 24 days , in what time will 1 man do it ? 23. In 7894 feet , how ma- ny barley - corns ? 22. If 1 man do a piece of work in 792 days , in what time will 33 men do it ? 24. How many feet in 284184 barley - corns ...
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... piece of work in one day , piece of work in 8 days , how how much could he do in 8 much can he do in 1 day ? days ? 13. What will 16 yards of 14. If 16 yards of cloth cloth cost , at of a dollar cost 12 of a dollar , what will 1 yard ...
... piece of work in one day , piece of work in 8 days , how how much could he do in 8 much can he do in 1 day ? days ? 13. What will 16 yards of 14. If 16 yards of cloth cloth cost , at of a dollar cost 12 of a dollar , what will 1 yard ...
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Page 103 - 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.
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Page 251 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 223 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.