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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... tons of iron , worth 65 dollars a ton , what will be the cost of sufficient iron to construct a road 128 miles in length ? Ans . 965120 dollars . CONTRACTIONS . CASE I. 65. When the multiplier is a MULTIPLICATION . 47.
... tons of iron , worth 65 dollars a ton , what will be the cost of sufficient iron to construct a road 128 miles in length ? Ans . 965120 dollars . CONTRACTIONS . CASE I. 65. When the multiplier is a MULTIPLICATION . 47.
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... length ; allowing 235 pounds for waste , how many pounds will it take to spin a thread to reach round the earth , suppos- ing the distance to be 25000 miles ? Ans . 3360 pounds . 37. John has 8546 dollars , which is 342 dollars ...
... length ; allowing 235 pounds for waste , how many pounds will it take to spin a thread to reach round the earth , suppos- ing the distance to be 25000 miles ? Ans . 3360 pounds . 37. John has 8546 dollars , which is 342 dollars ...
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... lengths : 3013 , 2231 , and 2047 feet ; what is the length of the longest rail that will exactly lay the track on each switch ? Ans . 23 feet . 13. A forwarding merchant has 2722 bushels of wheat , 1822 bushels of corn , and 1226 ...
... lengths : 3013 , 2231 , and 2047 feet ; what is the length of the longest rail that will exactly lay the track on each switch ? Ans . 23 feet . 13. A forwarding merchant has 2722 bushels of wheat , 1822 bushels of corn , and 1226 ...
Page 123
... length ; what was the length Ans . 100 feet . 50. Bought of a box of candles , and having used 7 of them , sold the remainder for 1 of a dollar ; a box cost at the same rate ? how much would Ans . $ 57 % . 51. A post stands in the mud ...
... length ; what was the length Ans . 100 feet . 50. Bought of a box of candles , and having used 7 of them , sold the remainder for 1 of a dollar ; a box cost at the same rate ? how much would Ans . $ 57 % . 51. A post stands in the mud ...
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... length . A Surface or Area has two dimensions - length and breadth . A Solid or Body has three dimensions - length , breadth , and thickness . I. LONG MEASURE . 193. Long Measure , also called Linear Measure , is used in measuring lines ...
... length . A Surface or Area has two dimensions - length and breadth . A Solid or Body has three dimensions - length , breadth , and thickness . I. LONG MEASURE . 193. Long Measure , also called Linear Measure , is used in measuring lines ...
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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...