Practical Mercantile Arithmetic: In which the Theory and Practice of Arithmetic are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated, by a Great Variety of Mercantile, Mechanical and Mathematical Problems |
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... cloth , and 8 cents for a piece of tape ; how many did he take for both ? 2. A farmer sold 27 bushels of corn , and 7 bushels of oats ; how many bushels of both ? How many are 26 and 5 ? 3. A school consists of 28 boys and 8 girls ; how ...
... cloth , and 8 cents for a piece of tape ; how many did he take for both ? 2. A farmer sold 27 bushels of corn , and 7 bushels of oats ; how many bushels of both ? How many are 26 and 5 ? 3. A school consists of 28 boys and 8 girls ; how ...
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... cloth , containing 14 yards , how many yards will remain ? 13. A boy sold a knife for 17 cents , and made 6 cents by his bargain ; how much did it cost him ? 14. A man bought a cow for 18 dollars , and lost 4 dollars by selling her ...
... cloth , containing 14 yards , how many yards will remain ? 13. A boy sold a knife for 17 cents , and made 6 cents by his bargain ; how much did it cost him ? 14. A man bought a cow for 18 dollars , and lost 4 dollars by selling her ...
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... cloth , containing 40 yards ; after making a suit of clothes that required 11 yards , and sell- ing 9 yards more , how many yards were left ? 17. Bought a chest of tea for 34 dollars , but it being not so good as was recommended , I am ...
... cloth , containing 40 yards ; after making a suit of clothes that required 11 yards , and sell- ing 9 yards more , how many yards were left ? 17. Bought a chest of tea for 34 dollars , but it being not so good as was recommended , I am ...
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... cloth containing 63 yards , how many yards will remain ? 23. A grocer bought a cask of wine containing 133 gallons , and sold to one man 36 gallons , to another 28 gallons , and kept 15 gallons for himself ; how many has he left to sell ...
... cloth containing 63 yards , how many yards will remain ? 23. A grocer bought a cask of wine containing 133 gallons , and sold to one man 36 gallons , to another 28 gallons , and kept 15 gallons for himself ; how many has he left to sell ...
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... cloth , each contain- ing 375 yards . After selling to one man 450 yards , and to an- other 387 yards , he wishes to know how many yards are left . See if you can tell him . Ans . 288 yards . 20. A merchant bought 5 kegs of butter ...
... cloth , each contain- ing 375 yards . After selling to one man 450 yards , and to an- other 387 yards , he wishes to know how many yards are left . See if you can tell him . Ans . 288 yards . 20. A merchant bought 5 kegs of butter ...
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Page 73 - Time. 60 seconds (S.) make 1 minute, marked M. 60 minutes, 1 hour, h. 24 hours, 1 day, d. 7 days, . 1 week, w. 4 weeks, 1 month, mo. 13 months, 1 day and 6 hours, 1 Julian year, yr.
Page 223 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 173 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 214 - ... it therefrom, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 214 - Multiply the square of the quotient by 300, calling it the triple square, and the quotient by 30, calling it the triple quotient, and the sum of these call the divisor. &. Seek how often the divisor may be had in the dividend, and place the result in the quotient.
Page 19 - Place the least number under the greatest, so that units may stand under units, tens under tens, &c. and draw a line under them. 2. Begin at the right hand, and take each figure in the lower line from the figure above it, and set down the remainder.
Page 209 - 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 59 - To divide a whole number by a fraction, — Multiply the dividend by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator.
Page 74 - ... down the remainder under the column added, and carry the quotient to the next superior denomination, continuing the same to the last, which add, as in simple addition.
Page 71 - TABLE. 4 gills (gi.) - make - - 1 pint, marked pt. 2 pints ------- 1 quart, - - - qt. 4 quarts ------ 1 gallon, - - - gal. 31£ gallons ------ 1 barrel, - - - bar.