The Youth's Assistant in Theoretic and Practical Arithmetic: Designed for the Use of Schools in the United States |
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... person killed an ox , the meat of which weighed 642 pounds , the hide 105 pounds , and the tallow 92 pounds ; what did they all weigh ? Ans . 839 . 8. How many dollars are 2565 dollars , 7009 dollars , and 796 dollars , when added toge ...
... person killed an ox , the meat of which weighed 642 pounds , the hide 105 pounds , and the tallow 92 pounds ; what did they all weigh ? Ans . 839 . 8. How many dollars are 2565 dollars , 7009 dollars , and 796 dollars , when added toge ...
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... persons of every other descrip- tion ; what was the whole number of inhabitants at that time ? Ans . 9637999 . 17. It is 38 ... person's age ? Ans . 52 years . 23 . 24 . 23213 2424612 9876987 89862134 16423 1234567 7986698 40961350 21230 ...
... persons of every other descrip- tion ; what was the whole number of inhabitants at that time ? Ans . 9637999 . 17. It is 38 ... person's age ? Ans . 52 years . 23 . 24 . 23213 2424612 9876987 89862134 16423 1234567 7986698 40961350 21230 ...
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... person count 180 in a minute , how many will he count in an hour ? Ans . 10800 . 12. A man had 2 farms , on one he raised 360 bushels of wheat , and on the other 5 times as much ; how much did he raise on both ? Ans . 2160 bush . 13. In ...
... person count 180 in a minute , how many will he count in an hour ? Ans . 10800 . 12. A man had 2 farms , on one he raised 360 bushels of wheat , and on the other 5 times as much ; how much did he raise on both ? Ans . 2160 bush . 13. In ...
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... person owed 75 dollars , of which he paid 43 dollars ; how much remains to be paid ? Operation . From 75 minuend . Take 43 subtrahcnd . - 32 remainder . Now to find the difference between 75 and 43 , we write down the 75 , calling it ...
... person owed 75 dollars , of which he paid 43 dollars ; how much remains to be paid ? Operation . From 75 minuend . Take 43 subtrahcnd . - 32 remainder . Now to find the difference between 75 and 43 , we write down the 75 , calling it ...
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... person owed 727 dollars , of which he paid 542 dollars ; how much remains unpaid ? 727 dolls . 542 dolls . Here we take 2 from 7 , and write the difference , 5 , below the line in the place of units . We now proceed to the tens , but ...
... person owed 727 dollars , of which he paid 542 dollars ; how much remains unpaid ? 727 dolls . 542 dolls . Here we take 2 from 7 , and write the difference , 5 , below the line in the place of units . We now proceed to the tens , but ...
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Page 76 - 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 109 - 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 97 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 74 - Is when the several shares of stock are continued in trade an equal term of time. RULE. As the whole stock is to the whole gain or loss : so is each man's particular stock, to his particular share of the gain or loss.
Page 105 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. III. Double the root already found for a divisor ; seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 67 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 68 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 120 - RULE. Multiply all the terms of the natural series of numbers, from 1 up to the given number, continually together, and the last product will be the answer required. ExAMPLEs.
Page 89 - 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 remain.