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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... sold her berries for 25 cents , and her eggs for 8 cents ; how many cents did she get for both ? 12. A merchant sold 15 barrels of flour , and had 9 barrels left ; how many barrels had he at first ? 13. A farmer bought a cow for 26 ...
... sold her berries for 25 cents , and her eggs for 8 cents ; how many cents did she get for both ? 12. A merchant sold 15 barrels of flour , and had 9 barrels left ; how many barrels had he at first ? 13. A farmer bought a cow for 26 ...
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... bought a cow for 24 dollars , a horse for 46 dollars , and a yoke of oxen for 75 dollars ; how many dollars did he ... merchant bought 4 pipes of wine , containing 136 , 128 , 117 and 134 gallons ; how many gallons in all ? 25. What is ...
... bought a cow for 24 dollars , a horse for 46 dollars , and a yoke of oxen for 75 dollars ; how many dollars did he ... merchant bought 4 pipes of wine , containing 136 , 128 , 117 and 134 gallons ; how many gallons in all ? 25. What is ...
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... merchant bought 5 hogsheads of coffee , weighing as follows , viz . No. 1 , 783 lbs . No. 2 , 864 lbs . No. 3 , 1640 lbs . No. 4 , 690 lbs . and No. 5 , 568 lbs . how many pounds did he pur- chase in all ? Ans . 4545 lbs . 12. If 140 ...
... merchant bought 5 hogsheads of coffee , weighing as follows , viz . No. 1 , 783 lbs . No. 2 , 864 lbs . No. 3 , 1640 lbs . No. 4 , 690 lbs . and No. 5 , 568 lbs . how many pounds did he pur- chase in all ? Ans . 4545 lbs . 12. If 140 ...
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... bought in the whole ? Ans . The fourth section contained 22839 acres , and he bought in all 45678 acres . 17. Five boys collected chesnuts : A found 4962 , B 2346 , C 5420 ... merchant bought 5 kegs of butter , weighing SIMPLE ADDITION . 17.
... bought in the whole ? Ans . The fourth section contained 22839 acres , and he bought in all 45678 acres . 17. Five boys collected chesnuts : A found 4962 , B 2346 , C 5420 ... merchant bought 5 kegs of butter , weighing SIMPLE ADDITION . 17.
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... merchant bought 5 kegs of butter , weighing keg and all as follows , viz . 57 , 63 , 71 , 49 , and 75 lbs . the kegs after taking out the butter weighed 15 lbs . each ; how much did the whole weigh , and how much did the kegs weigh ...
... merchant bought 5 kegs of butter , weighing keg and all as follows , viz . 57 , 63 , 71 , 49 , and 75 lbs . the kegs after taking out the butter weighed 15 lbs . each ; how much did the whole weigh , and how much did the kegs weigh ...
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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.