The National Arithmetic on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods Together with the Cancelling System : Forming a Complete Mercantile Arithmetic |
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... sides of the roof is 25 feet wide ; how many shingles will it take to cover it , if it require 6 shingles to cover a square foot ? Ans . 16800 . 15. If a man can travel 22m . 3fur . 17rd . a day , how long would it take him to walk ...
... sides of the roof is 25 feet wide ; how many shingles will it take to cover it , if it require 6 shingles to cover a square foot ? Ans . 16800 . 15. If a man can travel 22m . 3fur . 17rd . a day , how long would it take him to walk ...
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... side 20. How many cubic feet does a box feet long , 57 feet wide , and 3 feet high ? 21. How many feet of boards will it take of a house which is 46 feet long and 171⁄2 feet high ? Ans . 812ft . 22. Required the number of square feet on ...
... side 20. How many cubic feet does a box feet long , 57 feet wide , and 3 feet high ? 21. How many feet of boards will it take of a house which is 46 feet long and 171⁄2 feet high ? Ans . 812ft . 22. Required the number of square feet on ...
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... side measures 8 feet ? Ans . The last contains 32 cubic feet the most . 27. Divide $ 1112§ equally among 129 men . Ans . $ 83 . 28. Bought 68 barrels of flour , at $ 711 per barrel ; what was the amount of the whole ? Ans . $ 5381 . 29 ...
... side measures 8 feet ? Ans . The last contains 32 cubic feet the most . 27. Divide $ 1112§ equally among 129 men . Ans . $ 83 . 28. Bought 68 barrels of flour , at $ 711 per barrel ; what was the amount of the whole ? Ans . $ 5381 . 29 ...
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... sides , and abbreviating commensurables . NOTE . The first numbers in each part of the question are called an- tecedents , and the following consequents . 1. If 20lb . at Boston make 231b . at Antwerp , and 155lb . at Antwerp make 180lb ...
... sides , and abbreviating commensurables . NOTE . The first numbers in each part of the question are called an- tecedents , and the following consequents . 1. If 20lb . at Boston make 231b . at Antwerp , and 155lb . at Antwerp make 180lb ...
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... side of a building 47 feet long , 17 feet 9 inches high ? Ans . 834ft . 3 ' . NOTE . A board to be merchantable should be 1 inch thick ; therefore to reduce a plank to board measure , the superficial contents of the plank should be ...
... side of a building 47 feet long , 17 feet 9 inches high ? Ans . 834ft . 3 ' . NOTE . A board to be merchantable should be 1 inch thick ; therefore to reduce a plank to board measure , the superficial contents of the plank should be ...
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Page 203 - Ratio is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind, the comparison being made by considering what multiple, part, or parts, one quantity is of the other.
Page 255 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 222 - 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 321 - It follows that the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is the same for all circles.
Page 94 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of...
Page 315 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 289 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 102 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own, for a new numerator : and all the denominators into each other continually for a common denominator; this written under the several new numerators will give the fractions required.
Page 273 - Alligation Medial, and Alligation Alternate. ALLIGATION MEDIAL, Is when the quantities and prices of several things are given, to find the mean price of the mixture composed of those materials.
Page 247 - Subtract the subtrahend from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend, with which proceed as before ; and so on, till the whole is finished.