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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... paid twelve cents for paper , and five cents for quills ; what was the amount paid for both ? 6. If y you had twelve cents , and should find six more , how many would you then have ? 7. Peter bought a book for ten cents , and sold it ...
... paid twelve cents for paper , and five cents for quills ; what was the amount paid for both ? 6. If y you had twelve cents , and should find six more , how many would you then have ? 7. Peter bought a book for ten cents , and sold it ...
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... paid me $ 98,56 , C paid me just four times as much as B , and D paid me just as much as B and C both ; can you tell how much money D paid me ? Ans . $ 492,80 . 13. If one eighth of a bank be worth thirty - two thousand five hundred and ...
... paid me $ 98,56 , C paid me just four times as much as B , and D paid me just as much as B and C both ; can you tell how much money D paid me ? Ans . $ 492,80 . 13. If one eighth of a bank be worth thirty - two thousand five hundred and ...
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... paid 9 dollars , how much remains due ? 11. A lady took with her 15 dollars to buy goods and returned with 6 dollars , how much did she lay out ? 12. A farmer bought a cow and calf for 19 dollars , and afterwards sold the calf for 5 ...
... paid 9 dollars , how much remains due ? 11. A lady took with her 15 dollars to buy goods and returned with 6 dollars , how much did she lay out ? 12. A farmer bought a cow and calf for 19 dollars , and afterwards sold the calf for 5 ...
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... paid at one time £ 14 16s . 81d . , and at another time £ 21 10s .; how much remains unpaid ? Ans £ 26 3s . 3 d . 2. Bought a hogshead of sugar , weighing , 8cwt . 3qrs . 14lb .; sold at one time 3cwt . 1qr . 14lb . 5oz . , and at anoth ...
... paid at one time £ 14 16s . 81d . , and at another time £ 21 10s .; how much remains unpaid ? Ans £ 26 3s . 3 d . 2. Bought a hogshead of sugar , weighing , 8cwt . 3qrs . 14lb .; sold at one time 3cwt . 1qr . 14lb . 5oz . , and at anoth ...
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... paid Novem- ber 20 , 1833 ; how long was the note at interest ? Ans 3 years 4 months 5 days . 4. A Note , bearing date December 10 , 1828 , was paid Jánuary 5 , 1834 ; how long was it at interest ? Ans . 5 years 0 months 25 days . 5 ...
... paid Novem- ber 20 , 1833 ; how long was the note at interest ? Ans 3 years 4 months 5 days . 4. A Note , bearing date December 10 , 1828 , was paid Jánuary 5 , 1834 ; how long was it at interest ? Ans . 5 years 0 months 25 days . 5 ...
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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?