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... give three cents for one yard of tape , what will nine yards cost ? How many cents will buy eight marbles , if the marbles cost five cents a piece ? If one bushel of wheat cost one dollar , what will twenty MENTAL ARITHMETIC . 13.
... give three cents for one yard of tape , what will nine yards cost ? How many cents will buy eight marbles , if the marbles cost five cents a piece ? If one bushel of wheat cost one dollar , what will twenty MENTAL ARITHMETIC . 13.
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... piece , how much did they come to ? He sold eight more at three dollars a piece , how much did they come to ? He then sold seven for five dollars a piece , how much did they come to ? PART IV , ' 1. If two apples be equally divided ...
... piece , how much did they come to ? He sold eight more at three dollars a piece , how much did they come to ? He then sold seven for five dollars a piece , how much did they come to ? PART IV , ' 1. If two apples be equally divided ...
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... piece of cloth con- taining sixteen yards , how much do you pay for a yard ? If you pay twenty dollars for a piece of cloth containing five yards , how much do you pay for a yard ? 21. If you pay thirty cents for ten oranges , how much ...
... piece of cloth con- taining sixteen yards , how much do you pay for a yard ? If you pay twenty dollars for a piece of cloth containing five yards , how much do you pay for a yard ? 21. If you pay thirty cents for ten oranges , how much ...
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... . Ans . 553248 . 1. There are ten bags of coffee , each containing 48 pounds : how much coffee is there in all the bags ? Ans . 480 pounds . 2. There are 20 pieces of cloth each containing 37 MULTIPLICATION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS . 51.
... . Ans . 553248 . 1. There are ten bags of coffee , each containing 48 pounds : how much coffee is there in all the bags ? Ans . 480 pounds . 2. There are 20 pieces of cloth each containing 37 MULTIPLICATION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS . 51.
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... pieces ? Ans . 4415 yards . 3. There are 24 hours in a day , and 7 days in a week : how many hours in a week ? Ans . 168 hours . 4. A merchant buys a piece of cloth containing 97 yards , at 3 dollars a yard : what does the piece cost ...
... pieces ? Ans . 4415 yards . 3. There are 24 hours in a day , and 7 days in a week : how many hours in a week ? Ans . 168 hours . 4. A merchant buys a piece of cloth containing 97 yards , at 3 dollars a yard : what does the piece cost ...
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4th term acres altitude annex apples be equally barrel Bought bushels carats cent per annum Charles ciphers cloth cost column common denominator common difference composite number compound fraction contained cord cube root Currency decimal fraction decimal places denominate number diameter dimes dividend division dollars eight equally divided EXAMPLES expressed farthings Federal Money feet figure find the interest five following RULE foot four gallon given number gives greater greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred hundredths improper fractions inches least common multiple less lowest terms merchant miles millionths mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand multiply nine number of terms numerator and denominator OPERATION ounces payment pence pounds quotient ratio Reduce remainder seven shillings simple numbers solid square root subtract tens tenths third thousand thousandths TROY WEIGHT units vulgar fraction whole number wine worth Write yards cost yards of cloth
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Page 280 - ... then the above obligation to be void ; otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Page 280 - THE CONDITION of the above obligation is such, that if the above bounden James Wilson, his heirs, executors, or administrators, shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid, unto the above named John Pickens, his executors, administrators, or assigns, the just and full sum of Here insert the condition.
Page 217 - We shall now give the rule established in New York (see Johnson's Chancery Reports, vol. i., page 17,) for computing the interest on a bond or note, when partial payments have been made. The same rule is also adopted in Massachusetts, and in most of the other States.
Page 22 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...
Page 140 - 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 34 - January 31, February 28, March 31, April 30, May 31, June 30, July 31, August 31, September 30, October 31, November 30, December 31.
Page 45 - We have seen that multiplying by a whole number is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier.
Page 269 - If 20 men can perform a piece of work in 12 days, how many men will accomplish three times as much in one-fifth of the time ? Ans.
Page 108 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...
Page 136 - Divide the greater number by the less, and then divide the divisor by the remainder, and continue to divide the last divisor by the last remainder until nothing remains. The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor sought.