The Common School Arithmetic: Combining Analysis and Synthesis : Adapted to the Best Mode of Instruction in the Elements of Written Arithmetic |
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... bought a farm for $ 4875 and sold it again for $ 3463 ; how much did he lose by the transactions ? Ans . $ 1412 . 15. By the census of 1860 , the population of Maine was 628276 , and that of New Hampshire was 326072 ; how many more ...
... bought a farm for $ 4875 and sold it again for $ 3463 ; how much did he lose by the transactions ? Ans . $ 1412 . 15. By the census of 1860 , the population of Maine was 628276 , and that of New Hampshire was 326072 ; how many more ...
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... Bought a paper mill for $ 15475 , and sold it for $ 17925 ; what did I gain ? 58. How many are 876942 - 468279 ? 59. How many are 742006 - 387429 ? 60. How many are 820654-260408 ? 61. Washington was born in 1732 and died in 1799 ; at ...
... Bought a paper mill for $ 15475 , and sold it for $ 17925 ; what did I gain ? 58. How many are 876942 - 468279 ? 59. How many are 742006 - 387429 ? 60. How many are 820654-260408 ? 61. Washington was born in 1732 and died in 1799 ; at ...
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... Bought a barrel of flour for $ 9 , four yards of cloth for $ 2 , and 8 pounds of sugar for $ 1 . In payment I gave a ten and a five dollar bill ; what change shall the merchant return to me ? 6. Mr. Fox , owning 3762 acres of land ...
... Bought a barrel of flour for $ 9 , four yards of cloth for $ 2 , and 8 pounds of sugar for $ 1 . In payment I gave a ten and a five dollar bill ; what change shall the merchant return to me ? 6. Mr. Fox , owning 3762 acres of land ...
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... bought 24 city lots at $ 365 each ; what did they all cost him ? 11. Multiplicand = 4632 ; multiplier 4008 ; product ... Bought 58 tons of hay for $ 600 and sold it for $ 12 per ton ; did I gain or lose ? How much ? 4. Bought 25 horses ...
... bought 24 city lots at $ 365 each ; what did they all cost him ? 11. Multiplicand = 4632 ; multiplier 4008 ; product ... Bought 58 tons of hay for $ 600 and sold it for $ 12 per ton ; did I gain or lose ? How much ? 4. Bought 25 horses ...
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... Bought 56 barrels of flour at $ 9 per barrel , and in pay for it gave 48 cords of wood at $ 6 per cord , and the rest in money ; how much money did I pay ? 6. Paid $ 7 each for 63 sheep , and sold the flock for $ 425 ; did I gain or ...
... Bought 56 barrels of flour at $ 9 per barrel , and in pay for it gave 48 cords of wood at $ 6 per cord , and the rest in money ; how much money did I pay ? 6. Paid $ 7 each for 63 sheep , and sold the flock for $ 425 ; did I gain or ...
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acres of land amount annex bill Bought bushels called cent ciphers common fraction complex fraction composite number compound interest compound numbers computed contains cords cost cube decimal diameter difference discount divi Divide dividend divisible dollars equal example Explain Ex farthings feet figure gallons given number gives greatest common divisor Hence higher denominations hundred improper fraction interest of $1 least common multiple longitude lower denomination marked price measure meters miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number of terms OPERATION ounces payment pence pounds prime factors prime number principal PROBLEM quarts quotient ratio Reduce rods Rule for finding shillings simple fraction sold square root subtract subtrahend TABLE tens thousand tion tons trial divisor Troy Weight true remainder units weight whole number wide worth yards of cloth
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Page 105 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value.
Page 76 - 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 274 - ... has been taken as a factor as many times as there are units in the index of the required power. Ex. 1.
Page 69 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30| square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 283 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 144 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 42 - Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of finding one of the equal parts of a number.
Page 10 - How does moving a figure towards the left affect its value! make one ten, ten tens make one hundred, ten hundreds make one thousand, and, in short, ten units of any order make one unit of the next higher order.
Page 64 - TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, oz. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. 25 Pounds " 1 Quarter, qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, cwt. 20 Hundred Weight
Page 272 - When the quantity of one simple is given, after finding the proportional quantities, by the above rule, we may say, As the PROPORTIONAL quantity : is to the GIVEN quantity : : so is each of the other PROPORTIONAL quantities : to the REQUIRED quantities of each.