Burnham's Arithmetic, Revised: A New System of Arithmetic, on an Improved Plan: Embracing the Rules of Three, Single and Double, Direct and Inverse ... and All Proportional Questions in One Rule Applicable to the Whole, the Process Greatly Simplified and Abridged |
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... month for 12 dollars , how many months will he labor for 1008 dollars ? and how many years , allowing 12 months to a year ? Ans . 84 months - 7 years . Art . 37.- When the divisor is a composite number , and greater than 12 . 1. If 15 ...
... month for 12 dollars , how many months will he labor for 1008 dollars ? and how many years , allowing 12 months to a year ? Ans . 84 months - 7 years . Art . 37.- When the divisor is a composite number , and greater than 12 . 1. If 15 ...
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... months and years will a man be in travelling around the globe , it being 25000 miles , at the rate of 5 miles per hour , 10 hours in a day ? 23. The less of two numbers is 432 ; the 5 * SUPPLEMENT TO THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES . 53.
... months and years will a man be in travelling around the globe , it being 25000 miles , at the rate of 5 miles per hour , 10 hours in a day ? 23. The less of two numbers is 432 ; the 5 * SUPPLEMENT TO THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES . 53.
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... month , what will 7 men consume in the same time ? 7. If of a box of glass cost 1 dollar , how many boxes will 21 dollars buy ? 7 9. If a pound of chocolate cost of a dollar , how much will pounds cost ? 28 11. If a man can do of a ...
... month , what will 7 men consume in the same time ? 7. If of a box of glass cost 1 dollar , how many boxes will 21 dollars buy ? 7 9. If a pound of chocolate cost of a dollar , how much will pounds cost ? 28 11. If a man can do of a ...
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... month , how much can he earn in a month ? 8 4. If a man in of a year lay up $ 60 , how much would he lay up in a year ? 12 6. If of the value of a horse be $ 25 , what is the whole value ? 16 8. If of a house be worth 9 $ 378 , what is ...
... month , how much can he earn in a month ? 8 4. If a man in of a year lay up $ 60 , how much would he lay up in a year ? 12 6. If of the value of a horse be $ 25 , what is the whole value ? 16 8. If of a house be worth 9 $ 378 , what is ...
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... months , as in the following table , called calendar months : Months . 1 January , 2 February , 3 March , Days . M. D. 3144 April , 285 May , 316 June , M. D. M. D. 31 3.1 | 10 October , 3017 July , 318 August , 31 11 November , 30 30/9 ...
... months , as in the following table , called calendar months : Months . 1 January , 2 February , 3 March , Days . M. D. 3144 April , 285 May , 316 June , M. D. M. D. 31 3.1 | 10 October , 3017 July , 318 August , 31 11 November , 30 30/9 ...
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