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... wheat ; in October , 897 bushels ; in November , 685 bushels ; and in December , 550 bushels . How many bushels did he buy in the four months ? 18. Lake Superior has 32,290 square miles of surface ; ADDITION OF INTEGRAL NUMBERS . 19.
... wheat ; in October , 897 bushels ; in November , 685 bushels ; and in December , 550 bushels . How many bushels did he buy in the four months ? 18. Lake Superior has 32,290 square miles of surface ; ADDITION OF INTEGRAL NUMBERS . 19.
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... months will he pay for the piano ? 9. A man has $ 25,000 to invest . He buys 100 shares of bank stock at $ 99.50 a share , 100 shares of railway stock at $ 110 a share , and with the balance he buys mining stock at $ 81 a share . How ...
... months will he pay for the piano ? 9. A man has $ 25,000 to invest . He buys 100 shares of bank stock at $ 99.50 a share , 100 shares of railway stock at $ 110 a share , and with the balance he buys mining stock at $ 81 a share . How ...
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... month $ 165 , $ 210.50 , and $ 300 ; and drew out $ 1000.90 . What was his balance at the end of the month ? 2. A man sold 0.625 of his farm of 160 acres . What part of his farm had he left ? left ? How many acres had he 3. A , B , and ...
... month $ 165 , $ 210.50 , and $ 300 ; and drew out $ 1000.90 . What was his balance at the end of the month ? 2. A man sold 0.625 of his farm of 160 acres . What part of his farm had he left ? left ? How many acres had he 3. A , B , and ...
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... month of 26 days ? 23. At $ 4 a ton , how many tons of coal can be bought for $ 204 ? 24. A boy had 164 quarts of berries , and sold of them . How many quarts had he left ? 25. How many bottles holding 14 quarts can be filled from a ...
... month of 26 days ? 23. At $ 4 a ton , how many tons of coal can be bought for $ 204 ? 24. A boy had 164 quarts of berries , and sold of them . How many quarts had he left ? 25. How many bottles holding 14 quarts can be filled from a ...
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... month later he paid of the price and then owed $ 3000 . What was the price of the house ? 16. What was the price if after paying of the price and of the remainder he still owed $ 3000 ? 17. If a pound of coffee worth 37 cents was mixed ...
... month later he paid of the price and then owed $ 3000 . What was the price of the house ? 16. What was the price if after paying of the price and of the remainder he still owed $ 3000 ? 17. If a pound of coffee worth 37 cents was mixed ...
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acres annex annuity barrels Benjamin Parker bought bushels called cents a pound circumference cistern coal commission common fraction compound interest contains cords cube root cubic feet cubic foot cubic meter decimal point denominator diameter discount dividend divisor dollars equal Exercise expressed feet board measure figures Find the amount Find the cost Find the interest Find the number Find the product flour frustum gallons given number Hence hundred hundredths improper fraction inches integral number least common multiple long tons longitude million minuend mixed number multiplicand Multiply number of feet ounces paid payment pints quarts quotient ratio remainder short ton sold SOLUTION square meter square miles square root subtract subtrahend tens term thousand tons units varas weighs wheat whole number wide worth write WRITTEN yards
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Page 149 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk.) 365 days = 1 common year (yr.) 366 days . = 1 leap year (1.
Page 148 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 250 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 283 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 142 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 262 - ... is equal to the square root of the difference of the squares of the hypotenuse and the other side.
Page 241 - That is, in any proportion either extreme is equal to the product of the means divided by the other extreme ; and either mean is equal to the product of the extremes divided by the other mean.
Page 172 - PERIPHERY of a circle is its entire bounding line ; or it is a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 101 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator.
Page 254 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend. 5. Double the whole root already found for a new divisor, and continue the operation as before, until all the periods are brought down. NOTE.