Arithmetical Examples Progressively Arranged: Together with Miscellaneous Exercises and Examination Papers

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Macmillan and Company, 1866 - 159 σελίδες
 

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Σελίδα 105 - A person leaves ¿12670 to be divided among his five children and three brothers, so that, after the legacy duty has been paid, each child's share shall be twice as great as each brother's. The legacy duty on a child's share being one per cent., and on a brother's three per cent., find what each will receive...
Σελίδα 76 - A person buys £500 worth of stock at 98; ; what must he sell at to gain £21 5s. by the transaction ? 16. Which is the better investment, bank stock paying 10 per cent, at 319, or Threo per Cent.
Σελίδα 71 - The sum of £177 is to be divided among 15 men, 20 women, and 30 children, in such a manner that a man and a child may together receive as much as two women, and all the women together receive £60.
Σελίδα 109 - Take a guinea out of your pocket, and get the change for it — shillings — farthings : which is worth most, the guinea or the change ? Which is the heavier, a pound of gold or a pound of feathers ? When you have answered these, you shall be told, if you like, whether the objection about shortness has any thing in it but words. Once more : the recollection of bodily pleasures is unsavory, and demands blushes. When enjoyed in an improper manner, let the recollection of them be ever so unsavoury...
Σελίδα 99 - ... an hour ; what is the rate of the stream per hour? and how long would it take him to return against it) 114.
Σελίδα 46 - If a person's estate be worth £1384. 16s. a year and the land be assessed at 2s. 9$d.
Σελίδα 56 - If a garrison of 600 men have provisions for 5 weeks, allowing each man 12...

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