Complete Schoolmaster's Assistant: Being a Plain Comprehensive System of Practical Arithmetic: Adapted to the Use of Schools in the United States ...W.&J.Bolles, 1839 |
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... Land or Square Measure . any Square measure is used in measuring land and thing where length and breadth only are considered . 144 square inches make 1 square foot . 9 square feet make 1 square yard . other 301 square yards or 2724 ...
... Land or Square Measure . any Square measure is used in measuring land and thing where length and breadth only are considered . 144 square inches make 1 square foot . 9 square feet make 1 square yard . other 301 square yards or 2724 ...
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... land come to at 56 dollars an acre ? 56 = price of 1 acre . 7- one of the component parts or factors of 35 . 392 price of 7 acres . 5 the other factor . Ans . 1960 - price of 5 times 7 or 35 acres . 2. Multiply 576421 by 36 , 3 ...
... land come to at 56 dollars an acre ? 56 = price of 1 acre . 7- one of the component parts or factors of 35 . 392 price of 7 acres . 5 the other factor . Ans . 1960 - price of 5 times 7 or 35 acres . 2. Multiply 576421 by 36 , 3 ...
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... land cost 4125 dollars , how many dollars is that an acre ? Ans . $ 33 . 3. What number multiplied by 125 , will make 17125 ? Ans . 137 . 4. If you were to divide 1875 dollars equally among 15 men , how many dols . would you give each ...
... land cost 4125 dollars , how many dollars is that an acre ? Ans . $ 33 . 3. What number multiplied by 125 , will make 17125 ? Ans . 137 . 4. If you were to divide 1875 dollars equally among 15 men , how many dols . would you give each ...
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... Land or Square Measure . A. roods . rd . 756 3 36 sq.ft. sq . in . 467 3 31 245 128 623 2 17 374 1 14 93 138 31 1 27 60 2 6 128 125 64 3 33 7 0 37 13 56 4. A man has 3 fields which measure as follows , viz . : 17 acres 2 roods 18 poles ...
... Land or Square Measure . A. roods . rd . 756 3 36 sq.ft. sq . in . 467 3 31 245 128 623 2 17 374 1 14 93 138 31 1 27 60 2 6 128 125 64 3 33 7 0 37 13 56 4. A man has 3 fields which measure as follows , viz . : 17 acres 2 roods 18 poles ...
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... land , viz . the first contains 489 acres 3 roods 28 rods , the second 276 acres 1 rood 30 rods , the third 596 acres 2 roods 18 rods , the fourth 309 acres 3 roods 34 rods . Ans . 1672 acres 3 roods 30 rods . Solid or Cubic Measure . X ...
... land , viz . the first contains 489 acres 3 roods 28 rods , the second 276 acres 1 rood 30 rods , the third 596 acres 2 roods 18 rods , the fourth 309 acres 3 roods 34 rods . Ans . 1672 acres 3 roods 30 rods . Solid or Cubic Measure . X ...
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2qrs 3qrs acres 3 roods annex annuity answer Arithmetic barrels bought broadcloth bushels called cent per annum ciphers circumference common denominator common difference Compound Interest contained cords cost cube root currency diameter dividend dollars dols equal EXAMPLES farthings Federal money find the amount find the present Find the sum Find the value foot frustrum gain or loss gallons given number given sum greatest common divisor hogshead hundred improper fraction last term leave length lowest terms merchant miles mills mixed number months multiplicand Multiply Note number of terms paid payment pence pint pound present worth principal PROB proportion quantity quarts Questions quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder right hand Rule of Three separatrix shillings sold solid contents square rods square root subtract subtrahend tens third term thousand units VULGAR FRACTIONS weight whole number yards of cloth
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Page 205 - Given the first term, last term, and common difference, to find the number of terms. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number of terms.
Page 189 - 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 193 - Find the first figure of the root by trial, and subtract its power from the left hand period of the given number. 3. To the remainder bring down the first figure in the next period, and call it the dividend. 4. Involve the root to the next inferior power to that which is given, and multiply it by the number denoting the given power, for a divisor.
Page 122 - A and B depart from the same, place and travel the same road ; but A goes 5 days before B, at the rate of 15 miles a day . B follows at the rate of 20 miles a . day } what distance must he travel to overtake A ? Ans. 300 miles RULE OF THREE INVERSE.
Page 181 - ... subtract it therefrom, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 88 - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number. RULE. Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quotient will be the whole or mixed number sought.
Page 124 - ... multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first for the answer, which will always be of the same denomination as the third term.
Page 231 - To measure a Parallelogram, or long square. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area or superficial content.
Page 173 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 178 - If a footman travel 130 miles in 3 days, when the days are 12 hours long ; in how many days, of 10 hours each, may he travel 360 miles ? Ans. 9|f days. 5. If 120 bushels of corn can serve 14 horses 56 days, how many days will 94 bushels serve 6 horses?