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... feet high . The first story was 15 feet , and the second 14 feet . How high was the third story ? 11. A boy read 47 books during the year , of which 20 were books of travel , 12 histories , and the rest stories . How many stories did he ...
... feet high . The first story was 15 feet , and the second 14 feet . How high was the third story ? 11. A boy read 47 books during the year , of which 20 were books of travel , 12 histories , and the rest stories . How many stories did he ...
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... feet of boards , sold 328,582 feet of them . How many feet remained unsold ? 116. A man is worth $ 16,425 , of which $ 3750 is invested in bank stock , $ 2746 in mortgages , and the rest in land . How much has he invested in land ? S ...
... feet of boards , sold 328,582 feet of them . How many feet remained unsold ? 116. A man is worth $ 16,425 , of which $ 3750 is invested in bank stock , $ 2746 in mortgages , and the rest in land . How much has he invested in land ? S ...
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... feet in a mile . How many feet are there in 6 miles ? 54. There are 3600 seconds in 1 hour . seconds are there in 8 hours ? How many 55. What will 7 tons of railroad iron cost at $ 64.25 a ton ? 56. A merchant sold 9 bales of cotton at ...
... feet in a mile . How many feet are there in 6 miles ? 54. There are 3600 seconds in 1 hour . seconds are there in 8 hours ? How many 55. What will 7 tons of railroad iron cost at $ 64.25 a ton ? 56. A merchant sold 9 bales of cotton at ...
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... feet ? 10. A pound of sugar weighs 16 ounces . ounces do 12 pounds weigh ? How many 11. What will 12 dozen eggs cost at 17 cents per dozen ? 12. The fare upon the railroad from a certain city to another is $ 18 . How much will 12 ...
... feet ? 10. A pound of sugar weighs 16 ounces . ounces do 12 pounds weigh ? How many 11. What will 12 dozen eggs cost at 17 cents per dozen ? 12. The fare upon the railroad from a certain city to another is $ 18 . How much will 12 ...
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... feet in a square yard . How many square yards are there in 36,783 square feet ? ORAL EXERCISES . 89. 1. At 10 cents each , how many melons can be bought for 90 cents ? 2. At $ 10 each , how many coats can be bought for $ 60 ? 3. If a ...
... feet in a square yard . How many square yards are there in 36,783 square feet ? ORAL EXERCISES . 89. 1. At 10 cents each , how many melons can be bought for 90 cents ? 2. At $ 10 each , how many coats can be bought for $ 60 ? 3. If a ...
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Page 419 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 417 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq.
Page 369 - 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 370 - Weighted average is used in this report to indicate discharge-weighted average. It is computed by multiplying the discharge for a sampling period by the concentrations of individual constituents for the corresponding period and dividing the sum of the products by the sum of the discharges.
Page 421 - TABLE. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight, (pwt.) 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce, (oz.) 12 ounces =1 pound. (Ib.) Apothecaries' Weight is used in compounding medicines.
Page 212 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 331 - ... subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder annex the next period for the next dividend.
Page 105 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 417 - CUBIC MEASURE. 1728 cubic inches (cu. in. ) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.).
Page 98 - Cancel the common factors from both the dividend and divisor. II. Then divide the product of the remaining factors of the dividend by the product of the remaining factors of the divisor, and the result will be the quotient.