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... feet high was broken ; the part that fell was 37 feet long : how high was the stump ? Ans . 38 ft . 20. America was discovered by Columbus in 1492 : how many years had elapsed in 1837 ? Ans . 345 . 21. I deposited in the bank $ 1840 ...
... feet high was broken ; the part that fell was 37 feet long : how high was the stump ? Ans . 38 ft . 20. America was discovered by Columbus in 1492 : how many years had elapsed in 1837 ? Ans . 345 . 21. I deposited in the bank $ 1840 ...
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... feet in a second : how far will it move in 109 seconds ? Ans . 123170 feet . twenty - nine by one Ans . 2043203 . 61. Multiply two thousand and thousand and seven . 62. Multiply eighty thousand four sixty thousand and seven . hundred ...
... feet in a second : how far will it move in 109 seconds ? Ans . 123170 feet . twenty - nine by one Ans . 2043203 . 61. Multiply two thousand and thousand and seven . 62. Multiply eighty thousand four sixty thousand and seven . hundred ...
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... feet make one yard : how many yards in 60 feet ? Ans . 20 . 5. Two pints make one quart : how many quarts in 400 pints ? 6. How many times 3 in 6000 ? 7. How many times 4 in 80000 ? Ans . 200 . Ans . 2000 . Ans . 20000 . ART . 43. 1 ...
... feet make one yard : how many yards in 60 feet ? Ans . 20 . 5. Two pints make one quart : how many quarts in 400 pints ? 6. How many times 3 in 6000 ? 7. How many times 4 in 80000 ? Ans . 200 . Ans . 2000 . Ans . 20000 . ART . 43. 1 ...
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... feet 3 inches , are each compound . REM . - 1 . In Compound Numbers , denomination or order , denotes the REVIEW . - 62 . When are two numbers of the same denomination ? Give an example . When of different denominations ? Give an ...
... feet 3 inches , are each compound . REM . - 1 . In Compound Numbers , denomination or order , denotes the REVIEW . - 62 . When are two numbers of the same denomination ? Give an example . When of different denominations ? Give an ...
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... feet make 1 yard , yards may be changed to feet by multiplying by 3 ; and , feet to yards , by dividing by 3 : 5 yards = 5X3 = 15 feet : and 15 feet = 15 ÷ 3-5 yards . Hence , as shown in United States money , Reduction Descending ...
... feet make 1 yard , yards may be changed to feet by multiplying by 3 ; and , feet to yards , by dividing by 3 : 5 yards = 5X3 = 15 feet : and 15 feet = 15 ÷ 3-5 yards . Hence , as shown in United States money , Reduction Descending ...
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Page 158 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 179 - To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.
Page 63 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 137 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 150 - We have seen that multiplying by a whole number is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier.
Page 222 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total. If there be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above; and, in like manner, from one payment to another, till all the payments are absorbed ; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Page 219 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
Page 52 - III. — 1. Cut off the ciphers at the right of the divisor, and as many figures from the right of the dividend. 2. Divide the remaining figures in the dividend by the remaining figures in the divisor.
Page 282 - Hence, when the first term, the common difference, and the number of terms, are given, to find the last term...
Page 219 - If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due, and then the surplus is to be applied...