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... paid 7 dollars . How many dollars did he still owe ? 7 from 12 leaves how many and why ? 3. A grocer bought a barrel of molasses for 15 dollars , and sold it for 18 dollars . How much did he make on it ? 4. Suppose your age to be 12 ...
... paid 7 dollars . How many dollars did he still owe ? 7 from 12 leaves how many and why ? 3. A grocer bought a barrel of molasses for 15 dollars , and sold it for 18 dollars . How much did he make on it ? 4. Suppose your age to be 12 ...
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... paid 12 dollars , which was of the debt ; how much remained unpaid ? of all the money he had ; 44. A man , who lent a certain sum of money , could collect only 8 dollars , which was of it ; how much did he lose ! 45. If a man , having a ...
... paid 12 dollars , which was of the debt ; how much remained unpaid ? of all the money he had ; 44. A man , who lent a certain sum of money , could collect only 8 dollars , which was of it ; how much did he lose ! 45. If a man , having a ...
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... paid for his cows 405 dollars ; for his horses 320 dollars ; for his farming utensils 60 Q. What do I ten and 1 unit make added together ? See 14. Why not 2 tens or 2 units ? How then should units , tens , & c . , be written and added ...
... paid for his cows 405 dollars ; for his horses 320 dollars ; for his farming utensils 60 Q. What do I ten and 1 unit make added together ? See 14. Why not 2 tens or 2 units ? How then should units , tens , & c . , be written and added ...
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... paid 3 dollars . How many dol- ars did he still owe ? ( 1. ) ( 2. ) ( 3. ) From 9 dollars 38 739 Take 3 dollars 15 4 3 2 * A . 5 dollars . * ( 4. ) 9467 71 37 * 5. If we take 6 miles from 27 miles , we have 21 miles left ; because 21 ...
... paid 3 dollars . How many dol- ars did he still owe ? ( 1. ) ( 2. ) ( 3. ) From 9 dollars 38 739 Take 3 dollars 15 4 3 2 * A . 5 dollars . * ( 4. ) 9467 71 37 * 5. If we take 6 miles from 27 miles , we have 21 miles left ; because 21 ...
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... paid 5 earnest money . " 1 How much did he still owe ? lollars as 66 4000 Say 5 from 10 leaves 5 ; 1 to carry from 10 5 leaves 9 ; 1 to carry again from 10 leaves 9 ; 1 to carry from 4 leaves 3 . A. 3 9 9 5 34. Since in the last example ...
... paid 5 earnest money . " 1 How much did he still owe ? lollars as 66 4000 Say 5 from 10 leaves 5 ; 1 to carry from 10 5 leaves 9 ; 1 to carry again from 10 leaves 9 ; 1 to carry from 4 leaves 3 . A. 3 9 9 5 34. Since in the last example ...
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12 cents 50 cents acres amount angles annexing apiece barrels of flour bought breadth bushels called cent pieces ciphers circumference composite number compound interest compound number contain cube root cubic decimal diameter discount Divide dividend Division dollars equal example factors farthings Federal money feet long Find the sum fraction frustrum gain gallons given number greater greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred hundredths improper fraction inches indorsed least common multiple length merchant miles million mills minuend mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply ounces payment pence pounds present worth proportion purchase quantity quarts quotient rate per cent ratio received Reduce remainder Repeat the Table rule for finding sells shillings sides sold solid feet square rods square root subtract subtrahend Suppose third term thousand TROY WEIGHT units vulgar fraction weight 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 279 - ... 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...
Page 263 - ... time. He received $25 : now how many days did he work, and how many days was he idle 1 A.
Page 247 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 217 - 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 37 - This is no denial of the mathematical proposition that the whole is equal to the sum of all its parts...
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 137 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.