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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... sold by the 100 or 1000 , .... Articles sold by the Ton , Bills , Promiscuous Examples , COMPOUND NUMBERS . Reduction , Definitions , & c . , English Money , Troy Weight , .... 139 141 142 143 .. 144 145 147 147 148 149 149 150 151 152 ...
... sold by the 100 or 1000 , .... Articles sold by the Ton , Bills , Promiscuous Examples , COMPOUND NUMBERS . Reduction , Definitions , & c . , English Money , Troy Weight , .... 139 141 142 143 .. 144 145 147 147 148 149 149 150 151 152 ...
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... sold a pig for 3 dollars , and a calf for 8 dol- lars ; how much did he receive for both ? 3. A drover bought 5 sheep of one man , 9 of another , and 3 of another ; how many did he buy in all ? 4. How many are 2 and 6 ? 2 and 7 ? 2 and ...
... sold a pig for 3 dollars , and a calf for 8 dol- lars ; how much did he receive for both ? 3. A drover bought 5 sheep of one man , 9 of another , and 3 of another ; how many did he buy in all ? 4. How many are 2 and 6 ? 2 and 7 ? 2 and ...
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... sold some hay for 102 dollars , six cows for 162 dollars , and a horse for 125 dollars ; how much did he re- ceive for all ? OPERATION . hunds . tens . units . 102 162 125 Amount , 389 ANALYSIS . We arrange the numbers so that units of ...
... sold some hay for 102 dollars , six cows for 162 dollars , and a horse for 125 dollars ; how much did he re- ceive for all ? OPERATION . hunds . tens . units . 102 162 125 Amount , 389 ANALYSIS . We arrange the numbers so that units of ...
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... sold them so as to gain 695 dollars on each lot ; for how much did he sell them ? Ans . 17865 dollars . 50. At the battle of Waterloo , which took place June 18th , 1815 , the estimated loss of the French was 40000 men ; of the ...
... sold them so as to gain 695 dollars on each lot ; for how much did he sell them ? Ans . 17865 dollars . 50. At the battle of Waterloo , which took place June 18th , 1815 , the estimated loss of the French was 40000 men ; of the ...
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... sold 6 of them ; how many had he left ? ANALYSIS . He had as many left as 14 cows less 6 cows , which are 8 cows . Therefore , he had 8 cows left . 2. Stephen , having 9 marbles , lost 4 of them ; how many had he left ? 3. If a man earn ...
... sold 6 of them ; how many had he left ? ANALYSIS . He had as many left as 14 cows less 6 cows , which are 8 cows . Therefore , he had 8 cows left . 2. Stephen , having 9 marbles , lost 4 of them ; how many had he left ? 3. If a man earn ...
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acres amount annex barrels of flour bought bushels bushels of corn bushels of wheat cents a pound ciphers column common fraction compound numbers contained cost cube discount Divide dividend division dollars dry measure equal exact divisor EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE feet figure following RULE gain gallons Give analysis Give explanation given number greatest common divisor Hence the following Hence the RULE hogshead hundred improper fraction inches integers interest least common denominator least common multiple longitude merchant miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number of terms obtain OPERATION paid payment prime factors proper fraction quotient rate per cent ratio receive Reduce remainder rods sell simple numbers sold subtract subtrahend tens third thousand trial divisor Troy weight units weight whole number worth write yards of cloth
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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...