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... purchase ? A. 10 oz . 5 pwt . 18 gr . At 12 cts . a pound , what cost 5 cwt . 2 qrs . 18 lb. of sugar ? A. $ 76,08 cts . How many hundred weight of sugar , at 12 cts . per lb. may be bought for $ 76,08 ? A. 5 cwt . 2 qrs . 18 lb. At 9d ...
... purchase ? A. 10 oz . 5 pwt . 18 gr . At 12 cts . a pound , what cost 5 cwt . 2 qrs . 18 lb. of sugar ? A. $ 76,08 cts . How many hundred weight of sugar , at 12 cts . per lb. may be bought for $ 76,08 ? A. 5 cwt . 2 qrs . 18 lb. At 9d ...
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... purchased a vest ; the cloth and making cost 5s . the but- tons 9d . and the thread 3d .; how much did the vest cost ? William , Harry and Thomas gathered some nuts ; and when they measured them , it was found that William had 2 qts ...
... purchased a vest ; the cloth and making cost 5s . the but- tons 9d . and the thread 3d .; how much did the vest cost ? William , Harry and Thomas gathered some nuts ; and when they measured them , it was found that William had 2 qts ...
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... purchased 3 qts . of walnuts . Harry paid so much towards them , that he is entitled to 2 qts . 1 pt . Now what is Rufus's part ? A servant returning with a two gallon jug of molasses , per- ceived that it had leaked out some ...
... purchased 3 qts . of walnuts . Harry paid so much towards them , that he is entitled to 2 qts . 1 pt . Now what is Rufus's part ? A servant returning with a two gallon jug of molasses , per- ceived that it had leaked out some ...
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... purchased the fol- lowing quantity of articles , viz . 427,2623 cwt . , 2789,00065 cwl . , 42,000009 cwt . , 1,3 cwt . , 7567,126783 cwt . , 897,62 cwt . How much did he purchase in the whole year ? A. 11724,309742 cwt . A merchant ...
... purchased the fol- lowing quantity of articles , viz . 427,2623 cwt . , 2789,00065 cwl . , 42,000009 cwt . , 1,3 cwt . , 7567,126783 cwt . , 897,62 cwt . How much did he purchase in the whole year ? A. 11724,309742 cwt . A merchant ...
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... purchased 3 pieces of cloth ; the first piece containing forty and three tenths yards ; the second sixty two and ... purchase more than the other ? A. , 25 . Thomas purchased a watch for $ 10,25 and sold it for $ 10,05 . How much did ...
... purchased 3 pieces of cloth ; the first piece containing forty and three tenths yards ; the second sixty two and ... purchase more than the other ? A. , 25 . Thomas purchased a watch for $ 10,25 and sold it for $ 10,05 . How much did ...
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Page 116 - But if any payment be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on the principal sum due on the obligation for one year, add it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid, from the time it was paid, up to the end of the year : add it to the sum paid, and deduct that sum from the principal and interest added as above...
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Page 116 - 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.
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Page 138 - Reduce the given fraction to such a compound one, as will express the value of the given fraction, by comparing it with all the denominations between it and that denomination you would reduce it to ; lastly, reduce this compound fraction to a single one, by Case V.
Page 163 - IS the method of finding what quantity of e'ach of the ingredients, whose rates are given, will compose a mixture of a given rate; so that it is the reverse of alligation medial, and may be proved by it. CASE.
Page 39 - DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another.
Page 54 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
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