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... wide and 9 rods long ? Ans . 63 . 7. How many square rods in a field that is 25 rods wide and 48 rods long ? How many acres ? 2d Ans . 7a . 2r 8. A board containing 36 square feet , is 12 feet long ; how wide is it ? 9. A flower garden ...
... wide and 9 rods long ? Ans . 63 . 7. How many square rods in a field that is 25 rods wide and 48 rods long ? How many acres ? 2d Ans . 7a . 2r 8. A board containing 36 square feet , is 12 feet long ; how wide is it ? 9. A flower garden ...
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... wide ; how long is it ? 9. A lady's work - box contains 480 cubic inches ; it is 12 inch- es long and 5 inches deep ; how wide is it ? 10. In a pile of wood 16 feet long , 4 feet wide , and 6 feet high , how many cords ? Ans . 3 . 11 ...
... wide ; how long is it ? 9. A lady's work - box contains 480 cubic inches ; it is 12 inch- es long and 5 inches deep ; how wide is it ? 10. In a pile of wood 16 feet long , 4 feet wide , and 6 feet high , how many cords ? Ans . 3 . 11 ...
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... wide , and the third 18ft . wide ; how wide is the widest carpeting which will exactly fit each room ? How many breadths will be required to cover each room ? 1st Ans . 27 inches . 121. When the given numbers are not readily resolved ...
... wide , and the third 18ft . wide ; how wide is the widest carpeting which will exactly fit each room ? How many breadths will be required to cover each room ? 1st Ans . 27 inches . 121. When the given numbers are not readily resolved ...
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... wide ? PROBLEM 7 . 145. To divide a fraction by a fraction . Ex . 1. Divide by 4 . Ans . 1 . To divide by 4 , 1st , 5 = ( Art . 143 , Rule 2 ) ; but the divisor , 5 , is 7 times , .. ( Art . 83 , f ) the quotient is only + of the ...
... wide ? PROBLEM 7 . 145. To divide a fraction by a fraction . Ex . 1. Divide by 4 . Ans . 1 . To divide by 4 , 1st , 5 = ( Art . 143 , Rule 2 ) ; but the divisor , 5 , is 7 times , .. ( Art . 83 , f ) the quotient is only + of the ...
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... wide , and 33ft . deep ? Ans . 117. ( See Art . 104 ) . 29. How many bottles containing 13 pints each are required to bottle 21 gallons of wine ? 30. What costs a farm of 75 acres at $ 961 per acre ? 31. If it costs $ 84 to carry 13cwt ...
... wide , and 33ft . deep ? Ans . 117. ( See Art . 104 ) . 29. How many bottles containing 13 pints each are required to bottle 21 gallons of wine ? 30. What costs a farm of 75 acres at $ 961 per acre ? 31. If it costs $ 84 to carry 13cwt ...
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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.