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... months ? 22. June has 30 days , July 31 , August 31 , September 30 , October 31 : how many days in all ? Ans . 153 . 23. The first 5 months have 151 days , the next 5 have 153 days , November has 30 , and December 31 : how many days in ...
... months ? 22. June has 30 days , July 31 , August 31 , September 30 , October 31 : how many days in all ? Ans . 153 . 23. The first 5 months have 151 days , the next 5 have 153 days , November has 30 , and December 31 : how many days in ...
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... months ' work : how much is that per month ? Ans . $ 47 . 28. There are 12 months in 1 year : how many years are there in 540 months ? Ans . 45 yrs . 29. There are 4 quarts in 1 gallon : how many gallons are there in 321276 quarts ? Ans ...
... months ' work : how much is that per month ? Ans . $ 47 . 28. There are 12 months in 1 year : how many years are there in 540 months ? Ans . 45 yrs . 29. There are 4 quarts in 1 gallon : how many gallons are there in 321276 quarts ? Ans ...
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... months , he spends as much as in the first two : how much had he at the end of the year ? Ans . $ 125866 . 6. In a building there are 72 rooms ; in each room 4 windows , and in each window 24 lights : how many lights are there in the ...
... months , he spends as much as in the first two : how much had he at the end of the year ? Ans . $ 125866 . 6. In a building there are 72 rooms ; in each room 4 windows , and in each window 24 lights : how many lights are there in the ...
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... month , and spend $ 30.50 of it : how much will I have left in 6 months ? Ans . $ 117 . 7. A farmer sold his marketing for $ 21.75 he paid for sugar $ 3.85 , for tea $ 1.25 , for coffee $ 2.50 , for spices $ 1.50 : how much had he left ...
... month , and spend $ 30.50 of it : how much will I have left in 6 months ? Ans . $ 117 . 7. A farmer sold his marketing for $ 21.75 he paid for sugar $ 3.85 , for tea $ 1.25 , for coffee $ 2.50 , for spices $ 1.50 : how much had he left ...
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... month , ( nearly ) • wk . mon . • • 1 year , • yr . " • 1 common year , . Jr. 1 leap year , • yr . 4 weeks 12 calendar months 365 days 365 days • See Notes on page 98 . REVIEW . - 96 . For what is Beer Measure used ? Repeat the Table ...
... month , ( nearly ) • wk . mon . • • 1 year , • yr . " • 1 common year , . Jr. 1 leap year , • yr . 4 weeks 12 calendar months 365 days 365 days • See Notes on page 98 . REVIEW . - 96 . For what is Beer Measure used ? Repeat the Table ...
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Page 181 - Remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor.
Page 137 - 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 92 - Thirty days hath September, April. June, and November; All the rest have thirty.one, Save February, which alone Hath twenty.eight; and one day more We add to it one year in four.
Page 26 - It shows that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus the expression 9x6, signifies that 9 and 6 are to be multiplied together, and is read, " 9 multiplied by 6," or, simply,
Page 158 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 224 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if 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 83 - Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30j square yards = 1 square rod (sq.
Page 221 - 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. If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
Page 221 - 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...
Page 127 - ... that is, the fraction takes its name or denomination from the number of parts, into which the unit is divided. Thus, if the unit be divided into 16 parts, the parts are called sixteenths, and 5 of these parts would be 5 sixteenths, expressed thus, -f%.