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... dollars , 4 dollars , and 3 dollars , make 12 dollars . Before the pupil enters upon Addition in the usual way , with figures , it would be useful for him to learn to perform easy ope- rations in his mind . For this purpose let him be ...
... dollars , 4 dollars , and 3 dollars , make 12 dollars . Before the pupil enters upon Addition in the usual way , with figures , it would be useful for him to learn to perform easy ope- rations in his mind . For this purpose let him be ...
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... dollars , and a calf for seven dollars ; what did he give for both ? 10. A boy gave to one of his companions eight peaches ; to another six ; to another four ; and kept two himself ;. how many had he at first ? 11. How many are two and ...
... dollars , and a calf for seven dollars ; what did he give for both ? 10. A boy gave to one of his companions eight peaches ; to another six ; to another four ; and kept two himself ;. how many had he at first ? 11. How many are two and ...
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... dollars did he receive ? Ans . 86 dollars . 3. A person bought of one merchant ten barrels of flour , and paid 40 dollars ; of another twenty barrels of cider , for which he paid 60 dollars , and twenty barrels of sugar at 450 dollars ...
... dollars did he receive ? Ans . 86 dollars . 3. A person bought of one merchant ten barrels of flour , and paid 40 dollars ; of another twenty barrels of cider , for which he paid 60 dollars , and twenty barrels of sugar at 450 dollars ...
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... dollars , paid four of it ; how much did he then owe ? • 5. A man bought a firkin of butter for fifteen dollars , and sold it again for ten dollars ; how much did he lose ? 6. If a horse is worth ten dollars , and a cow is worth four ...
... dollars , paid four of it ; how much did he then owe ? • 5. A man bought a firkin of butter for fifteen dollars , and sold it again for ten dollars ; how much did he lose ? 6. If a horse is worth ten dollars , and a cow is worth four ...
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... dollars ; and having afterwards paid one hundred and sixty - five , how much was still due ? Ans . 315 dolls . 2. A owed B 10,000 dollars . He paid at one time 467 , and afterwards 297. How much was still due to Ans . 9236 dollars . B ...
... dollars ; and having afterwards paid one hundred and sixty - five , how much was still due ? Ans . 315 dolls . 2. A owed B 10,000 dollars . He paid at one time 467 , and afterwards 297. How much was still due to Ans . 9236 dollars . B ...
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acres added aliquot amount annum Answer barrels biquadrate root breadth bushels called cents per lb circumference column common denominator common difference Compound Addition compound interest contained cost cube root cubick cypher decimal diameter different denominations divide dividend Division divisor dollars and cents DRY MEASURE Duodecimals equal EXAMPLES exceed 12 farthings Federal Money five four fourth gain gallons given number hogsheads hundred improper fraction inches Juvenile Arithmetick least common multiple length lower denomination lowest terms MEASURE merator miles mills mixed number months multiply the sum neat weight number of terms ounce pence pints pounds principal proceed quantity quarts quotient rate per cent Reduce remainder resolvend right hand figures Rule of Three shillings Single Rule solid feet square root tare Tare and Tret third tret Troy Weight VULGAR FRACTIONS whole number worth
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Page 139 - ... from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend.
Page 102 - Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the first term , the quotient will be the answer...
Page 3 - 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 76 - Operations with Fractions A) To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator.
Page 39 - ... by the number which it takes of this denomination to make one of -the next higher, set down the remainder, and carry the quotient to the next denomination...
Page 130 - From the last amount, subtract the given principal, and the remainder will be the compound interest. EXAMPLES.
Page 149 - In any series of numbers in arithmetical progression, the sum of the two extremes is equal to the sum of any two terms equally distant from them; as in the latter of the above series 6 + 1=4+3, and =5+2.
Page 76 - Or, divide the terms of the fraction by any number that will divide them without a remainder ; divide the quotients in the same manner, and so on, till no number will divide them both, and the last quotients express the fraction in its lowest terms. EXAMPLES. 2".
Page 17 - The number by which we divide is called the divisor. The number which shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend is called the quotient. 56. The sign of division is -=-. It is read divided by.
Page 36 - LAND MEASURE, OR SQUARE MEASURE. This measure shows the quantity of lands. The denominations of Land Measure are acre, rood square perch, square yard, and square foot. 144 square inches make 1 square foot ft. 9 square feet - 1 square yard yd.