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... hogshead of sugar , nd sold it for 96 dollars . How much did he gain 19. A farmer gave 24 dollars for a cart , and 12 dollars for a plough . How many dollars did both cost ? 36 . 20. If a gold watch be worth 64 dollars , and a gold ...
... hogshead of sugar , nd sold it for 96 dollars . How much did he gain 19. A farmer gave 24 dollars for a cart , and 12 dollars for a plough . How many dollars did both cost ? 36 . 20. If a gold watch be worth 64 dollars , and a gold ...
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... hogshead of molasses be worth 17 dollars , what is the value of 8 hogsheads of molasses ? 22. If 5 men should pay me 18 dollars apiece , how many dollars should I receive from them all ? 0 23. How many are 2 times 18363 times 18 844 ...
... hogshead of molasses be worth 17 dollars , what is the value of 8 hogsheads of molasses ? 22. If 5 men should pay me 18 dollars apiece , how many dollars should I receive from them all ? 0 23. How many are 2 times 18363 times 18 844 ...
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... hogsheads of salt , at 3 dollars per hogshead , and paid an old debt of 12 dollars . How many dollars had he to carry home ? // 42. If I pay 3 dollars apiece for 7 umbrellas , and 6 dollars apiece for 6 hats , for how many dollars must ...
... hogsheads of salt , at 3 dollars per hogshead , and paid an old debt of 12 dollars . How many dollars had he to carry home ? // 42. If I pay 3 dollars apiece for 7 umbrellas , and 6 dollars apiece for 6 hats , for how many dollars must ...
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... hogshead of su- gar , how many drums will pay for 1 - fifth of a hogshead i 11. What is 1 - fifth of 35 ? , of 25 ? S , of 40 ? 5 12. If a man earn 6 dollars in a week , how much does be earn in 1 - sixth of a week ? / What is 1 - sixth ...
... hogshead of su- gar , how many drums will pay for 1 - fifth of a hogshead i 11. What is 1 - fifth of 35 ? , of 25 ? S , of 40 ? 5 12. If a man earn 6 dollars in a week , how much does be earn in 1 - sixth of a week ? / What is 1 - sixth ...
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... hogshead of sugar be worth 49 dollars , what is the whole hogshead worth ? 16. 49 is 7 - ninths of what number ? 3 O. n . 17. If a rail - road car run 24 miles in 8 - tenths of an hour , what distance will it run in an hour ? 30 . 18 ...
... hogshead of sugar be worth 49 dollars , what is the whole hogshead worth ? 16. 49 is 7 - ninths of what number ? 3 O. n . 17. If a rail - road car run 24 miles in 8 - tenths of an hour , what distance will it run in an hour ? 30 . 18 ...
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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.