The Progressive Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Theory of Numbers, in Connection with Concise Analytic and Synthetic Methods of Solution, and Designed as a Complete Text-book on this Science : for Common Schools and Academies |
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... gallons . rods . 347 7104 3462 47637 506 3762 863 3418 218 9325 479 703 312 4316 84 26471 424 2739 57 84 11. 42+ 64+ ... gallons , in another 65 , in a third 57 , in a fourth 83 , in a fifth 74 , and in a sixth 67 ; how many gallons has ...
... gallons . rods . 347 7104 3462 47637 506 3762 863 3418 218 9325 479 703 312 4316 84 26471 424 2739 57 84 11. 42+ 64+ ... gallons , in another 65 , in a third 57 , in a fourth 83 , in a fifth 74 , and in a sixth 67 ; how many gallons has ...
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... gallons . bushels . miles . days . From 3176 9076 7320 5097 Take 2907 4567 3871 3809 ( 10. ) ( 11. ) ( 12. ) ( 13. ) dollars . rods . acres . feet . From 76377 67777 900076 767340 Take 45761 46699 899934 5039 What do we mean by ...
... gallons . bushels . miles . days . From 3176 9076 7320 5097 Take 2907 4567 3871 3809 ( 10. ) ( 11. ) ( 12. ) ( 13. ) dollars . rods . acres . feet . From 76377 67777 900076 767340 Take 45761 46699 899934 5039 What do we mean by ...
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... gallons has two pipes ;. through one pipe 60 gallons run into it in an hour , and through the other 39 gallons run out in the same time ; in how many hours will the cistern be filled ? Ans . 40 hours . 45. Two men start from the same ...
... gallons has two pipes ;. through one pipe 60 gallons run into it in an hour , and through the other 39 gallons run out in the same time ; in how many hours will the cistern be filled ? Ans . 40 hours . 45. Two men start from the same ...
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... gallons to fourths of a gallon . Ans . 200 . Ans . 252 . 4. Reduce 140 pounds to sixteenths of a pound . 5. In 56 dollars , how many tenths of a dollar ? Ans . 560 . 6. Reduce 94 to a fraction whose denominator is 9 . 7. Reduce 180 to ...
... gallons to fourths of a gallon . Ans . 200 . Ans . 252 . 4. Reduce 140 pounds to sixteenths of a pound . 5. In 56 dollars , how many tenths of a dollar ? Ans . 560 . 6. Reduce 94 to a fraction whose denominator is 9 . 7. Reduce 180 to ...
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... gallons , 178 gal- lons were drawn ; how many gallons remained ? Ans . 137 . 18. A farmer , having 450 acres of land , sold 3042 acres ; how many acres had he left ? Ans . 14518 . 19. If flour be bought for 64 dollars per barrel , and ...
... gallons , 178 gal- lons were drawn ; how many gallons remained ? Ans . 137 . 18. A farmer , having 450 acres of land , sold 3042 acres ; how many acres had he left ? Ans . 14518 . 19. If flour be bought for 64 dollars per barrel , and ...
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Page 54 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 162 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 304 - Pythagoras' theorem states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides.
Page 161 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl...
Page 81 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Numbers prime to each other are such as have no common divisor. NOTE. A common divisor is sometimes called a Common Measure ; and the greatest common divisor, the Greatest Common Measure.
Page 266 - Three numbers may be in proportion when the first is to the second as the second is to the third.
Page 97 - To reduce fractions to their lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other; that is, when both terms have no common divisor. 1. Reduce the fraction -|| to its lowest terms.
Page 242 - TABLE, Showing the amount of $1, or £1, at 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 per cent , compound interest, for any number of years, from 1 to 20.
Page 256 - 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 189 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...