An Intellectual Arithmetic, Upon the Inductive Method: With an Introduction to Written Arithmetic |
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... amount of $ 72 , paid 163 per cent . for their col- lection ; what did the agent receive for collecting the money ? What did he pay over to the physician ? 6. Suppose the number of deaths in New York dur ing the 1st week of March was ...
... amount of $ 72 , paid 163 per cent . for their col- lection ; what did the agent receive for collecting the money ? What did he pay over to the physician ? 6. Suppose the number of deaths in New York dur ing the 1st week of March was ...
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... Amount . 2. In many of the United States interest is compu- ted at 6 per cent . , and this will be the per cent . under- stood in this book if no other is mentioned . 3. In computing interest , thirty days are usually considered a month ...
... Amount . 2. In many of the United States interest is compu- ted at 6 per cent . , and this will be the per cent . under- stood in this book if no other is mentioned . 3. In computing interest , thirty days are usually considered a month ...
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... amount of $ 50 for 1 year ? Solution . The interest of $ 50 for 1 year is $ 3 therefore , the amount is $ 50 + $ 3 : - $ 53 . 2. What is the interest of $ 200 for 2 years and 6 months ? What the amount ? 3. What is the amount of $ 60 ...
... amount of $ 50 for 1 year ? Solution . The interest of $ 50 for 1 year is $ 3 therefore , the amount is $ 50 + $ 3 : - $ 53 . 2. What is the interest of $ 200 for 2 years and 6 months ? What the amount ? 3. What is the amount of $ 60 ...
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... amount of $ 64 , at 121 per cent . , for 2 years and 9 months ? 9. What is the amount of $ 36 , at 163 per cent . , for 2 years and 3 months ? 2 10. What is the amount of $ 84 , at 25 per cent . , for years and 6 months ? 11. At what ...
... amount of $ 64 , at 121 per cent . , for 2 years and 9 months ? 9. What is the amount of $ 36 , at 163 per cent . , for 2 years and 3 months ? 2 10. What is the amount of $ 84 , at 25 per cent . , for years and 6 months ? 11. At what ...
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... amount to $ 6.60 in 1 year ? Solution . The amount of $ 1 for 1 year , at 10 per cent . , is $ 1.10 ; $ 1.10 in $ 6.60 , 6 times ; therefore , $ 6 , at 10 per cent . , will amount to $ 6.60 in 1 year . = Or , the interest of any sum for ...
... amount to $ 6.60 in 1 year ? Solution . The amount of $ 1 for 1 year , at 10 per cent . , is $ 1.10 ; $ 1.10 in $ 6.60 , 6 times ; therefore , $ 6 , at 10 per cent . , will amount to $ 6.60 in 1 year . = Or , the interest of any sum for ...
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12 cents 12 dollars 12 per cent 12 rods 30 cents 30 days 9 cents 9 dollars acres apples cost asked the age barrel cost barrel of flour barrels of apples boy bought bushels of corn bushels of oats bushels of wheat cents a pound cents apiece cords of wood Count backward cows divided dollars a barrel dollars a yard earn eight Eighteen eighths of 24 eleven equal feet fifths flour cost Forty-eight Forty-nine furlongs gain gallons gave gills give half halves horses eat hound hour interest of $1 less 9 less six LESSON LESSON II lowest terms melon miles MINUEND molasses months nine ninths oranges paid peaches pears pecks pennyweights PHILLIPS ACADEMY piece pint pound cost pupil quarts Reduce seven sevenths of 21 sheep sixths sold Solution square rods subtract tenths third three fourths trees Troy Weight twelve weeks worth yards of cloth
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Page 96 - The number of days in each month may be easily remembered by committing the following lines : — « 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 87 - A man can do f of a piece of work in 5 days } how long will it take him to do the whole of it ? 45.
Page 60 - Two men depart from the same place, and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of...
Page 42 - ... 24. Bought 6 tons of coal at 8 dollars a ton, and paid for it with cloth at 4 dollars a yard; how many yards did it take ? 25. If 6 men can do a piece of work in 10 days, how many men can do the same in 15 days ? In 5 days? 26. If 6 men can do a piece of work in 15 days, in how many days can 10 men do the same ? 30 men ? 27. How many barrels of pork, at 12 dollars a barrel, will pay for 10 barrels of flour, at 6 dollars a barrel ? 28. How many 8's in 16?
Page 115 - If 4 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, in how many days can 3 men do twice as much work ? 15.
Page 60 - If one gill of beer costs two cents, what will one gallon cost ? 7. Two men start from the same place and travel the same way; one travels at the rate of three miles -in an hour, and the other seven ; how far apart are they at the end of one hour ? How far at the end of seven hours ? 8.
Page 14 - A generous boy having eighteen peaches, gave three of them to one companion, six to another, and five to another ; how many did he give away ? How many did he keep ? 6. A man paid three dollars for some sugar, six dollars for two barrels of apples, ten dollars for a barrel of flour, and had six dollars left ; how many dollars had he at first ? 7. A boy having twenty-five cents, paid ten cents for a melon, four cents for an orange, and gave away six cents ; how many cents had he remaining ? 8. A boy...
Page 23 - SIGN. A short horizontal line, — , is the sign of subtraction. It is usually read minus, which is a Latin word signifying less. It shows that the number after it is to be taken from the number before it.
Page 129 - A man owning | of a ship, sold f of his share; what part of the whole ship did he sell ? What part did he keep ? 30. If a boy can pick...
Page 81 - ... bushels does the whole orchard bear ? 36. If it takes 2 yards and 3 eighths of a yard of cloth to make a coat, and 1 yard and 5 eighths to make a pair of pantaloons, how many yards will it take to make 5 coats and 5 pair of pantaloons ? 37. If 3 men can do a piece of work in 5 days and 4 ninths of a day, how many days will it take 1 man to do the same ? 38. If 3 men can build 4 rods and 5 sixths of a rod of wall in 1 day, how many rods can they build in 5 days ? In 4 days ? 39. How many are 5...