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... sold , and yet an increasing demand . " No other recom- mendations than these and its own merits will be offered in this edition : desirous to increase the benefit of the work , the author has made many important additions and ...
... sold , and yet an increasing demand . " No other recom- mendations than these and its own merits will be offered in this edition : desirous to increase the benefit of the work , the author has made many important additions and ...
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... sold , at eight dollars a ton , to 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 ...
... sold , at eight dollars a ton , to 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 ...
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... 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 remains due ? Ans . 2804 dolls ...
... 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 remains due ? Ans . 2804 dolls ...
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... sold 342 tons of iron at mand the price of the whole . 5. I sold 742 thousand of boards in the W. I. at 62 dol- lars per thousand ; what did they come to ? Ans . 46004 dolls . 6 What will 6422 quintals of fish come to at 6 dollars per ...
... sold 342 tons of iron at mand the price of the whole . 5. I sold 742 thousand of boards in the W. I. at 62 dol- lars per thousand ; what did they come to ? Ans . 46004 dolls . 6 What will 6422 quintals of fish come to at 6 dollars per ...
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... sold in the West Indies for 9900 dollars , I demand the average price . - SHORT DIVISION . Ans . $ 220 each . $ Short Division is ( 1 ) when the divisor is less than 12 . RULE . ( 2 ) Write down the Dividend , and draw a line underneath ...
... sold in the West Indies for 9900 dollars , I demand the average price . - SHORT DIVISION . Ans . $ 220 each . $ Short Division is ( 1 ) when the divisor is less than 12 . RULE . ( 2 ) Write down the Dividend , and draw a line underneath ...
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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.