The Western Practical Arithmetic ...: Containing a Great Variety of Exercises, Particularly Adapted to the Currency of the United States: to which is Added a Short System of Book-keeping, Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Schools |
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... sugar , containing 250 hundred weight , and sold 9 hogsheads , containing 75 hundred weight . How many hogsheads and how many hundred weight had he left ? Ans . 16 hogsheads , and 175 hundred weight . 12. A traveller who was 1300 miles ...
... sugar , containing 250 hundred weight , and sold 9 hogsheads , containing 75 hundred weight . How many hogsheads and how many hundred weight had he left ? Ans . 16 hogsheads , and 175 hundred weight . 12. A traveller who was 1300 miles ...
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... sugar , cof- fee , flour and other things subject to waste , and all the metals , except silver and gold . * The gross hundred weight of 112 pounds is nearly out of use ; the decimal hundred weight of 100 pounds is taking its place ...
... sugar , cof- fee , flour and other things subject to waste , and all the metals , except silver and gold . * The gross hundred weight of 112 pounds is nearly out of use ; the decimal hundred weight of 100 pounds is taking its place ...
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... sugar cost 50 cents , what will 24 pounds cost at the same rate ? Ans . $ 3,00 . 1st Term . 2d Term . 3d Term . lbs . As 4 cts . lbs . 24 :: 50 50 4 ) 1200 3,00 In this question the answer is required to be money : therefore money ( the ...
... sugar cost 50 cents , what will 24 pounds cost at the same rate ? Ans . $ 3,00 . 1st Term . 2d Term . 3d Term . lbs . As 4 cts . lbs . 24 :: 50 50 4 ) 1200 3,00 In this question the answer is required to be money : therefore money ( the ...
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... sugar cost 75 cents , how many pounds can be bought for three dollars ? Ans . 56 lbs . 7 If 4 hats cost 12 dollars , what will 27 hats cost at the same rate ? Ans . $ 81 . 8 If 20 yards of cloth cost $ 85 ,. 92 SINGLE RULE OF THREE .
... sugar cost 75 cents , how many pounds can be bought for three dollars ? Ans . 56 lbs . 7 If 4 hats cost 12 dollars , what will 27 hats cost at the same rate ? Ans . $ 81 . 8 If 20 yards of cloth cost $ 85 ,. 92 SINGLE RULE OF THREE .
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... sugar cost , at 10 cents a pound ? $ 68 . 5. What will 742 pounds of pork cost , at 61 cts . a pound ? Ans . $ 4637 cts . 6. What must I pay for 371 pounds of bacon , at 12 cts . a pound ? 7. How much will 8750 bushels cts . a bushel ...
... sugar cost , at 10 cents a pound ? $ 68 . 5. What will 742 pounds of pork cost , at 61 cts . a pound ? Ans . $ 4637 cts . 6. What must I pay for 371 pounds of bacon , at 12 cts . a pound ? 7. How much will 8750 bushels cts . a bushel ...
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