Arithmetic: In which the Principles of Operating by Numbers are Analytically Explained and Synthetically Applied : Illustrated by Copious Examples |
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... miles . Eighty - four quintillion , seven quadrillion , one hundred million grains of sand . T10 . Numbers are employed to express quantity . Quantity is anything which can be measured . Thus , Time is quantity , as we can measure a ...
... miles . Eighty - four quintillion , seven quadrillion , one hundred million grains of sand . T10 . Numbers are employed to express quantity . Quantity is anything which can be measured . Thus , Time is quantity , as we can measure a ...
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... miles in a day , another man fol- lows at the rate of 42 miles a day ; if they both start from the same place at the same time , how far will they be apart at the close of the first day ? third ? - of the fourth ? of the of the second ...
... miles in a day , another man fol- lows at the rate of 42 miles a day ; if they both start from the same place at the same time , how far will they be apart at the close of the first day ? third ? - of the fourth ? of the of the second ...
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... miles from Boston to the city of Washington ; how many rods is it ? 5. What will 784 chests of tea cost , at 69 ... miles in an hour , how many miles will she sail in 1 day , at that rate ? how many miles in 36 days ? how many miles in 1 ...
... miles from Boston to the city of Washington ; how many rods is it ? 5. What will 784 chests of tea cost , at 69 ... miles in an hour , how many miles will she sail in 1 day , at that rate ? how many miles in 36 days ? how many miles in 1 ...
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... miles a day , the other 31 miles a day ; how far apart will they be at the end of 6 days ? Ans . 348 miles . 5. What number is that , the factors of which are 4 , 7 , 6 , and 20 ? Ans . 3360 . 6. If 18 men can do a piece of work in 90 ...
... miles a day , the other 31 miles a day ; how far apart will they be at the end of 6 days ? Ans . 348 miles . 5. What number is that , the factors of which are 4 , 7 , 6 , and 20 ? Ans . 3360 . 6. If 18 men can do a piece of work in 90 ...
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... miles ? Ans . 32870 . 4 minutes ? 40 minutes ? 11. In one minute are 60 seconds ; how many seconds in - in 5 minutes ... miles a day , and B 44 miles a day ; how far apart will they be at the Ans . 80 miles . end of 10 days ? 15. A ...
... miles ? Ans . 32870 . 4 minutes ? 40 minutes ? 11. In one minute are 60 seconds ; how many seconds in - in 5 minutes ... miles a day , and B 44 miles a day ; how far apart will they be at the Ans . 80 miles . end of 10 days ? 15. A ...
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Page 146 - 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 196 - What is the interest of $216'80, at 7 per cent., for 1 month ? for 2 months ? 3 mo. ? 4 mo. ? 5 mo. ? 6 mo. ? 7 mo. ? 8 mo. ? 9 mo.? 10 mo. ? 11 mo.
Page 287 - The first term, ratio , and number of terms given to find the sum of the series. 1. A lady bought 6 yards of silk, agreeing to pay 5 cents for the first yard, 15 for the second, and so on, increasing in a three fold proportion ; what did the whole cost ? SOLUTION.
Page 49 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. The number which shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend is called the quotient.
Page 236 - 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 60 - Multiply the last remainder by the first divisor, and to the product add the first remainder ; the sum will be the true remainder.
Page 55 - Multiply the integer of the quotient by the divisor, and to the product add the remainder, if any ; and the result will equal the dividend, if the work is right.
Page 147 - TABLE. 60 seconds (") - make - 1 minute, - marked - ' 60 minutes ----- 1 degree, - - - - - ° 30 degrees ,----- 1 sign, ------ s. 12 signs, or 360 degrees, - 1 circle of the zodiac. Note. Every circle, whether great or small, is divisible into 360 equal parts, called degrees. 71. Reduce 9s. 13° 25
Page 84 - 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 83 - Fractions. Reduction of fractions is changing them from one form to another without altering their value. To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number. 1. In 4 halves (J) .of an apple how many whole apples?