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... hundred weight , and half a hundred weight , and twenty- seven pounds . Required the quantity remaining on hand ? Ans . COMPOUND MULTIPLICATION . RULE . - Multiply the lowest denomination 30 COMPOUND SUBTRACTION . page Compound Subtraction.
... hundred weight , and half a hundred weight , and twenty- seven pounds . Required the quantity remaining on hand ? Ans . COMPOUND MULTIPLICATION . RULE . - Multiply the lowest denomination 30 COMPOUND SUBTRACTION . page Compound Subtraction.
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... hand , and if any remains , multiply them by as many of the next less as make one of that , which add to the next , and divide as before . ( 1. ) $ . c . 5 ) 48 75 EXAMPLES . ( 2. ) $ . c . m . 7 ) 135 71 5 ( 3 ) S. c . 9 ) 73 81 $ 975 ...
... hand , and if any remains , multiply them by as many of the next less as make one of that , which add to the next , and divide as before . ( 1. ) $ . c . 5 ) 48 75 EXAMPLES . ( 2. ) $ . c . m . 7 ) 135 71 5 ( 3 ) S. c . 9 ) 73 81 $ 975 ...
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... or butter . wool , iron , shot or horseman's wt , butchers meat . gallon of oil . fodder of lead . fathom . hand . score . short hundred . 5 score 6 do . long do . D 12 articles make a dozen . 5 dozen 12 do REDUCTION . 37.
... or butter . wool , iron , shot or horseman's wt , butchers meat . gallon of oil . fodder of lead . fathom . hand . score . short hundred . 5 score 6 do . long do . D 12 articles make a dozen . 5 dozen 12 do REDUCTION . 37.
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... hands are together . Required the exact time ? ' Ans . 27 m . past 5 . 46. A dealer bought 14 pipes of wine , and is allowed 6 months credit , but for ready money gets it 6d . in a gallon cheaper . How much did he save by paying ready ...
... hands are together . Required the exact time ? ' Ans . 27 m . past 5 . 46. A dealer bought 14 pipes of wine , and is allowed 6 months credit , but for ready money gets it 6d . in a gallon cheaper . How much did he save by paying ready ...
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... hands , as to pass through 20 feet in one second of time , and this was found sufficient to demolish the walls of Jerusalem ; with what velocity must a bullet that weighs but 30 lbs . be moved , in order to do the same execution ...
... hands , as to pass through 20 feet in one second of time , and this was found sufficient to demolish the walls of Jerusalem ; with what velocity must a bullet that weighs but 30 lbs . be moved , in order to do the same execution ...
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Page 57 - MULTIPLICATION OF VULGAR FRACTIONS GENERAL RULE. Reduce compound fractions to single ones, and mixed numbers to improper fractions; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 53 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator for a new numerator, and place it over the denominator. 1. Reduce 127T^ to an improper fraction.
Page 46 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 54 - To reduce fractions to a common denominator. RULE. Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator.
Page 120 - If the errors are alike, that is, both greater or both less than the given number, take their difference for a divisor, and the difference of their products for a dividend. But if...
Page 154 - To find the area of a trapezium. RULE. — Multiply the diagonal by the sum of the two perpendiculars falling ?;„ upon it from the opposite angles, and divide the product by 2.
Page 70 - A wall was to be built 700 yards long in 29 days. Now, after 12 men had been employed on it for 11 days, it was found that they had completed only 220 yards of the wall. It is required...
Page 55 - Го reduce a fraction of one denomination to the fraction of another, but greater, retaining the same value. RULE. Reduce the given fraction to a compound one by comparing it with all the denominations between it and that denomination you would reduce it to ; then reduce that compound fraction to a simple one, by Case V.
Page 63 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 86 - Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the equated time, or that required.