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A man killed 4 hogs , the meat of which weighed one'weighed 371 pounds , one : 842 pounds , the ' hide 105 510 pounds , one 472 pounds , " pounds , and the tallow 92 and the other 396 pounds ; pounds ; what did they all | what did they ...
A man killed 4 hogs , the meat of which weighed one'weighed 371 pounds , one : 842 pounds , the ' hide 105 510 pounds , one 472 pounds , " pounds , and the tallow 92 and the other 396 pounds ; pounds ; what did they all | what did they ...
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If 1 pound of raisins cost 9 cents , what will 7 pounds cost ? 84. 3. There are 24 hours in a day ; how many hours are there in 3 days ! Three days will evidently contain Addition . three times as many ' hours ...
If 1 pound of raisins cost 9 cents , what will 7 pounds cost ? 84. 3. There are 24 hours in a day ; how many hours are there in 3 days ! Three days will evidently contain Addition . three times as many ' hours ...
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RULE . --Multiply first by one component part , and that product by the other , and so on , if there be more than two ; the last product will be the 2. What is the weight of 82 boxes , 3. Multiply 2478 by 36 . each weighing 42 pounds ?
RULE . --Multiply first by one component part , and that product by the other , and so on , if there be more than two ; the last product will be the 2. What is the weight of 82 boxes , 3. Multiply 2478 by 36 . each weighing 42 pounds ?
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What is the sum of 37 , seventeen pounds and seven and 8 hundred and twenty : tenths , eight pounds and six- one thousandths , 546 and 35 ty - six hundredths , and one hundredths , eight and four pound and seven hundredths ? tenths ...
What is the sum of 37 , seventeen pounds and seven and 8 hundred and twenty : tenths , eight pounds and six- one thousandths , 546 and 35 ty - six hundredths , and one hundredths , eight and four pound and seven hundredths ? tenths ...
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If 14.25 lb. of ' butter be divided into 3 equal shares , bow wany pounds will there be in each ? 8 ) 14.25 ( 4.75 Here we wish to divide 14.25 into two factors , one of 12 which shall be 3 , and the other such a number as ...
If 14.25 lb. of ' butter be divided into 3 equal shares , bow wany pounds will there be in each ? 8 ) 14.25 ( 4.75 Here we wish to divide 14.25 into two factors , one of 12 which shall be 3 , and the other such a number as ...
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Page 82 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 89 - The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, 24, and 30.
Page 118 - PROBLEM II. The first term, the last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1 , and the quotient will be the common diffcrenct.
Page 111 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. III. Double the root already found for a divisor ; seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 94 - It will be seen that we multiply the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor for the denominator of the quotient, and the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor for the numerator of the quotient.
Page 120 - Add together the most convenient indices to make an index less by 1 than the number expressing the place of the term sought. 3. Multiply the terms of the geometrical series together belonging to those indices, and make the product a dividend. 4. Raise...
Page 115 - 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 31 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 2 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...
Page 93 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
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| Title | The Youth's Assistant in Theoretic and Practical Arithmetic: Designed for the Use of Schools in the United States |
| Author | Zadock Thompson |
| Publisher | H. Johnson, 1838 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 29 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 164 pages |
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