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... amount be ? A boy skated two miles in one day , three miles on an- other day , and four miles on the third day ; how many miles did he skate in all ? Two , three and four are how many ? Three boys , five girls and two men were in a ...
... amount be ? A boy skated two miles in one day , three miles on an- other day , and four miles on the third day ; how many miles did he skate in all ? Two , three and four are how many ? Three boys , five girls and two men were in a ...
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... amount of difference ? If you should buy twenty - five pounds of raisins , and the grocer should send them home in two bundles , one of which should weigh thirteen pounds , how many pounds ought the other parcel to weigh ? If nineteen ...
... amount of difference ? If you should buy twenty - five pounds of raisins , and the grocer should send them home in two bundles , one of which should weigh thirteen pounds , how many pounds ought the other parcel to weigh ? If nineteen ...
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... amount ? What number will be produced by multiplying twelve by three ? If one apple cost two cents , what will twelve apples cost ? What will five cost ? What will seven cost ? If a horse travel seven miles in one hour , how far will he ...
... amount ? What number will be produced by multiplying twelve by three ? If one apple cost two cents , what will twelve apples cost ? What will five cost ? What will seven cost ? If a horse travel seven miles in one hour , how far will he ...
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... amount to fourteen dollars ? How many bunches of quills can be bought for one dollar and one fifth of a dollar , if the price of a single bunch is one fifth of a dollar ? If wheat is ten shillings a bushel , how much can you buy for one ...
... amount to fourteen dollars ? How many bunches of quills can be bought for one dollar and one fifth of a dollar , if the price of a single bunch is one fifth of a dollar ? If wheat is ten shillings a bushel , how much can you buy for one ...
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... amount of boards , plank , and other articles that are sold by the thousand , or hundred . RULE . If the article is sold by the thousand , place a separatrix ( 2 ) between the thousands and hundreds ; the hundreds , & c . are decimals ...
... amount of boards , plank , and other articles that are sold by the thousand , or hundred . RULE . If the article is sold by the thousand , place a separatrix ( 2 ) between the thousands and hundreds ; the hundreds , & c . are decimals ...
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Page 81 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 64 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 214 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 84 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 109 - RULE.—Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the equated time.* • , EXAMPLES.
Page 92 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 193 - RULE. — To the square of the bung diameter add the square of the head diameter ; multiply the sum by the length, and the product by .0014 for ale gallons, or by .0017 for wine gallons.
Page 149 - PROBLEM II. The first term, the last term, and the number of terms given, to find the common difference. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less 1 , and the quotient will be the common diffcrenct.
Page 204 - There is an island 50 miles in circumference, and three men start together to travel the same way about it ; A goes 7 miles per day, B 8, and C 9 ; when will they all come together again, and how far will they travel ? Ans.
Page 163 - As 7 is to 22, so is the diameter to the circumference : or, as 22 is to 7, so is the circumference to the diameter.