The course of arithmetic as taught in the Pestalozzian school, Worksop. [With] Answers1854 |
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... minutes 13 seconds , or in 493 seconds . What is our distance from the sun ? 10. Two persons start at the same time , one from London and the other from Worksop ; the first travels 18 miles per day , and the other 19 miles ; they meet ...
... minutes 13 seconds , or in 493 seconds . What is our distance from the sun ? 10. Two persons start at the same time , one from London and the other from Worksop ; the first travels 18 miles per day , and the other 19 miles ; they meet ...
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... minutes and 24 seconds ? Also , how many yards has it run over , the wheel being six yards round ? 16. A merchant employs 12 clerks , three at the rate of £ 240 annually , five at the rate of £ 180 , and four at £ 80 ; 14 servants ...
... minutes and 24 seconds ? Also , how many yards has it run over , the wheel being six yards round ? 16. A merchant employs 12 clerks , three at the rate of £ 240 annually , five at the rate of £ 180 , and four at £ 80 ; 14 servants ...
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... does she go in one minute ? 10. A gentleman's annual income is £ 2920 ; he wishes to lay by £ 1 every day . What must be his daily expenditure ? PART III . FRACTIONS . 89. In the previous parts DIVISION . 31 Examples in Notation.
... does she go in one minute ? 10. A gentleman's annual income is £ 2920 ; he wishes to lay by £ 1 every day . What must be his daily expenditure ? PART III . FRACTIONS . 89. In the previous parts DIVISION . 31 Examples in Notation.
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... minutes , seconds , & c . 37. Required , in decimals and in common fractions , the sum of the following quantities : 3 , 3 , 3 , 4 , 3 , & ; and find , also , the product of both results . 38. A bar of iron expands 1.472 inches for ...
... minutes , seconds , & c . 37. Required , in decimals and in common fractions , the sum of the following quantities : 3 , 3 , 3 , 4 , 3 , & ; and find , also , the product of both results . 38. A bar of iron expands 1.472 inches for ...
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... minutes 1 sec . or 1 " . .make 1 minute , or 1 ' . 24 hours 7 days 29 1 hour , or 1 hr . 99 1 day , or 1 day . وو 1 week , or 1 wk . 22 1 month , or 1 mo . 4 weeks 13 months , 1 day , 6 hours , or 365 days , 6 hours 1 Julian year , or 1 ...
... minutes 1 sec . or 1 " . .make 1 minute , or 1 ' . 24 hours 7 days 29 1 hour , or 1 hr . 99 1 day , or 1 day . وو 1 week , or 1 wk . 22 1 month , or 1 mo . 4 weeks 13 months , 1 day , 6 hours , or 365 days , 6 hours 1 Julian year , or 1 ...
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1st method 2nd method acres amount annum avoirdupois bought bushel called cent ciphers circumference common difference common fraction compound quantity contained cost cube root cubic inches decimal places denominator diameter discount divide a fraction dividend division divisor dwts equal example exchange EXERCISES Express factors farthings feet Find the number Find the sum Find the value florins francs gain gallon given greatest common measure guinea Hence hundreds improper fraction integer interest logarithms miles minutes mixed quantity months multiplicand number of terms operation paid pence performed person piastres piece pounds present worth principal quotient receive recurring decimal Reduce remainder result Rix-dollars rubles selling share shillings sold square root sterling subtracted tare tens thousandths Troy weight units vulgar fractions weight whole number Worksop yards of cloth
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Page 238 - ... one grain of wheat for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling...
Page 40 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator; under this sum write the denominator.
Page 238 - Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess board, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, doubling continually, to 64, the whole number of squares. Now, supposing, a pint to contain 7680 of these grains, and one quarter or 8 bushels to be worth yja 6d, it is required to compute the value of all the corn ? Ans.
Page 128 - XV — 24, as shown in the operation. 2. 5 compositors, in 16 days, of 14 hours each, can compose 20 sheets of 24 pages in each sheet, 50 lines in a page, and 40 letters in a line; in...
Page 286 - The real resistance to a plane, from a fluid acting in a direction perpendicular to its face, is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid, whose base is the plane...
Page 53 - Multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor...
Page 48 - To Multiply a Fraction by a Whole Number. Multiply the numerator by the whole number and divide the product by the denominator.
Page 43 - Divide the given number by any prime factor ; divide the quotient in the same manner, and so continue the division until the quotient is a prime number. The several divisors and the last quotient will be the prime factors required.