The School-master's Guide: Or, a Complete System of Practical Arithmetic: Adapted to the Use of Schools. ... The Second Edition. By Charles Hutton, ... |
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... bought of a filver - fmith , dishes to the weight of 23 lb. 6oz . 5 dwt . plates , 41lb . 7oz 17 dwt . fpoons , 12 lb. 15 dwt . falts , 2 lb. 7 oz . prefenters , 13 lb. and tankards , 7 lb. 17 dwt . What weight of plate did he buy in ...
... bought of a filver - fmith , dishes to the weight of 23 lb. 6oz . 5 dwt . plates , 41lb . 7oz 17 dwt . fpoons , 12 lb. 15 dwt . falts , 2 lb. 7 oz . prefenters , 13 lb. and tankards , 7 lb. 17 dwt . What weight of plate did he buy in ...
Page 24
... Bought four parcels of cloth , the 1st of which contains 25 yds . 3qr . the 2d , 37 yds . 2 gr . 3 nls . the 3d , 14 yds . 1 n . and the 4th , 23 yds . How many yards are in them all ? Anf . 100 yds . 2 qrs . There are five pieces of ...
... Bought four parcels of cloth , the 1st of which contains 25 yds . 3qr . the 2d , 37 yds . 2 gr . 3 nls . the 3d , 14 yds . 1 n . and the 4th , 23 yds . How many yards are in them all ? Anf . 100 yds . 2 qrs . There are five pieces of ...
Page 35
... bought for 14l . 8s . when 8 yards cost 24s ? Anf . 96yds . 3. What will be the price of 72 yards of cambric , of which 9 yards coft 5l . 12 ? Anf . 441. 16s . 4. What will 9 yards of cambric coft , at the rate of 44 / . 16s . for 72 ...
... bought for 14l . 8s . when 8 yards cost 24s ? Anf . 96yds . 3. What will be the price of 72 yards of cambric , of which 9 yards coft 5l . 12 ? Anf . 441. 16s . 4. What will 9 yards of cambric coft , at the rate of 44 / . 16s . for 72 ...
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... bought for 4 41 . 165. whereof 9 yards coft 57. 125 ? Anf . 72 yards . 8. How much must be paid for 26 bags of hops , at 421l . 45. for 8 bags ? Anf . 681. 18s . 9. How many men must be employed to finish a piece of work in 15 days ...
... bought for 4 41 . 165. whereof 9 yards coft 57. 125 ? Anf . 72 yards . 8. How much must be paid for 26 bags of hops , at 421l . 45. for 8 bags ? Anf . 681. 18s . 9. How many men must be employed to finish a piece of work in 15 days ...
Page 37
... bought for 687 . 18s . of which 8 bags coft 21 / . 45 ? Ans . 26 bags . 25. How many ells eng . of holland may be bought for 251. 18s . 14d . at 7s . 9 d . per yard ? Anf . 53 ells eng . sqr . 26. A perfon breaking , owes to feveral 977 ...
... bought for 687 . 18s . of which 8 bags coft 21 / . 45 ? Ans . 26 bags . 25. How many ells eng . of holland may be bought for 251. 18s . 14d . at 7s . 9 d . per yard ? Anf . 53 ells eng . sqr . 26. A perfon breaking , owes to feveral 977 ...
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Page 148 - A hare starts 40 yards before a grey-hound, and is not perceived by him till she has been up 40 seconds : she scuds away at the rate of...
Page 109 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 39 - If a footman travel 130 miles in 3 days, when the days are 12 hours long ; in how many days, of 10 hours each, may he travel 360 miles ? Ans. 9|f days. 5. If 120 bushels of corn can serve 14 horses 56 days, how many days will 94 bushels serve 6 horses?
Page 140 - If the errors are unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer.
Page 44 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 32 - ... number, if any, which was in this denomination before, then divide the sum as usual, and so on, till the whole is finished. The method of proof is the same as in Simple Division.
Page 43 - RULE. Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quotient will be the whole or mixed number sought.
Page 144 - If a quantity of provisions serves 1500 men 12 weeks, at the rate of 20 ounces a day for each man, how many men will the same provisions maintain for 20 weeks, at the rate of 8 ounces a day for each man ? 55.
Page 57 - ... 1 from 5 to 15 ; 2 from 15 to 25 ; 3 from 25 to 35, &c.
Page 104 - RULE. Find, as in Alligation Medial, what will be the rate of a mixture made of the given quantities of the limited ingredients only; then consider this as the rate of a limited ingredient, whose quantity is the sum of the...