 | Osgood Carleton - Arithmetic - 1810 - 264 pages
...men can do a piece of work in 10 days, how many men can do the same in 5 days ? Ans. 14. G. If 14 men can do a piece of work in 5 days ; how many men can do the same in 10 clays ? Ans. 7. 7. If a man perform a journey in 15 days, when the days were 12 hours long, how... | |
 | John Preston - Arithmetic - 1817 - 538 pages
...direct operation, and — will hold good in all cases. 20)40(2 men, for answer. EXAMPLE 3. If б men can do a piece of work in 5 days, how many men can do the same in 15 days ? Answer, 2 men. In this example we perceive, thai the answer in men will require a less... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard - Arithmetic - 1830 - 308 pages
...32. If a barrel of cider will last 10 men 4 weeks, how many weeks will it last 1 man ? 33. If 8 men can do a piece of work in 5 days, how many men can do it in 1 day ? 34. If 7 men can do a piece of work in 3 days, how 'many men can do it in 1 day ? 35.... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard - Arithmetic - 1830 - 304 pages
...32. If a barrel of cider will last 10 men 4 weeks, how many weeks will it last 1 man ? 33. If 8 men can do a piece of work in 5 days, how many men can do it in 1 day ? 34. If 7 men can do a piece of work in 3 days, how many men can do it in 1 day ? 35.... | |
 | John Preston - Arithmetic - 1834 - 312 pages
...method of stating alfords a direct operation, and will hold good in al! lleases. . EXAMPLE 3. If 6 men can do a piece of work in 5 days, how many men can do the same in 15 days ? Answer, 2 men. In this example we perceive, that the answer in meir will require a less... | |
 | Charles Arnold - 1850 - 164 pages
...the cost of 5 cwt. 2 qrs. 19 Ib., at 31. 12s. 6d. per cwt., tare being 3 qrs. 5 Ib. ? 6. If 20 men can do a piece of work in 5 days, how many men will it require to do ten times the amount of work in 4 days ? END OF PART I. ANSWERS TO THE EXERCISES.... | |
 | Daniel Leach, Robert Swan - Arithmetic - 1853 - 168 pages
...? 8 weeks ? 10 weeks ? 12 weeks ? 9. What cost 9 yards of cloth, at 8 dollars a yard ? 10. If 9 men can do a piece of work in 5 days, how many men would it take to do it in one day ? 11. When wood is worth 6 dollars a cord, what is the value of 7... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1866 - 184 pages
...certain time is $1.20, what is the interest of $12 at the same rate and for the same time? 8. If 8 men can do a piece of work in 5 days, how many men can do the same work in 4 days ? 9. If 3 men can dig a trench in 8 days, in how many days can 6 men dig it ? 10. If a cistern... | |
 | Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education - Education - 1869 - 340 pages
...barrels of sugar at $8 per barrel, and thereby lost $25. What did the sugar cost per barrel? 19. If 8 men can do a piece of work in 5 days, how many men will be required to do the same work in 2 days? SECOND GRADE QUESTIONS. ARITHMETIC. Time allotted,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1875 - 196 pages
...horse can trot ^ of a mile in a minute, how long will it take him to trot | of a mile ? 5. If 1 man can do a piece of work in 5£ days, how many men can do it in 2-| days ? 6. How many men will be required to reap 2£ acres, while 1 man is reaping 1£ acres... | |
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If 8 men can do a piece of work in 5 days, how many men can do it in 1 day ? 34. 
