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... allowing each horse to eat 45 pounds a day ? PROBLEM IX . Two numbers being given , to find their greatest common measure ; that is , the greatest number which will divide them both without a remainder . RULE . Divide the greater number ...
... allowing each horse to eat 45 pounds a day ? PROBLEM IX . Two numbers being given , to find their greatest common measure ; that is , the greatest number which will divide them both without a remainder . RULE . Divide the greater number ...
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... Allowing 63 gallons to fill a hogshead , 42 a tierce , and 32 a barrel , what is the smallest quantity of molasses , that can be first shipped in some number of full hogs- heads , then discharged and reshipped in some number of full ...
... Allowing 63 gallons to fill a hogshead , 42 a tierce , and 32 a barrel , what is the smallest quantity of molasses , that can be first shipped in some number of full hogs- heads , then discharged and reshipped in some number of full ...
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... allowing each hogshead to contam . 8cwt . 3qr . 24 lb. ? 78. A cent weighs 8 pennyweights 16 grains . What is the weight of 100 cents ? 79 How many yards of cloth are there in 19 pieces ; each piece containing 27 yd . 3qr . 2na . ? 80 ...
... allowing each hogshead to contam . 8cwt . 3qr . 24 lb. ? 78. A cent weighs 8 pennyweights 16 grains . What is the weight of 100 cents ? 79 How many yards of cloth are there in 19 pieces ; each piece containing 27 yd . 3qr . 2na . ? 80 ...
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... allowing its velocity to be 23 miles an hour ? 91. Suppose a car wheel to be 8 feet 7 inches in cir- cumference , how many times will it turn round in running 46 miles ? 92. If 3 cwt . of sugar be taken from a hogshead con- taining 14 ...
... allowing its velocity to be 23 miles an hour ? 91. Suppose a car wheel to be 8 feet 7 inches in cir- cumference , how many times will it turn round in running 46 miles ? 92. If 3 cwt . of sugar be taken from a hogshead con- taining 14 ...
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... allowing it to run at the rate of 2.5 miles in 5.75 minutes ? 70. If 43.64 pounds of copper be worth $ 9.075 , what is the value of 108.9 pounds ? 71. If 14 dollars will pay for the carriage of a ton 75.6 miles , what distance can a ton ...
... allowing it to run at the rate of 2.5 miles in 5.75 minutes ? 70. If 43.64 pounds of copper be worth $ 9.075 , what is the value of 108.9 pounds ? 71. If 14 dollars will pay for the carriage of a ton 75.6 miles , what distance can a ton ...
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Page 114 - Multiply each debt by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the debts. The quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 184 - ... 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, &c. is an ascending series. ( 15, 13, 11, 9, 7, 5, 3, &c. is a descending series. The numbers which form the series are called the terms of the series. The first and last terms are the extremes, and the other terms are called the means. There are five things in arithmetical progression, any three of which being given, the other two may be found : — 1st.
Page 27 - 10 pounds, Avoirdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer standing at 30 inches.
Page 44 - Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator.
Page 178 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 104 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due.
Page 55 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 166 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. III. Double the root already found for a divisor ; seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 104 - If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal ; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments taken together exceed the interest due, and then the surplus is to be applied towards discharging the principal ; and interest is to be computed on the balance, as aforesaid.