An Intellectual Arithmetic Upon the Inductive Method |
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$4 a yard 12 cents 12 dollars 12 per cent 12 rods 20 cents 30 days 9 cents 9 dollars acres apples cost asked the age barrel cost barrel of flour barrels of apples bushels of corn bushels of oats bushels of wheat cents a pound cents apiece cords of wood Count backward cows divided dollars a barrel dollars a yard earn eight Eighteen eighths of 24 eleven equal feet fifths flour cost Forty-eight Forty-nine furlongs gain gallons gave gills give half halves horses eat hound hour interest of $1 less 9 less six LESSON LESSON II lowest terms melon miles molasses months multiply nine ninths oranges paid peaches pears pecks pennyweights PHILLIPS ACADEMY piece pint pound cost pupil quarts Reduce seven sevenths of 28 sheep sixths sold Solution square rods tenths third three fourths trees Troy Weight twelve weeks worth yards of cloth
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Page 100 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 76 - An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator ; as, f , -J.
Page 119 - If 4 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, in how many days can 3 men do twice as much work ? 15.
Page 95 - TABLE. 20 grains (gr.) make 1 scruple, sc. or 9. 3 scruples " 1 dram, dr. or 3. .8 drams " 1 ounce, oz. or §. 12 ounces
Page 99 - TABLE. 4 gills (gi.) - make - - 1 pint, marked pt. 2 pints ------- 1 quart, - - - qt. 4 quarts ------ 1 gallon, - - - gal.
Page 49 - Ten are how many times two ? REMARK. When any thing or any number is divided into three equal parts, one of these parts is called one third...
Page 97 - Square Measure 144 square inches = 1 square, foot 9 square feet = 1...
Page 46 - If 6 men can do a piece of work in 15 days, in how many days can 10 men do the same?
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Page 157 - V 18. A father divided $96 among his two sons and 3 daughters, giving each son |- as much as each daughter ; how much did each receive ? 99. 1. Three boys have 76 marbles; the second has 2 more than the first, and the third has 6 more than the second ; how many has each ? 2. James, Henry, and Joseph, together, have 72 apples ; Henry has 2 more than James, and Joseph 2 more than Henry ; if each had no more...