 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1826 - 176 pages
...product of the first terms, and the quotient will be the answer required. , Examples. 1. A wall which is to be built to the height of 27 feet, was raised to...many men must be employed to finish the wall in 4 da>s ? 27—9=18 By taking 9 from 27, we find the wall is to be raised 18 feet higher, and it is required... | |
 | Samuel Read Hall - Arithmetic - 1832 - 294 pages
...months ; how much will serve a family of 24 persons 16 months? Ans. $640. 12. A wall to be built at the height of 27 feet, was raised to the height of...finish the wall in 4 days, at the same rate of working 1 Ans. 36. 13. If a man travel 130 miles in 3 days, when the days are 12 hours long; in how many days... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1832 - 224 pages
...large, in a fifth part of the time ? 13. A wall that is to be built to the height of 27 feet, was raised 9 feet by 12 men in 6 days ; how many men must be em ployed to finish the wail in 1 days, at the same rate of working ? 14. If I pay for 60 eggs, ^d.... | |
 | Catharine Esther Beecher - Arithmetic - 1833 - 296 pages
...£2. 10s. 6d., what will be the carriage of 7 cwt. 3 qrs. for 112 miles ? Ans. £2 5s. l1d. lry? q. 8. A wall, to be built to the height of 27 feet, was raised to the height of 9 ft. by 12 men in 6 days ; how many men must be employed to finish the wall in 4 days at the same rate... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1834 - 300 pages
...the result by the product of the first terms; the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. 41. A wall to be built to the height of 27 feet, was raised...in 6 days; how many men must be employed to finish it in 4 days ? 27 ~ 12 men is the third term, because the answer is to be in men. I12 : A 9 : 18 4... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1835 - 300 pages
...the result by the product of t!ic first terms; the quotient will be the fourth term, or ansuier. 41. A wall to be built to the height of 27 feet, was raised...12 men in 6 days; how many men must be employed to fmish it in 4 days ? 12 men is the third term, because the answer is to be in men. In stating the different... | |
 | Silas Totten - Algebra - 1836 - 332 pages
...square foot ? Ans. 18^. 7. A wall that is to be built to the height of 36 feet, was raised 9 feet by 16 men in 6 days ; how many men must be employed to finish it in 4 days at the same rate of working ? • Ans. 72. 8. The circumference of the earth is about... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1839 - 300 pages
...first terms; the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. 41. A wall to be built to the he'pght of 27 feet, was raised to the height of 9 feet by...in 6 days; how many men must be employed to finish it in 4 days ? 27 „ 12 men is the third term, because the answer is to be in men. ) t =1 ) 9 : 18... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1839 - 300 pages
...the result by the product of the first terms; the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. 41. A wall to be built to the height of 27 feet, was raised to the height ot' 9 feet by 12 men in 6 days; how many men must be employed to finish it in 4 days ? 27 „ 12 men... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1839 - 356 pages
...it ? Ans. -, i days. 53. A wall which was to be built 32 feet high, was raised 8 feet by 6 men in 12 days ; how many men must be employed to finish the wall in 6 days ? Ans. 36 men. 54. A can build a boat in 20 days, but with the assistance of C, he can do it... | |
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A wall to be built to the height of 27 feet, was raised to the height of 9 feet by 12 men in 6 days : how many men must be employed to finish the wall in 4 days at the same ruts.- of working 1 31. 
