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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... yards ; No. 3 , 4 , 5 , each 407 yards ; No. 6 , 7 , 8 , each 228 yards ; No. 9 , 10 , esch 300 yards ; how many yards in the whole purchase ? answer 3239 yards 9 A grocer bought 8 casks of indigo , viz . No. 1 , 210lb . No. 2 , 1966 ...
... yards ; No. 3 , 4 , 5 , each 407 yards ; No. 6 , 7 , 8 , each 228 yards ; No. 9 , 10 , esch 300 yards ; how many yards in the whole purchase ? answer 3239 yards 9 A grocer bought 8 casks of indigo , viz . No. 1 , 210lb . No. 2 , 1966 ...
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... yards ; how many pieces and yards were therein ? answer 19152 pieces , 478800 yards . 5 A merchant bought 7 bales of cloth , in each bale 11 pieces , and in each piece 29 yards ; how many pieces and yards were there ? answer 77 pieces ...
... yards ; how many pieces and yards were therein ? answer 19152 pieces , 478800 yards . 5 A merchant bought 7 bales of cloth , in each bale 11 pieces , and in each piece 29 yards ; how many pieces and yards were there ? answer 77 pieces ...
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... yards , how many pieces and bales , allowing 35 yards in each piece , and 56 pieces in each bale ? answer 19152 pieces , 342 bales . 8 If a cistern containing 15072 gallons be emptied in 4 hours , by 48 equal vents ; what quantity is ...
... yards , how many pieces and bales , allowing 35 yards in each piece , and 56 pieces in each bale ? answer 19152 pieces , 342 bales . 8 If a cistern containing 15072 gallons be emptied in 4 hours , by 48 equal vents ; what quantity is ...
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... 897lb . of loaf sugur come to at 23 cents answer 206,08 per lb. ? 3 Find the 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.
... 897lb . of loaf sugur come to at 23 cents answer 206,08 per lb. ? 3 Find the 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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... yards of broad cloth , at 6 dol- lars 33 cents per yard . facit 215,22 5 What is the cost of a hogshead of molasses containing 115 gallons , at 43 cents per gallon ? answer 49,45 6. Tell the amount of 36 cords of wood , at 6,75 per cord ...
... yards of broad cloth , at 6 dol- lars 33 cents per yard . facit 215,22 5 What is the cost of a hogshead of molasses containing 115 gallons , at 43 cents per gallon ? answer 49,45 6. Tell the amount of 36 cords of wood , at 6,75 per cord ...
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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.
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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?