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... Weight , Measure , Addition of Compound Numbers , 69-82 57 A5886228 89 93 Addition and Subtraction of Decimal Fractions , COMMON , OF VULGAR . Their Notation , To change an Improper Fraction to a Whole or Mixed Number , a Mixed Number ...
... Weight , Measure , Addition of Compound Numbers , 69-82 57 A5886228 89 93 Addition and Subtraction of Decimal Fractions , COMMON , OF VULGAR . Their Notation , To change an Improper Fraction to a Whole or Mixed Number , a Mixed Number ...
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... weight of the ox ? Ans . 600 . 10. A man , being asked his age , said he was thirty - four years old when his eldest son was born , who was then fif- teen years of age ; what was the age of the father ? 11. A man sold two cows for ...
... weight of the ox ? Ans . 600 . 10. A man , being asked his age , said he was thirty - four years old when his eldest son was born , who was then fif- teen years of age ; what was the age of the father ? 11. A man sold two cows for ...
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... WEIGHT . * By Troy weight are weighed gold , silver , jewels , and all iquors . The denominations are pounds , ounces , penny- weights , and grains . 24 grains ( grs . ) make 1 pennyweight , marked pwt . 20 pennyweights - 12 ounces ...
... WEIGHT . * By Troy weight are weighed gold , silver , jewels , and all iquors . The denominations are pounds , ounces , penny- weights , and grains . 24 grains ( grs . ) make 1 pennyweight , marked pwt . 20 pennyweights - 12 ounces ...
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... WEIGHT . † By avoirdupois weight are weighed all things of a coarse and drossy nature , as tea , sugar , bread , flour , tallow , hay , leather , medicines , ( in buying and selling , ) and all kinds of metals , except gold and silver ...
... WEIGHT . † By avoirdupois weight are weighed all things of a coarse and drossy nature , as tea , sugar , bread , flour , tallow , hay , leather , medicines , ( in buying and selling , ) and all kinds of metals , except gold and silver ...
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... many varieties is re- duction ? 3. What is understood by different denominations , as of money , weight , measure , & c . ? 4. How are high de nominations brought into lower ? 5. How are low denomi 62 T 37 . SUPPLEMENT TO REDUCTION .
... many varieties is re- duction ? 3. What is understood by different denominations , as of money , weight , measure , & c . ? 4. How are high de nominations brought into lower ? 5. How are low denomi 62 T 37 . SUPPLEMENT TO REDUCTION .
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acres amount annexed annuity answer apples arithmetical series avoirdupois bushels called ciphers common difference compound interest compound numbers contained cord feet cows cube root cubic currency decimal fractions diameter divided dividend division dollars equal EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE factors farthings federal money foot gain gallons given number greatest common divisor Hence hogshead horse hundred hundredths improper fraction inches integers least common multiple length less number measure miles mills minuend minutes mixed number months multi multiplicand multiply Note number of terms OPERATION oranges ounce paid payment pence pints pounds present worth principal proportion pupil quantity quarts quotient quotient figure rate per cent ratio receive Reduce remainder right hand figure rule shillings side simple numbers sold solid feet square root subtraction tens thousandths units vulgar fractions weight whole number write yards of cloth
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Page 128 - How does it appear, that in multiplying both terms of the fraction by the same number the value of the fraction is not altered ? 24.
Page 104 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 210 - 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 225 - When the first term, common difference, and number of terms, are given, how do you find the last term 1 8.
Page 245 - I should have a hundred:" how many had he ? 100 — 2£ is what part of his present number ? Ans. He had 65 geese. 95. In an orchard of fruit trees, £ of them bear apples, £ pears, £ plums, 60 of them peaches, and 40, cherries ; how many trees does the orchard contain ? Ans. 1200.
Page 261 - EF or his certain attorney, his executors, administrators or assigns, to which payment, well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents; Sealed with my seal.
Page 246 - A man was hired 50 days on these conditions. — that, for every day he worked, he should receive $ '75, and, for every day he was idle, he should forfeit $ '25 ; at the expiration of the time, he received $ 27'50 ; how many days did he work...
Page 36 - Two men depart from the same place, and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 27 miles a day, the other 31 miles a day ; how far apart will they be at the end of 6 days ? Ans.
Page 251 - A military officer drew up his soldiers in rank and file, having the number in rank and file equal ; on being reinforced with three times his first number of men, he placed them all in the same form, and then the number in rank and file was just double what it was at first ; he was again reinforced with...
Page 114 - Divide the denominator by the whole number, (when it can be done without a remainder,) and over the quotient write the numerator.