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... quantity of flour for 144 dollars , paying 12 dollars a barrel . How many barrels did he buy ? 6. If one man alone can perform a piece of work in 100 days , how long would it take 10 such men to do the same ? 7. If a man can travel 6 ...
... quantity of flour for 144 dollars , paying 12 dollars a barrel . How many barrels did he buy ? 6. If one man alone can perform a piece of work in 100 days , how long would it take 10 such men to do the same ? 7. If a man can travel 6 ...
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... quantity of flour on hand , sells 20 barrels , which is of it ; how much will he have left ? 46. Suppose a man sells of a barrel of flour , for 14 dollars , what will the remainder of the barrel bring at that rate ? 1 PHALANX . A square ...
... quantity of flour on hand , sells 20 barrels , which is of it ; how much will he have left ? 46. Suppose a man sells of a barrel of flour , for 14 dollars , what will the remainder of the barrel bring at that rate ? 1 PHALANX . A square ...
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... QUANTITY AND NUMBER . IX . 1. QUANTITY is any thing that may be increased or dimin- ished ; as , a sum of money , a line , weight . 2. A QUANTITY is ascertained to be great or small , much or little only in comparison with a known ...
... QUANTITY AND NUMBER . IX . 1. QUANTITY is any thing that may be increased or dimin- ished ; as , a sum of money , a line , weight . 2. A QUANTITY is ascertained to be great or small , much or little only in comparison with a known ...
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... quantity of wheat for 27,030 dollars , receiving at the rate of 3 dollars per bushel . How much wheat did he sell ? A. 9010 bushels . 22. How long would it take 3 men , working at the same rate , to do what 1 man is 2,709 days about ? A ...
... quantity of wheat for 27,030 dollars , receiving at the rate of 3 dollars per bushel . How much wheat did he sell ? A. 9010 bushels . 22. How long would it take 3 men , working at the same rate , to do what 1 man is 2,709 days about ? A ...
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... ? 1,2 . How is the remainder to be expressed ? 3. What is the Proof ! I ACCUMULATED , [ L. accumulo . ] Collected into a heap or great quantity . 14. The circumference ' of the earth is about 25,000 5 * SIMPLE DIVISION . 53.
... ? 1,2 . How is the remainder to be expressed ? 3. What is the Proof ! I ACCUMULATED , [ L. accumulo . ] Collected into a heap or great quantity . 14. The circumference ' of the earth is about 25,000 5 * SIMPLE DIVISION . 53.
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50 cents acres amount of $1 amount of $200 angles annexing annuity barrels of flour bought breadth bushels called ciphers circumference common difference common divisor compound interest contain cube root deduct denominator diameter discount Divide dividend dollars equal example factors federal money feet long Find the amount Find the sq frustrum gain gallons given number given sum greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred hundredths improper fraction inches indorsed least common multiple length less merchant miles million mills mixed number molasses months Multiply number of terms payable payment pence pounds present worth principal quantity quotient quotient figure rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder Repeat the Table repetend rule for finding Rule of Three shillings sold solid feet square rods square root subtract subtrahend Suppose third term thousand units vulgar fraction whole number yards of cloth
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Page 117 - Find a common measure, by dividing the greater term by the less, and this divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains; the last divisor is the common measure.* 2. Divide both of the terms of the fraction by the common measure, aud the quotients will make the fraction required. * To find the greatest common measure...
Page 118 - Mnltiple of two or more numbers is the least number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus 30 is the least common multiple of 10 and 15.
Page 123 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 39 - This is no denial of the mathematical proposition that the whole is equal to the sum of all its parts...
Page 5 - ... time He received $25 : now how many days did he work, and how many days was he idle 1 • A.
Page 211 - Lastly, multiply the third term by the continued product of the second terms, and divide the result by the continued product of the first terms, and the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer required.
Page 126 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator.
Page 182 - A Promissory Note is a written promise to pay a certain sum of money at a specified time.
Page 3 - Sixty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third unpaid), pay to the order of ourselves £1,600 sterling value received, and charge the same to account of as advised. "Dana Land and Lumber Company. "To Messrs. Geo. Shadbolt & Son, London.
Page 121 - An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator ; as, f , -J.