Designed for the use of classes in the second, third, and fourth years of the public school courseAmerican Book Company, 1894 - Arithmetic |
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... wall , if 3 men , working as fast , can lay it in 4 days ? 10. If one man can earn a given sum of money in 15 days , how many men , paid at the same rate , can earn an equal sum in 3 days ? 11. If 10 men consume a keg of cider in 3 days ...
... wall , if 3 men , working as fast , can lay it in 4 days ? 10. If one man can earn a given sum of money in 15 days , how many men , paid at the same rate , can earn an equal sum in 3 days ? 11. If 10 men consume a keg of cider in 3 days ...
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... wall in 10 days , in how many days can 10 men build it ? 14. If 4 men can build a fence in 12 days , in what time canas many men build it ? 15. What number of men can do as much work in 10 days as 5 men can do in 12 days ? LESSON XXVII ...
... wall in 10 days , in how many days can 10 men build it ? 14. If 4 men can build a fence in 12 days , in what time canas many men build it ? 15. What number of men can do as much work in 10 days as 5 men can do in 12 days ? LESSON XXVII ...
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... wall in a week , how many rods of wall can be built by 56 men in the same time ? 5. What is the cost of 7 sleds , if the cost of 35 sleds is $ 45 ? 6. If 8 men can earn $ 9 in one hour , at the same rate , how many men can earn $ 54 ? 7 ...
... wall in a week , how many rods of wall can be built by 56 men in the same time ? 5. What is the cost of 7 sleds , if the cost of 35 sleds is $ 45 ? 6. If 8 men can earn $ 9 in one hour , at the same rate , how many men can earn $ 54 ? 7 ...
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... 15. If the cost of 3 suits of clothes is known , how is the cost of 4 like suits obtained ? 16. How can the cost of 12 acres of land be obtained from the value of 5 acres ? LESSON X. 1. If 4 men can build a wall FOURTH GRADE . 89.
... 15. If the cost of 3 suits of clothes is known , how is the cost of 4 like suits obtained ? 16. How can the cost of 12 acres of land be obtained from the value of 5 acres ? LESSON X. 1. If 4 men can build a wall FOURTH GRADE . 89.
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... wall in 3 days , in what time can 6 men build a wall of the same size ? 2. If 2 men can build a stone fence in 6 days , in how many days can 3 men build one of the same size ? 3. If 2 men can lay a water pipe in 8 days , how many men ...
... wall in 3 days , in what time can 6 men build a wall of the same size ? 2. If 2 men can build a stone fence in 6 days , in how many days can 3 men build one of the same size ? 3. If 2 men can lay a water pipe in 8 days , how many men ...
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Page 32 - If 5 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, in how many days can 3 men do twice as much work?
Page 51 - If 4 men can do a piece of work in 7 days, how long will it take one man to do it 1 LESSON XIV.
Page 35 - If 8 men can do a piece of work in 5 days, how many men can do it in 1 day ? 34.
Page 116 - A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord; and a cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile.
Page 116 - A cord of wood is 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and 4 feet tush. DRY MEASURE 2 pints = 1 quart. 1 bushel* = 1 box. 8 quarts = 1 peck. 3 boxes
Page 116 - ... to the bushel, how many cubic inches in a bin that holds 16 bu. ? 16. Allowing 67£ cu. in. to the dry quart, how many cubic inches in a peck ? How many cubic inches in a pint ? 17. Allowing 2150^ cu. in. to the bushel, how many cubic feet in a bin that holds 3456 bu. ? 19. Allowing 1^ cu. ft. to a bushel, how many bushels of wheat can be put into a bin that will hold 900 cu. ft. ? 20. A dry quart contains 67£ cu. in. How many quarts in a measure containing 336 cu. in. ? 21. A railway train...
Page 110 - FIGURE 1 1. What is a square inch? A square foot? A square yard? A square mile? A square rod? 2. If a rectangle is made up of 5 rows of 10 square units each, what is its area?
Page 31 - If 7 men can do a piece of work in 4 days, in what time can it be done, if 3 of the men leave when the work is half completed?
Page 18 - John is 12 years old and his father is 5 times as old. How old is his father ? 54.
Page 26 - At 20 ct. a dozen, how many dozen eggs can be bought for $1.20? 7. At $5 a barrel, how many barrels of flour can be bought for $625? 8. At $6 a hundred, how many pounds of meat can be bought for $636?