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. 4264 + ... 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. 4264 + ... 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 . From 76377 67777 900076 feet . 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 . From 76377 67777 900076 feet . 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 . 32. The average beat of the pulse ...
... 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 . 32. The average beat of the pulse ...
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... gallons to fourths of a gallon . Ans . 280 . Ans . 22 . 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 . 280 . Ans . 22 . 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 , 17§ gal- lons were drawn ; how many gallons remained ? Ans . 137 . 18. A farmer , having 450,7 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 , 17§ gal- lons were drawn ; how many gallons remained ? Ans . 137 . 18. A farmer , having 450,7 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 46 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 167 - 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 71 - 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 50 - If any partial dividend will not contain the divisor, place a cipher in the quotient, and bring down the next figure of the dividend, and divide as before.
Page 93 - To reduce fractions to the least common denominator. The Least Common Denominator of two or more fractions is the least denominator to which they can all be reduced, and it must be the least common multiple of the lowest denominators.
Page 191 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...
Page 38 - RULE. I. Write the multiplier under the multiplicand, placing units of the same order under each other. II. Multiply the multiplicand by each figure of the multiplier successively, beginning with the unit figure, and write the first figure of each partial product under the figure of the multiplier used, writing down and carrying as in addition. III. If there are partial products, add them, and their sum will be the product required.
Page 165 - Pendulum vibrating Seconds of Mean Time in the Latitude of London in a Vacuum at the Level of the Sea is in the proportion of Thirty-Six Inches to Thirty-Nine Inches and one thousand three hundred and ninety-three ten-thousandth Parts of an Inch...
Page 66 - Divide the given number by any prime factor ; divide the quotient in the same manner, and so continue the division until the quotient is a prime number. The several divisors and the last quotient will be the prime factors required.
Page 193 - To find the difference of longitude between two places, when the difference of time is known. 1. If the difference of time between New York and Cincinnati be 41 min. 32 sec., what is the difference of longitude ? OPERATION. ANALYSIS. Since 4 minutes of time min. sec. make a difference of 1°...