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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... sugar for 50 cents ; how many cents had she left ? 14. A boy sold a penknife for 25 cents , which was 5 cents less than the cost , when he ought to have made 6 cents by his bargain ? how much did he sell it under its true value ? 15 ...
... sugar for 50 cents ; how many cents had she left ? 14. A boy sold a penknife for 25 cents , which was 5 cents less than the cost , when he ought to have made 6 cents by his bargain ? how much did he sell it under its true value ? 15 ...
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... sugar for 54 dollars , and sell it at 7 dollars the hundred weight , how much do I gain ? 5. If I buy 7 barrels of flour at 6 dollars a barrel , what must I get for the whole of it , to make one dollar a barrel ? 6. A man bought 45 ...
... sugar for 54 dollars , and sell it at 7 dollars the hundred weight , how much do I gain ? 5. If I buy 7 barrels of flour at 6 dollars a barrel , what must I get for the whole of it , to make one dollar a barrel ? 6. A man bought 45 ...
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... sugar boxes weigh , and what will Ans . and they come to 184680 cents . CASE THIRD . Q. What is the third Case in Multiplication ? A. When there are ciphers at the right hand of either or both of the factors . Q. What is the RULE in ...
... sugar boxes weigh , and what will Ans . and they come to 184680 cents . CASE THIRD . Q. What is the third Case in Multiplication ? A. When there are ciphers at the right hand of either or both of the factors . Q. What is the RULE in ...
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... sugar weigh 680 pounds , what will 40 hhds . weigh ? 7. If 320 rods make a mile , how many round the globe , it being 25000 miles ? Ans . 27200 . rods will reach Ans . 8000000 . 8. If you can count 150 in a minute , how many can you ...
... sugar weigh 680 pounds , what will 40 hhds . weigh ? 7. If 320 rods make a mile , how many round the globe , it being 25000 miles ? Ans . 27200 . rods will reach Ans . 8000000 . 8. If you can count 150 in a minute , how many can you ...
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... sugar at 9 dollars per cwt . , 35 barrels of flour at 6 dollars a barrel , and 40 quintals of codfish at 4 dollars per quintal ; what was the whole cost ? Ans . 605 dollars . 5. Bought 25 kegs of butter at 6 dollars a keg , 35 kegs of ...
... sugar at 9 dollars per cwt . , 35 barrels of flour at 6 dollars a barrel , and 40 quintals of codfish at 4 dollars per quintal ; what was the whole cost ? Ans . 605 dollars . 5. Bought 25 kegs of butter at 6 dollars a keg , 35 kegs of ...
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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.