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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... sold plank to the amount of 834 dollars ; boards to the amount of 376 ; shingles to the amount of 400 ; timber 621 ; two masts , one for 30 and the other for 50 dollars ; what was the amount of the whole ? Answer , 2311 dollars . 3. A ...
... sold plank to the amount of 834 dollars ; boards to the amount of 376 ; shingles to the amount of 400 ; timber 621 ; two masts , one for 30 and the other for 50 dollars ; what was the amount of the whole ? Answer , 2311 dollars . 3. A ...
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... sold five oxen , each weighing 864 pounds , how much did they all weigh ? Answer , 4320 . 13. How many times does a common clock strike in 24 hours ? Answer , 156 . 14. A gentleman left his two sons each 1480 dollars , his only daughter ...
... sold five oxen , each weighing 864 pounds , how much did they all weigh ? Answer , 4320 . 13. How many times does a common clock strike in 24 hours ? Answer , 156 . 14. A gentleman left his two sons each 1480 dollars , his only daughter ...
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... sold 28 tuns , containing 7056 gallons , for 1814 dollars . How many gallons had he left , and how much money did he ... sold for 250 more than it more than it cost , what was cost , for how much is it sold ? the first cost ? 13. Peter ...
... sold 28 tuns , containing 7056 gallons , for 1814 dollars . How many gallons had he left , and how much money did he ... sold for 250 more than it more than it cost , what was cost , for how much is it sold ? the first cost ? 13. Peter ...
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... sold wool to the amount of 81 dollars , for 9 shillings a fleece . How many fleeces did he sell ? 13. How many thousands of boards may be bought for 144 dollars , at 12 dollars per thousand ? 14. How many books may be bought for 84 ...
... sold wool to the amount of 81 dollars , for 9 shillings a fleece . How many fleeces did he sell ? 13. How many thousands of boards may be bought for 144 dollars , at 12 dollars per thousand ? 14. How many books may be bought for 84 ...
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... sold it for 199 dollars more than he gave . For how much did he sell it ? Answer , 6919 dollars . 2. Suppose a tree broken by the wind 39 feet from the ground , and the part broken off to be 56 feet in length . How high was the tree ...
... sold it for 199 dollars more than he gave . For how much did he sell it ? Answer , 6919 dollars . 2. Suppose a tree broken by the wind 39 feet from the ground , and the part broken off to be 56 feet in length . How high was the tree ...
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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.
Page 41 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 221 - 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 208 - 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 equated time, nearly.
Page 97 - TABLE. 10 Mills =1 Cent. 10 Cents =1 Dime. 10 Dimes =1 Dollar. 10 Dollars =1 Eagle.
Page 307 - 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 270 - ... above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and...
Page 85 - 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 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.