A collection of arithmetical questions with answers

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Σελίδα 37 - Two cubical boxes have edges respectively jj inch, and 2 ft. 3 in. ; find the ratio (1) of their surfaces, and (2) of their volumes. 55. A clock has its face marked so as to shew 24 hours in a day; and on a certain evening half an hour after sunset it was set at 24 o'clock. The morning following it was 8 min. past 4 by a common clock when it was 4 minutes past 8 by this clock. Find the time of sunset the previous evening.
Σελίδα 36 - The areas of circles are proportional to the squares of their radii...
Σελίδα 23 - A person having bought goods for £20, sells half of them so as to gain 10 per cent. ; for how much must he sell the remainder so as to gain 20 per cent.
Σελίδα 36 - A person rents a piece of land for £120 a year. He lays out £625 in buying 50 bullocks. At the end of the year he sells them, having expended £12. 10s. in labour. How much per head must he gain by them, in order to realize his rent and expenses, and 10 per cent, upon his original outlay1!
Σελίδα 26 - If 5 men can reap a field whose length is 800 feet and breadth 700 feet in 3^ days of 14 hours each ; in how many days of 12 hours each can 7 men reap a field 1800 feet long and 960 broad?
Σελίδα 19 - Given that the velocity of a falling body is proportional to the time...
Σελίδα 35 - A and В together can do a piece of work in 30 days; В by himself can perform the same in 70 days : in what time could A finish it by himself; and how much more of the work does A do than В ? 37.
Σελίδα 12 - Gunpowder being composed of nitre 15 parts, charcoal 3 parts, and sulphur 2 parts; find howmuch of each is required in making 16 cwt.
Σελίδα 33 - What sum of money must be paid down, in order to receive £360 10s.
Σελίδα 33 - Two clocks point to 2 at the same instant; one loses 7 seconds, and the other gains 8 seconds in 24 hours ; when will one be half an hour before the other, and what time will each clock then shew ? 3.

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