Practical Mercantile Arithmetic: In which the Theory and Practice of Arithmetic are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated, by a Great Variety of Mercantile, Mechanical and Mathematical Problems |
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... half a dollar a head , and the bal- ance in money ; how many dollars did he pay ? 11. A merchant bought a chest of tea for 56 dollars , and paid for carting it from Boston , 3 dollars ; how much must he sell it for to make 5 dollars by ...
... half a dollar a head , and the bal- ance in money ; how many dollars did he pay ? 11. A merchant bought a chest of tea for 56 dollars , and paid for carting it from Boston , 3 dollars ; how much must he sell it for to make 5 dollars by ...
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... half the money ; how many dollars had he left ? 4 If I buy 9 hundred weight of sugar for 54 dollars , and sell it at 7 dollars the hundred weight , how much do I gain ? 5. If I buy 7 barrels of flour at 6 dollars a barrel , what must I ...
... half the money ; how many dollars had he left ? 4 If I buy 9 hundred weight of sugar for 54 dollars , and sell it at 7 dollars the hundred weight , how much do I gain ? 5. If I buy 7 barrels of flour at 6 dollars a barrel , what must I ...
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... half . Why is it called one half ? Answer , any thing divided into 2 parts , one of the parts is a half . 2. How many times 2 are there in 3 ? Answer , one time and 1 over . What is this 1 over ? Answer , one half . What then is the half ...
... half . Why is it called one half ? Answer , any thing divided into 2 parts , one of the parts is a half . 2. How many times 2 are there in 3 ? Answer , one time and 1 over . What is this 1 over ? Answer , one half . What then is the half ...
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... half a dollar a bushel , how many bushels can I buy for 9 dollars and one half ? 14. A market - woman sold berries to the amount of 75 cents , at 9 cents a quart ; how many quarts did she sell ? How much sugar can she buy with the money ...
... half a dollar a bushel , how many bushels can I buy for 9 dollars and one half ? 14. A market - woman sold berries to the amount of 75 cents , at 9 cents a quart ; how many quarts did she sell ? How much sugar can she buy with the money ...
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... half ? 3 - fourths ? 31. What number , multipled by 6 , will produce 1 ? Will ' produce 2 ? 3 ? 4 ? 5 ? 6 ? 33. If I buy 7 barrels of flour at 6 dollars a barrel , and wish to keep one for myself , and sell the other 6 for enough to pay ...
... half ? 3 - fourths ? 31. What number , multipled by 6 , will produce 1 ? Will ' produce 2 ? 3 ? 4 ? 5 ? 6 ? 33. If I buy 7 barrels of flour at 6 dollars a barrel , and wish to keep one for myself , and sell the other 6 for enough to pay ...
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Page 67 - Time. 60 seconds (S.) make 1 minute, marked M. 60 minutes, 1 hour, h. 24 hours, 1 day, d. 7 days, . 1 week, w. 4 weeks, 1 month, mo. 13 months, 1 day and 6 hours, 1 Julian year, yr.
Page 65 - Measure. 3 barley corns (bc) make 1 inch, marked in. 12 inches, 1 foot, ft. . 3 feet, 1 yard, yd. 5J yards, 1 rod, pole, or perch, rd.
Page 217 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 65 - TABLE. 4 gills (gi.) - make - - 1 pint, marked pt. 2 pints ------- 1 quart, - - - qt. 4 quarts ------ 1 gallon, - - - gal.
Page 178 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 66 - TABLE. 60 seconds" make 1 minute, marked '. 60 minutes • 1 degree, °. 30 degrees - 1 sign, s. 12 signs or 360° 1 circle, c.
Page 208 - ... it therefrom, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 208 - Multiply the square of the quotient by 300, calling it the triple square, and the quotient by 30, calling it the triple quotient, and the sum of these call the divisor. &. Seek how often the divisor may be had in the dividend, and place the result in the quotient.
Page 111 - Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the first term , the quotient will be the answer...
Page 216 - Any three of the five following things being given, the other two may be easily found. 1. The first term. 2. The last term. 3. The number of terms. 4. The common difference.