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... cents , & c . , we may , if we please , count them by tens . Let us suppose we have a quantity of cents before us , and proceed to count them as follows . We first count out ten cents , and lay them in a pile We then count out ten more ...
... cents , & c . , we may , if we please , count them by tens . Let us suppose we have a quantity of cents before us , and proceed to count them as follows . We first count out ten cents , and lay them in a pile We then count out ten more ...
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... cents or a pencil , how much would you pay for both ? 4. A farmer paid 10 dollars for a plough , and 9 dǝl- ars for ... cents for a purse , and had 7 cents left to put in it . How many cents had he at first ? 7. A farmer sold 5 cows ...
... cents or a pencil , how much would you pay for both ? 4. A farmer paid 10 dollars for a plough , and 9 dǝl- ars for ... cents for a purse , and had 7 cents left to put in it . How many cents had he at first ? 7. A farmer sold 5 cows ...
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... cents for his Reader , and 40 for his Arithmetic . How many cents did they both cost ? 8. Suppose you should buy 60 quills at one store , and 50 at another ; how many quills would you have ? Solution . 60 is 6 tens , and 50 is 5 tens ...
... cents for his Reader , and 40 for his Arithmetic . How many cents did they both cost ? 8. Suppose you should buy 60 quills at one store , and 50 at another ; how many quills would you have ? Solution . 60 is 6 tens , and 50 is 5 tens ...
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... cents , the blank - book 20 cents , and the pencil & cents ? 9. How many are 60 and 20 and 8 ? 10. An escort went out to meet Gen. Layfayette : 40 men rode on horseback , 30 rode in gigs , and 10 rode iu coaches . Of how many did the ...
... cents , the blank - book 20 cents , and the pencil & cents ? 9. How many are 60 and 20 and 8 ? 10. An escort went out to meet Gen. Layfayette : 40 men rode on horseback , 30 rode in gigs , and 10 rode iu coaches . Of how many did the ...
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... cents , and David bought a large book for 56 cents . For how many cents must each boy sell his book , in order to get 4 cents more than he gave ? a . 40 . 4. Julia was returning from a walk in the garden , with 8 red roses , and 68 ...
... cents , and David bought a large book for 56 cents . For how many cents must each boy sell his book , in order to get 4 cents more than he gave ? a . 40 . 4. Julia was returning from a walk in the garden , with 8 red roses , and 68 ...
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1-eighth 1-fifth 1-fourth 1-ninth 1-seventh 1-sixth 1-tenth 1-third 12 cents 12 dollars 30 dollars 50 cents 9 cents 9 dollars acre of land acre produce annum arithmetic barrels of flour bought bushels of corn cask cents a pound ciphers column common denominator compound numbers contained cows cubic decimal divided equally dividend divisor dollars apiece drams DRY MEASURE earn example expressed factors farmer farthings Federal money figure fraction gain gallons gave greatest common divisor hogshead horse hour hund hundred improper fraction inches interest lars lowest terms MEASURE merchant miles molasses months multiplicand Multiply Note to Teachers number of cents orange ounces paid pence perform piece quarts quills quire quotient Reduce remainder rods scholar SECTION sell share sheep shillings sold Solution square feet Subtract sugar Suppose tens thousand trader TROY WEIGHT units week whole number worth yard cost yards of cloth
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Page 185 - When there are more decimal places in the divisor, than in the dividend, render the places equal, by annexing ciphers to the dividend, before dividing.
Page 86 - Suppose 2 men start from the same place, and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 5 miles an hour and the other f as fast; — how far apart will they be in 11 hours ? 32.
Page 138 - Md the numbers of the lowest denomination together, and divide their sum by that number which is required of this denomination to make 1 of the next higher: write the remainder under the column added, and carry the quotient to the next column.
Page 182 - FRACTION is a fraction whose denominator is 10, or 100, or 1000, &c. The denominator of a decimal fraction is never written : the numerator is written with a point prefixed to it, and the denominator is understood to be a 1, with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the numerator.
Page 169 - Hence the rule .for finding the greatest common divisor of two numbers : Divide the greater number by the less, and...
Page 204 - 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 181 - It shows that the number after it is to be subtracted from the number before it ; thus, 5 — 3 = 2.
Page 116 - To obtain the true remainder, where factors have been used as divisors, multiply the last remainder by the first divisor, and to the product add the first remainder. 27. Suppose 622 to be a dividend, and 35 the divisor; what is the quotient; and what the remainder ? 28.
Page 110 - ... remaining ? • 56- If 5 yards of cloth will make a suit of clothes, how many suits can be made from 96 yards; and how many yards will there be over ? 57. How many times is 6 contained in 4637; and how many are there over ? 58.
Page 185 - Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals in the quotient, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.