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... gain ? 58. How many are 876942 468279 ? 59. How many are 742006 - 387429 ? 60. How many are 820654-260408 ? 61. Washington was born in 1732 and died in 1799 ; at what age did he die ? 62. A merchant sold goods to the amount of $ 4276 ...
... gain ? 58. How many are 876942 468279 ? 59. How many are 742006 - 387429 ? 60. How many are 820654-260408 ? 61. Washington was born in 1732 and died in 1799 ; at what age did he die ? 62. A merchant sold goods to the amount of $ 4276 ...
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... sold it for $ 12 per ton ; did I gain or lose ? How much ? 4. Bought 25 horses for $ 125 each , and 14 pairs of oxen at $ 87 a pair ; what did I pay for all ? 5. Bought 56 barrels of flour at $ 9 per 40 MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES .
... sold it for $ 12 per ton ; did I gain or lose ? How much ? 4. Bought 25 horses for $ 125 each , and 14 pairs of oxen at $ 87 a pair ; what did I pay for all ? 5. Bought 56 barrels of flour at $ 9 per 40 MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES .
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... gain or lose ? How much ? 7. A farmer sold 56 bushels of wheat at $ 2 per bushel , for . which he received 40 yards of cloth at $ 2 per yard , and the balance in money ; how much money did he receive ? 8. A merchant bought 846 barrels ...
... gain or lose ? How much ? 7. A farmer sold 56 bushels of wheat at $ 2 per bushel , for . which he received 40 yards of cloth at $ 2 per yard , and the balance in money ; how much money did he receive ? 8. A merchant bought 846 barrels ...
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... gain by the trans- actions ? How much per acre ? 4. Bought 320 acres of land for $ 1760 , and 320 acres more at $ 7 per acre , and sold the whole at $ 6 per acre ; did I gain or lose ? How much ? Ans . Lost $ 160 . 5. The expenses of a ...
... gain by the trans- actions ? How much per acre ? 4. Bought 320 acres of land for $ 1760 , and 320 acres more at $ 7 per acre , and sold the whole at $ 6 per acre ; did I gain or lose ? How much ? Ans . Lost $ 160 . 5. The expenses of a ...
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... gain or a loss ? How much total ? How much per acre ? 176. Rule for reducing a decimal of a higher denomination to whole num- bers of lower denominations ? Explanation ? 8. What cost 43a . 3r . 20rd . of 142 DECIMAL FRACTIONS ...
... gain or a loss ? How much total ? How much per acre ? 176. Rule for reducing a decimal of a higher denomination to whole num- bers of lower denominations ? Explanation ? 8. What cost 43a . 3r . 20rd . of 142 DECIMAL FRACTIONS ...
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25 per cent amount annex bill Bought bushels ciphers common fraction composite number compound interest compound numbers cost cube cubic debts decimal fraction decimal places difference discount Divide dividend divisible dollars equal equated example Explain Ex farthings figure find the interest gain or loss gallon given number greatest common divisor Hence higher denominations hundred improper fraction inches interest of $1 July least common multiple longitude lower denomination marked price Mdse miles mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE OPERATION oxen payment pounds premium present worth prime factors principal PROBLEM Proof proper fraction proportional quotient ratio Reduce remainder rods Rule for finding sell sold square root subtract subtrahend TABLE tens term of credit thousand Troy Weight units weight whole number wide yards of cloth
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Page 39 - DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of finding one of the equal parts of a number.
Page 281 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 73 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 74 - 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 292 - RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less one, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 134 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds those in the divisor.
Page 72 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 24 - ROLE. 1. Write the less number under the greater, units, under units, tens under tens, etc., and draw a line beneath. 2. Beginning at the right hand, take each figure of the subtrahend from the figure above it, and set the remainder under the line.
Page 67 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30| square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 126 - The denominator of a decimal fraction is not usually expressed, since it can be easily determined, it being 1 with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the given decimal. 158. A decimal fraction is distinguished from a whole number by a period, called the decimal point...