The American Intellectual Arithmetic: Containing an Extensive Collection of Practical Questions on the General Principles of Arithmetic : with Concise and Original Methods of Solution, which Simplify Many of the Most Important Rules in Written Arithmetic

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Sheldon, 1866 - Arithmetic - 176 pages

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Page 53 - 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 24 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another.
Page 47 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 174 - When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers.
Page 33 - If 2 men start from the same place and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 4 miles an hour, and the other at the rate of 5 miles an hour, how far apart will they be at the end of 1 hour ? At the end of 2 hours ? 5 hours?
Page 173 - To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.
Page 33 - ... 3 miles an hour ; how far apart will they be at the end of 5 hours 1 64.
Page 118 - ... 5. If it require 19 days to perform a certain journey, what part of it can be performed in 1 day ? 6. If A. can do a certain piece of work in 8 days, and B. could do the same in 12 days; what part of it can each do in a day \ f If C.
Page 161 - The present worth of a debt payable at some fu- • ture time, without interest, is such a 'sum as will, in the given time, and at the given rate per cent., amount to the debt. Hence, the present worth of any sum of money, payable at some future time without interest...
Page 40 - If one barrel of flour support 20 persons one week, how many persons will it support 4 weeks ? 5. If 1 man can ride 1 mile for 4 cents, how far can 2 men ride for 80 cents ? 6. If 10 men accomplish a certain piece of work in 2 days, how long will it take 1 man to do the same '( 7. If 3 yards of cloth make 1 coat, how many coats will 18 yards make ? 8.

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