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... sugar , 5 dollars for coffee , 17 for flour , 3 dollars for tea , and 2 dollars for salt ; what is the whole sum due ? 38. A laborer worked 9 days for one man , 11 days for another , 7 for another , 6 for another , 10 for another , and ...
... sugar , 5 dollars for coffee , 17 for flour , 3 dollars for tea , and 2 dollars for salt ; what is the whole sum due ? 38. A laborer worked 9 days for one man , 11 days for another , 7 for another , 6 for another , 10 for another , and ...
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... sugar cost at 9 cents a pound ? 15. What will 6 pounds of pepper cost at 12 cents a pound ? 16. What will 9 pounds of coffee cost at 11 cents a pound ? 17. What will 10 pounds of mace cost at 11 cents a pound ? 18. What will 8 yards of ...
... sugar cost at 9 cents a pound ? 15. What will 6 pounds of pepper cost at 12 cents a pound ? 16. What will 9 pounds of coffee cost at 11 cents a pound ? 17. What will 10 pounds of mace cost at 11 cents a pound ? 18. What will 8 yards of ...
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Benjamin Greenleaf. 42. If one pound of sugar cost 9 cents , what will be the cost of 4 lbs . ? 5 lbs . ? 6 lbs . ? 7 lbs . ? 8 lbs . ? 9 lbs . ? 10 lbs . ? 11 lbs . ? 43. If in 1 shilling there be 12 pence , how many pence in 5 ...
Benjamin Greenleaf. 42. If one pound of sugar cost 9 cents , what will be the cost of 4 lbs . ? 5 lbs . ? 6 lbs . ? 7 lbs . ? 8 lbs . ? 9 lbs . ? 10 lbs . ? 11 lbs . ? 43. If in 1 shilling there be 12 pence , how many pence in 5 ...
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... sugar cost at 13 cents a pound ? Ans . 4888 cts . 37. What will 97 lbs . of tea cost at 93 cents a pound ? Ans . 9021 cts . how many Ans . 59784 . 38. If a regiment of soldiers consists of 1128 men , men are there in an army of 53 ...
... sugar cost at 13 cents a pound ? Ans . 4888 cts . 37. What will 97 lbs . of tea cost at 93 cents a pound ? Ans . 9021 cts . how many Ans . 59784 . 38. If a regiment of soldiers consists of 1128 men , men are there in an army of 53 ...
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... sugar at $ 15 per cwt . may be bought for $ 405 ? Ans . 27 cwt . 12. In 6789560 shillings how many pounds , there being 20 shillings in a pound ? Ans . 339478 pounds . 13. The Bible contains 31,173 verses ; how many must be read each ...
... sugar at $ 15 per cwt . may be bought for $ 405 ? Ans . 27 cwt . 12. In 6789560 shillings how many pounds , there being 20 shillings in a pound ? Ans . 339478 pounds . 13. The Bible contains 31,173 verses ; how many must be read each ...
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Page 162 - RULE. Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due, then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the true time required.
Page 200 - Find the greatest square number in the first, or left hand period' place the root of it at the right hand of the given number, (after the manner of a quotient in division) for the first figure of the root, and the square...
Page 204 - Subtract the subtrahend from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend, with which proceed as before, and so on, till the whole is completed. NOTE 1. The same rule must be observed for continuing the operation, and pointing for decimals, as in the square root.
Page 38 - 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 29 - 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.
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Page 184 - Is when the several shares of stock are continued in trade an equal term of time. RULE. As the whole stock is to the whole gain or loss : so is each man's particular stock, to his particular share of the gain or loss.
Page 229 - ... dollars. How many days did he work, and how many days was he idle ? Ans.
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Page 81 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction...