The American Tutor's Assistant Revised, Or, A Compendious System of Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Several Rules of that Useful Science, Concisely Defined, Methodically Arranged, and Fully Exemplified : the Whole Particularly Adapted to the Easy and Regular Instruction of Youth in Our American Schools |
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... cost of 976 bushels of wheat , at 2 dollars 14 cents per bushel ? B2 facit 2088,64 4 Calculate 4 Calculate the cost of 34 yards of broad cloth Federal Money . 17.
... cost of 976 bushels of wheat , at 2 dollars 14 cents per bushel ? B2 facit 2088,64 4 Calculate 4 Calculate the cost of 34 yards of broad cloth Federal Money . 17.
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... cost of a hogshead of molasses containing 115 gallons , at 43 cents per gallon ? answer 49,45 6. Tell the amount of ... cost 14 dollars , how much is that per 3 A barrel of flour weighing cents , what is the cost of Ilb ? answer 12 cents ...
... cost of a hogshead of molasses containing 115 gallons , at 43 cents per gallon ? answer 49,45 6. Tell the amount of ... cost 14 dollars , how much is that per 3 A barrel of flour weighing cents , what is the cost of Ilb ? answer 12 cents ...
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... cost 189 dollars , required the price of a gallon ? answer 1,50 7 A hogshead of molasses containing 115 gallons cost 49 dollars 45 cents , how much is it per gallon ? ans . 43 cts . C COMPOUND ADDITION . OMPOUND addition teaches to add ...
... cost 189 dollars , required the price of a gallon ? answer 1,50 7 A hogshead of molasses containing 115 gallons cost 49 dollars 45 cents , how much is it per gallon ? ans . 43 cts . C COMPOUND ADDITION . OMPOUND addition teaches to add ...
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... cost and charges amount to ? answer 7464 12s Od.ş 4 Admit a person left his widow the use of 6436l .; for charitable purposes 2971 14s 8d .; gave three nephews , each 1546 / 14s 8d .; three nieces , each 13241 .; and to his executor ...
... cost and charges amount to ? answer 7464 12s Od.ş 4 Admit a person left his widow the use of 6436l .; for charitable purposes 2971 14s 8d .; gave three nephews , each 1546 / 14s 8d .; three nieces , each 13241 .; and to his executor ...
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... cost a chest of tea , weighing answer 181 6s . 98 / b . at 5s 6d . answer 261 195 . per lb. ? 15. What is the value of 672b . of sugar , at 7d . per lb. ? answer 211 . what 16 If 240 acres of land be let at 14s 6d . per acre ; is the ...
... cost a chest of tea , weighing answer 181 6s . 98 / b . at 5s 6d . answer 261 195 . per lb. ? 15. What is the value of 672b . of sugar , at 7d . per lb. ? answer 211 . what 16 If 240 acres of land be let at 14s 6d . per acre ; is the ...
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Aaron Ableman Ableman acct acres amount annum answer 21 answer neat Application bales barley barter Bought breadth bushel C.wt cash in full casks ciphers compound containing cost cube-root David Johnson decimal denominator Divide dividend divisor dollars dols dozen drams Edward Young ell English ells Flemish equal EXAMPLES facit feet figures Flemish folio gallons George Robson given number given quantity gross hogsheads hundred weight improper fraction inches integer interest James Dixon Ledger lowest terms merchant miles moidores months Multiply neat weight Note ounces pence Pennsylvania currency perches persons Peter Thomson pieces pounds principal Proof quarts quotient rate per cent Reduce remainder Richard Barber root RULE OF THREE shalloon shillings sold square square-root sterling Subtract sugar Sundries supposed number tare Thomas Lawson trett VULGAR FRACTIONS wheat whole numbers wine worth yards of cloth
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Page 59 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 120 - 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 127 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 155 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 173 - ... above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and then deduct from the...
Page 30 - TABLE. 60 seconds (") make 1 minute,...'. 60 minutes " 1 degree, . . . °. 30 degrees " 1 sign S. 12 signs, or 360°,
Page 115 - Thirty days after sight of this my second of exchange, (first of the same tenor and date not paid) pay to Thomas Broker, or order, four thousand two hundred and twenty-six livres, twelve sols, and eight deniers, value received ; which place to account of Silas Stroud. To Thomas Lamot, Merchant, Bordeaux. How much sterling is the above bill, at 10i d.
Page 149 - Suppose a ladder 40 feet long be so planted as to reach a window 33 feet from the ground, on one side of the street, and without moving it at the foot, will reach a window on the other side 21 feet high ; what is the breadth of the street?