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... 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 chain 18 dollars ...
... 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 chain 18 dollars ...
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... sugar for 24 dollars , and a barrel of molasses for 13 dollars , how many dollars would he have left ? / 27. A scholar gave 55 cents for a geography , and 42 cents for an arithmetic . What did he give for both ? 28. Ellen had 30 cents ...
... sugar for 24 dollars , and a barrel of molasses for 13 dollars , how many dollars would he have left ? / 27. A scholar gave 55 cents for a geography , and 42 cents for an arithmetic . What did he give for both ? 28. Ellen had 30 cents ...
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... sugar at 10 cents a pound . How many pounds of sugar did he receive ? g Solution . The price of 1 pound of cheese being & cents , the price of 10 pounds is 10 times 8 cents , or 80 cents.80 cents will pay for as many pounds of sugar ...
... sugar at 10 cents a pound . How many pounds of sugar did he receive ? g Solution . The price of 1 pound of cheese being & cents , the price of 10 pounds is 10 times 8 cents , or 80 cents.80 cents will pay for as many pounds of sugar ...
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... sugar cost 1 cent , what will 2 - ninths of a pound cost ? What will 8 - ninths of a pound ? What will 1 pound cost ? is 2 ? Is 4 19. What part of 9 is 1 is 6 ? is 8 20. If a man can build 1 rod of fence in 1 - tenth of a day , how many ...
... sugar cost 1 cent , what will 2 - ninths of a pound cost ? What will 8 - ninths of a pound ? What will 1 pound cost ? is 2 ? Is 4 19. What part of 9 is 1 is 6 ? is 8 20. If a man can build 1 rod of fence in 1 - tenth of a day , how many ...
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... sugar be worth 4 cents , what is 1 pound worth ? 18. 4 is 1 - fifth of what number ? 5 is 1 - fifth of what number ? 8 is 1 - fifth of what number ? 40 19. How many times 1 - fifth of any number will make the whole number ? 20. 4 sheets ...
... sugar be worth 4 cents , what is 1 pound worth ? 18. 4 is 1 - fifth of what number ? 5 is 1 - fifth of what number ? 8 is 1 - fifth of what number ? 40 19. How many times 1 - fifth of any number will make the whole number ? 20. 4 sheets ...
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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.