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... keep the atten- tion too long . Many expedients must be employed to keep the attention awake . Sometimes the pupils may " take places , " sometimes they may be permitted to correct each other , and sometimes a pupil may be called at ...
... keep the atten- tion too long . Many expedients must be employed to keep the attention awake . Sometimes the pupils may " take places , " sometimes they may be permitted to correct each other , and sometimes a pupil may be called at ...
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... keep ? How many less did he keep than he gave away ? 14. Edward has six doves , and Charles has eight ; how many more has Charles than Edward ? How many have they both ? 15. Lewis bought a pig for eight dollars , and sold it for ten ...
... keep ? How many less did he keep than he gave away ? 14. Edward has six doves , and Charles has eight ; how many more has Charles than Edward ? How many have they both ? 15. Lewis bought a pig for eight dollars , and sold it for ten ...
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... keeping it , and then sold it for twenty - three dollars ; how much did he gain ? 16. Ten boys and nine boys are how many boys ? 17. Ten birds and nine birds are how many birds ? LESSON IV . 1. Two and one are how many 14 ¿ SEC . I ...
... keeping it , and then sold it for twenty - three dollars ; how much did he gain ? 16. Ten boys and nine boys are how many boys ? 17. Ten birds and nine birds are how many birds ? LESSON IV . 1. Two and one are how many 14 ¿ SEC . I ...
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... keep ? 6. A man paid three dollars for some sugar , six dollars for two barrels of apples , ten dollars for a bar- rel of flour , and had six dollars left ; how many dollars had he at first ? 7. A boy having twenty - five cents , paid ...
... keep ? 6. A man paid three dollars for some sugar , six dollars for two barrels of apples , ten dollars for a bar- rel of flour , and had six dollars left ; how many dollars had he at first ? 7. A boy having twenty - five cents , paid ...
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... keep ? 7. If I earn 12 dollars , and spend 7 dollars , a week , how many dollars shall I save in a week ? many in 4 weeks ? How 8. Bought 9 yards of cloth , at 4 dollars a yard , and sold the whole of it for 9 dollars more than I paid ...
... keep ? 7. If I earn 12 dollars , and spend 7 dollars , a week , how many dollars shall I save in a week ? many in 4 weeks ? How 8. Bought 9 yards of cloth , at 4 dollars a yard , and sold the whole of it for 9 dollars more than I paid ...
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$4 a yard 12 cents 12 dollars 12 per cent 12 rods 20 cents 30 days 9 cents 9 dollars acres apples cost asked the age barrel cost barrel of flour barrels of apples bushels of corn bushels of oats bushels of wheat cents a pound cents apiece cords of wood Count backward cows divided dollars a barrel dollars a yard earn eight Eighteen eighths of 24 eleven equal feet fifths flour cost Forty-eight Forty-nine fraction furlongs gain gallons gave gills give half halves horses eat hound hour interest of $1 less 9 less six LESSON LESSON II lowest terms melon miles MINUEND molasses months multiply nine ninths oranges paid peaches pears pecks pennyweights PHILLIPS ACADEMY piece pint pound cost pupil quarts Reduce seven sevenths of 21 sheep sixths sold Solution square rods subtract tenths third three fourths trees Troy Weight twelve weeks worth yards of cloth
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Page 100 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 96 - Jyd. of cloth cost ? 4. If 2yd. 3qr. Ina. of cloth are required for 1 coat, how many yards are required for 4 coats ? 5.
Page 76 - An IMPROPER FRACTION is one whose numerator equals or exceeds its denominator ; as, -f, |, f.
Page 27 - It shows that the number before it is to be divided by the number after it. Thus 6 -i- 2 = 3 is read, 6 divided by 2 is equal to 3.
Page 133 - A man, owning £ of a ship, sold £ of his share ; what part of the whole ship did he sell 1 What part had he left?
Page 49 - Ten are how many times two ? 15. Nine are how many times two ? Remark. When any thing, or any number, is divided into three equal parts, one of those parts is called the third part of the thing or number. When it is divided into four equal parts, one part is called \hefourth part, and so on.
Page 65 - If 4 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, in how many days can 3 men do twice as much work ? 15.
Page 65 - Two men depart from the same place, and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of...
Page 171 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. The number which shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend is called the quotient.
Page 91 - ... is § of what number ? 46. A horse traveled 4 miles in £ of an hour ; how far, at the same rate, would he travel in an hour ? 47. 4 is | of what number ? 48.