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... dollars , and paid seven ; how many dollars did he then owe ? Sarah made sixteen handkerchiefs , and gave four of them to her friends ; how many had she left ? Caroline carried a bunch of twenty - five quills to learn to make pens , and ...
... dollars , and paid seven ; how many dollars did he then owe ? Sarah made sixteen handkerchiefs , and gave four of them to her friends ; how many had she left ? Caroline carried a bunch of twenty - five quills to learn to make pens , and ...
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... dollars ; he paid him at one time seven dollars , and at another time six dollars ; how much remained due after both payments ? A stage went twenty - one miles in three hours ; the second hour it went seven miles , and the third hour it ...
... dollars ; he paid him at one time seven dollars , and at another time six dollars ; how much remained due after both payments ? A stage went twenty - one miles in three hours ; the second hour it went seven miles , and the third hour it ...
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... dollar is twenty - five cents ; how many cents are two quarters ? three quarters ? four quarters ? An eagle is ten dollars ; how many dollars are there in ten eagles ? in fifteen eagles ? in eighteen eagles ? If there are seven days in ...
... dollar is twenty - five cents ; how many cents are two quarters ? three quarters ? four quarters ? An eagle is ten dollars ; how many dollars are there in ten eagles ? in fifteen eagles ? in eighteen eagles ? If there are seven days in ...
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... dollars a cord , what proportion of a cord can you buy for one dollar ? What proportion for two dollars ? For three dollars ? For four dollars ? For five dollars ? For six dollars ? Suppose there were twelve scholars in your class , how ...
... dollars a cord , what proportion of a cord can you buy for one dollar ? What proportion for two dollars ? For three dollars ? For four dollars ? For five dollars ? For six dollars ? Suppose there were twelve scholars in your class , how ...
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... dollars a cord , how much can you buy for eight dollars ? For nine dollars ? For twelve dollars ? For ten dollars ? For thirteen dollars ? For eleven dollars ? For fourteen dollars ? Suppose the school contained twenty - six scholars ...
... dollars a cord , how much can you buy for eight dollars ? For nine dollars ? For twelve dollars ? For ten dollars ? For thirteen dollars ? For eleven dollars ? For fourteen dollars ? Suppose the school contained twenty - six scholars ...
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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.