Welch's Improved American Arithmetic: Adapted to the Currency of the United States : to which is Added a Concise Treatise on the Mensuration of Planes and Solids |
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... cost ? What will five cost ? What will seven cost ? If a horse travel seven miles in one hour , how far will he go if he travel four hours ? If there are eight forms in the school , and each form have nine seats , how many scholars can ...
... cost ? What will five cost ? What will seven cost ? If a horse travel seven miles in one hour , how far will he go if he travel four hours ? If there are eight forms in the school , and each form have nine seats , how many scholars can ...
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... cost two cents ; how much did one cost ? Two oranges cost four cents ; how much did each one cost ? Three apples cost six cents ; how much did each cost ? Two lemons cost six cents ; how much did one cost ? Two tops cost eight cents ; how ...
... cost two cents ; how much did one cost ? Two oranges cost four cents ; how much did each one cost ? Three apples cost six cents ; how much did each cost ? Two lemons cost six cents ; how much did one cost ? Two tops cost eight cents ; how ...
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... cost them thirty - three cents ; what will each girl have to pay ? Three is in thirty - three how many times ? A Sunday school , containing forty scholars , go every Sab- bath in procession from the vestry to the church ; how many ...
... cost them thirty - three cents ; what will each girl have to pay ? Three is in thirty - three how many times ? A Sunday school , containing forty scholars , go every Sab- bath in procession from the vestry to the church ; how many ...
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... cost ? How much coffee can you buy for eighteen cents , if it cost twelve cents a pound ? How much for twenty - two cents ? How much for fifteen cents ? At eleven cents a pound , how much will a half a pound of sugar cost ? If you can ...
... cost ? How much coffee can you buy for eighteen cents , if it cost twelve cents a pound ? How much for twenty - two cents ? How much for fifteen cents ? At eleven cents a pound , how much will a half a pound of sugar cost ? If you can ...
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... cost him 6241 dolls . and he sold her for 5927 dolls .; what did he lose ? Ans . 314 dolls . 7. A. borrowed of B. 9427 dolls . and he paid him at one time 4249 dolls . at another time 1427 dolls . and at another time 947 dolls .; what ...
... cost him 6241 dolls . and he sold her for 5927 dolls .; what did he lose ? Ans . 314 dolls . 7. A. borrowed of B. 9427 dolls . and he paid him at one time 4249 dolls . at another time 1427 dolls . and at another time 947 dolls .; what ...
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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.