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... week and six days the next week ; how many days did he work in the two weeks ? 17. I have six cherries in one hand and eight cherries in the other ; how many have I in both hands ? 18. Thomas has seven apples in one basket and nine in ...
... week and six days the next week ; how many days did he work in the two weeks ? 17. I have six cherries in one hand and eight cherries in the other ; how many have I in both hands ? 18. Thomas has seven apples in one basket and nine in ...
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... week , and spent seven dollars : how much had he left ? 19. A man had two sons , one fourteen years old , the other eight : what is the difference of their ages ? 20. Take nine yards from thirteen yards : how many yards remain ? 21. A ...
... week , and spent seven dollars : how much had he left ? 19. A man had two sons , one fourteen years old , the other eight : what is the difference of their ages ? 20. Take nine yards from thirteen yards : how many yards remain ? 21. A ...
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... week ; how many days in four weeks ? 20. If Henry goes to school five days each week , how many days does he go in five weeks ? 21. If one ton of hay is worth eight dollars , how much are four tons worth ? 22. Frank can throw a stone ...
... week ; how many days in four weeks ? 20. If Henry goes to school five days each week , how many days does he go in five weeks ? 21. If one ton of hay is worth eight dollars , how much are four tons worth ? 22. Frank can throw a stone ...
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... week ; how many days in nine weeks ? 35. What will be the cost of five pounds of grapes at nine cents a pound ? 36. A sheet of paper can be folded so as to make four leaves ; how many leaves will nine such sheets make ? 37. What is the ...
... week ; how many days in nine weeks ? 35. What will be the cost of five pounds of grapes at nine cents a pound ? 36. A sheet of paper can be folded so as to make four leaves ; how many leaves will nine such sheets make ? 37. What is the ...
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... week , how much more will 84 men earn in 69 weeks than 27 men will in 53 weeks ? $ 48015 . 102. Sold 540 acres of land at $ 108 an acre , and with the proceeds bought 23 horses at $ 95 each , 13 mules at $ 76 each , 396 sheep at $ 3 ...
... week , how much more will 84 men earn in 69 weeks than 27 men will in 53 weeks ? $ 48015 . 102. Sold 540 acres of land at $ 108 an acre , and with the proceeds bought 23 horses at $ 95 each , 13 mules at $ 76 each , 396 sheep at $ 3 ...
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acres of land annex apiece apples barrels of flour bought bushels cents a pound ciphers cloth column common fraction Compound Numbers CONCLUSION.-Therefore containing cost decimal fraction dimes dividend Division dollars dozen eight Elem equal EXAMPLE.-What EXAMPLES farmer figure Find fourth gallons Give the rule Give the table gram greatest common divisor hektoliter Hence horses hundredths improper fraction inches kilogram least common multiple liters lower denomination lowest terms marbles Measure MENTAL EXERCISES meter Metric Metric System miles million minuend mixed number MODEL SOLUTION multiplicand Multiply OPERATION ounces pecks period pints prime factors proper fraction quarts QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW quotient Reduce the following remainder rods sheep simple numbers square yards subtrahend sugar tens tenths third thousand thousandths three-dollar piece Troy Weight whole number wide worth Write
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Page 118 - Thirty days hath September, April. June, and November; All the rest have thirty.one, Save February, which alone Hath twenty.eight; and one day more We add to it one year in four.
Page 142 - 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 180 - Measures of Length 10 millimeters (mm.) = 1 centimeter (cm.) 10 centimeters = 1 decimeter (dm.) 10 decimeters = 1 meter (m.) 10 meters = 1 dekameter (Dm.) 10 dekameters = 1 hektometer (Hm.) 10 hektometers = 1 kilometer (Km.) 10 kilometers = 1 myriameter (Mm.) Measures of Surface 100 sq.
Page 167 - 6 27 685 The denominator to a decimal fraction, although not ex-f pressed, is always understood, and is 1 with as many ciphers annexed as there are places in the numerator.
Page 171 - RULE. Multiply as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the product point off as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both factors.
Page 110 - Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30j square yards = 1 square rod (sq.
Page 157 - Now .} of f- is a compound fraction, whose value is found by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 117 - TABLE. 60 seconds (sec.) make 1 minute, marked min. 60 minutes 1 hour, hr. 24 hours 1 day, da.
Page 179 - To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.
Page 54 - Begin at the right and multiply each figure of the multiplicand by each successive figure of the multiplier, placing the right.hand figure of each partial product directly under the figure used as a multiplier.