The National Arithmetic on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods, Together with the Cancelling System : Forming a Complete Mercantile Arithmetic |
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... sides of the roof is 25 feet wide ; how many shingles will it take to cover it , if it require 6 shingles to cover a square foot ? Ans . 16800 . 15. If a man can travel 22m . 3fur . 17rd . a day , how long would it take him to walk ...
... sides of the roof is 25 feet wide ; how many shingles will it take to cover it , if it require 6 shingles to cover a square foot ? Ans . 16800 . 15. If a man can travel 22m . 3fur . 17rd . a day , how long would it take him to walk ...
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... side of a house which is 465 feet long and 171⁄2 feet high ? Ans . 812.7ft . 22. Required the number of square feet on the surface of 7 boxes , each of which is 5 feet long , 2 feet high , and 3 feet wide ; required also the number of ...
... side of a house which is 465 feet long and 171⁄2 feet high ? Ans . 812.7ft . 22. Required the number of square feet on the surface of 7 boxes , each of which is 5 feet long , 2 feet high , and 3 feet wide ; required also the number of ...
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... side measures 8 feet ? Ans . The last contains 32 cubic feet the most . 27. Divide $ 1112§ equally among 129 men . Ans . $ 8§ . 28. Bought 68 barrels of flour , at $ 711 per barrel ; what was the amount of the whole ? Ans . $ 5384 . 29 ...
... side measures 8 feet ? Ans . The last contains 32 cubic feet the most . 27. Divide $ 1112§ equally among 129 men . Ans . $ 8§ . 28. Bought 68 barrels of flour , at $ 711 per barrel ; what was the amount of the whole ? Ans . $ 5384 . 29 ...
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... sides , and abbreviating commensurables . NOTE . The first numbers in each part of the question are called an- tecedents , and the following consequents . 1. If 20lb . at Boston make 23lb . at Antwerp , and 155lb . at Antwerp make 180lb ...
... sides , and abbreviating commensurables . NOTE . The first numbers in each part of the question are called an- tecedents , and the following consequents . 1. If 20lb . at Boston make 23lb . at Antwerp , and 155lb . at Antwerp make 180lb ...
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... side of a building 47 feet long , 17 feet 9 inches high ? - Ans . 834ft . 3 ' . NOTE . A board to be merchantable should be 1 inch thick ; therefore to reduce a plank to board measure , the superficial contents of the plank should be ...
... side of a building 47 feet long , 17 feet 9 inches high ? - Ans . 834ft . 3 ' . NOTE . A board to be merchantable should be 1 inch thick ; therefore to reduce a plank to board measure , the superficial contents of the plank should be ...
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Page 176 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total. If there be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above; and in like manner from one payment to another, till all the payments are absorbed: provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Page 172 - Compute the interest on the principal sum, from the time when the interest commenced to the first time when a payment was made, which exceeds either alone or in conjunction with the preceding payment...
Page 203 - Ratio is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind, the comparison being made by considering what multiple, part, or parts, one quantity is of the other.
Page 260 - Raise the ratio to a power whose index is equal to the number of terms, from which subtract 1 ; divide the remainder by the ratio, less 1, and the quotient, multiplied by the first term, will be the answer.
Page 315 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 296 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 327 - ... above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and...
Page 92 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator; under this sum write the denominator.
Page 198 - B. $380, to be paid as follows: $100 in 6 months, $120 in 7 months, and $160 in 10 months. What is the equated time for the payment of the whole ? Ans.
Page 241 - Double the figures already found in the root for a new divisor, (or, bring down your last divisor for a new one, doubling the right hand figure of it,) and from these find the next figure in the root, as last directed, and continue the operation in the same manner, till you have brought down all the periods.