A New and Plain System of Arithmetic: Containing the Several Rules of that Useful Science, Concisely Defined, and Greatly Simplified. The Whole, Particularly Adapted to the Easy and Regular Instruction of Youth. And to the Trade and Commerce of the United States |
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... acres , at ten Dollars per acre ? Answer - 5100 . 5. How many Tobacco hills are in a piece of land where the rows are four hundred and eighty - fix hills long , and 221 wide ? Anfiver - 107406 . 6. If you purchase 50 barrels of Corn at ...
... acres , at ten Dollars per acre ? Answer - 5100 . 5. How many Tobacco hills are in a piece of land where the rows are four hundred and eighty - fix hills long , and 221 wide ? Anfiver - 107406 . 6. If you purchase 50 barrels of Corn at ...
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... acres will each have ? Anfwer - 409 . 6. A Horfe driver purchased 45 Hories for 2475 dollars , how much does one ... acres of land in the United States , and 589000 families , how many acres would each fami- ly have if it was equally ...
... acres will each have ? Anfwer - 409 . 6. A Horfe driver purchased 45 Hories for 2475 dollars , how much does one ... acres of land in the United States , and 589000 families , how many acres would each fami- ly have if it was equally ...
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... acres , 2 roods , 17 perches- another 37 acres , 2 roods , 39 perches - and a third 61 acres , 24 perches ; what quantity in all ? Anfwer - 146A . 2R0 . 2. Admit a perfon has one field in Corn containing 36 acres , 23 perches - another ...
... acres , 2 roods , 17 perches- another 37 acres , 2 roods , 39 perches - and a third 61 acres , 24 perches ; what quantity in all ? Anfwer - 146A . 2R0 . 2. Admit a perfon has one field in Corn containing 36 acres , 23 perches - another ...
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... acres 2 rods 36 poles , and another which contains 136 acres ? Anfwer - 71a . Ir . 4p . 2. If my father has given my brother Albert 2500 acres 2 rods 1 pole , and myfelf 1364 acres 2 rods , What difference in his land bequests ? Anfwer ...
... acres 2 rods 36 poles , and another which contains 136 acres ? Anfwer - 71a . Ir . 4p . 2. If my father has given my brother Albert 2500 acres 2 rods 1 pole , and myfelf 1364 acres 2 rods , What difference in his land bequests ? Anfwer ...
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... acres , I rood , 32 perches , into perches ? Anfower - 4392 . 2. In 2850 perches how many acres . Anf . - 17 a . 3r . 1ope , 3. In a plat of land 185 perches long and 35 broad , how many acres ? Anfwer - 40a . 1r . 35pe . Dry Measure ...
... acres , I rood , 32 perches , into perches ? Anfower - 4392 . 2. In 2850 perches how many acres . Anf . - 17 a . 3r . 1ope , 3. In a plat of land 185 perches long and 35 broad , how many acres ? Anfwer - 40a . 1r . 35pe . Dry Measure ...
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Page 74 - RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Page 75 - To reJuce a fraction of one denomination to the fraction of another, but greater, 'retaining the same value. RULE. Reduce the given fraction to a compound one by comparing it with all the denominations between it and that denomination you would reduce it to ; then reduce that compound fraction to a simple one, by Case V.
Page 160 - A person bought a chaise, horse, and harness, • for £60 ; the horse came to twice the price of the harness, and the chaise to twice the price of the horse and harness ; what did he give for each?
Page 128 - Divide the interest last found by the time, and the quotient will be the rate per cent.
Page 171 - L. per annum, payable yearly, amount to in 4 years at 5 per cent?
Page 128 - Is to one hundred pounds or dollars, So is the interest of the principal, for the given time, To the interest of 100...
Page 159 - POSITION. POSITION is a rule which, by false or supposed numbers, taken at pleasure, discovers the true ones required. — It is divided into two parts, Single or Double. SINGLE POSITION RULE.-— 1.