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... piece ? 3. A man bought 10 sheep for 3 dollars a - piece . for the whole ? How many are 3 times 10 ? A. 30 dollars . A. 20 dollars . What did he pay 4. If a shoemaker can manufacture 4 pair of shoes in one day . how many can he make at ...
... piece ? 3. A man bought 10 sheep for 3 dollars a - piece . for the whole ? How many are 3 times 10 ? A. 30 dollars . A. 20 dollars . What did he pay 4. If a shoemaker can manufacture 4 pair of shoes in one day . how many can he make at ...
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... piece of work in 100 days , how long would it take 10 such men to do the same ? 7. If a man can travel 6 miles in an hour by stage , how long will it take him to perform a journey of 72 miles ? Of 60 miles ? 8. Suppose an orchard to ...
... piece of work in 100 days , how long would it take 10 such men to do the same ? 7. If a man can travel 6 miles in an hour by stage , how long will it take him to perform a journey of 72 miles ? Of 60 miles ? 8. Suppose an orchard to ...
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... shield , because the shilling piece had origi nally the picture of a shield on it . 15 POUND is from the Latin pondo , weight , and the £ stands for Libra , the Latin for pound . TROY WEIGHT , 5. For weighing gold , silver , FEDERAL MONEY .
... shield , because the shilling piece had origi nally the picture of a shield on it . 15 POUND is from the Latin pondo , weight , and the £ stands for Libra , the Latin for pound . TROY WEIGHT , 5. For weighing gold , silver , FEDERAL MONEY .
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... square feet in a board 3 feet long and 1 foot wide ? [ 3 ] . In one 7 feet long and 2 feet wide ? In the floor of a room 10 feet long and 7 feet wide ? 53. How many square yards in a piece of carpeting 16 MENTAL ARITHMETIC .
... square feet in a board 3 feet long and 1 foot wide ? [ 3 ] . In one 7 feet long and 2 feet wide ? In the floor of a room 10 feet long and 7 feet wide ? 53. How many square yards in a piece of carpeting 16 MENTAL ARITHMETIC .
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... piece of carpeting containing 54 uare feet ? Roods in a piece of land 10 rods long and 4 rods wide ? [ 1 ] . In a piece 10 rods square ? SOLID OR CUBIC MEASURE , 54. For measuring solids , that is , things that have three dimen- sions ...
... piece of carpeting containing 54 uare feet ? Roods in a piece of land 10 rods long and 4 rods wide ? [ 1 ] . In a piece 10 rods square ? SOLID OR CUBIC MEASURE , 54. For measuring solids , that is , things that have three dimen- sions ...
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12 cents 50 cents acres amount angles annexing apiece barrels of flour bought breadth bushels called cent pieces ciphers circumference composite number compound interest compound numbers contain cube root cubic decimal diameter discount Divide dividend Division dollars equal example factors farthings Federal money feet long Find the sum fraction frustrum gain gallons given number greater greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred hundredths improper fraction inches indorsed least common multiple length merchant miles million mills minuend mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply ounces payment pence pounds present worth proportion purchase quantity quarts quotient rate per cent ratio received Reduce remainder Repeat the Table rule for finding sells shillings sides sold solid feet square rods square root subtract subtrahend Suppose third term thousand TROY WEIGHT units vulgar fraction weight whole number yards of cloth
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Page 244 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 117 - Find a common measure, by dividing the greater term by the less, and this divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains; the last divisor is the common measure.* 2. Divide both of the terms of the fraction by the common measure, aud the quotients will make the fraction required. * To find the greatest common measure...
Page 118 - Mnltiple of two or more numbers is the least number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus 30 is the least common multiple of 10 and 15.
Page 279 - ... above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and...
Page 123 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 37 - This is no denial of the mathematical proposition that the whole is equal to the sum of all its parts...
Page 263 - ... how many days did he work, and how many days was he idle?
Page 45 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another number. The PRODUCT is the result of the multiplication.
Page 209 - The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the second term the consequent.
Page 188 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total If there be...