Robinson's Progressive Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Theory of Numbers in Connection with Concise Analytic and Synthetic Methods of Solution, and Designed as a Complete Text-book on this Science for Common Schools and AcademiesIvison, Blakeman, Taylor, 1871 - 372 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 35
... cents a pound ? ANALYSIS . Four pounds will cost as much as the price , 8 cents taken 4 times ; thus , 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 32 . But instead of adding , we may say , · since one pound costs 8 cents , 4 pounds will cost 4 times 8 cents , or 32 ...
... cents a pound ? ANALYSIS . Four pounds will cost as much as the price , 8 cents taken 4 times ; thus , 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 32 . But instead of adding , we may say , · since one pound costs 8 cents , 4 pounds will cost 4 times 8 cents , or 32 ...
Σελίδα 61
... cents a bushel , must be given for 1600 bushels of wheat at 75 cents a bushel ? Ans . 3000 bushels . 22. Bought 325 loads of wheat , each load containing 50 bushels , at 2 dollars a bushel ; what did the wheat cost ? 23. If you deposit ...
... cents a bushel , must be given for 1600 bushels of wheat at 75 cents a bushel ? Ans . 3000 bushels . 22. Bought 325 loads of wheat , each load containing 50 bushels , at 2 dollars a bushel ; what did the wheat cost ? 23. If you deposit ...
Σελίδα 63
... cents for boiling , 5 cents to the state for the brine , 28 cents for the packing barrel , and 3 cents for packing and weighing , and receives 125 cents from the purchaser ; how many cents does he make on a barrel ? Ans . 21 cents ...
... cents for boiling , 5 cents to the state for the brine , 28 cents for the packing barrel , and 3 cents for packing and weighing , and receives 125 cents from the purchaser ; how many cents does he make on a barrel ? Ans . 21 cents ...
Σελίδα 73
... cents a day , will pay 115 bushels of corn , at 50 cents a bushel ? Ans . 76 days . for GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR . 96. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is a number that will exactly divide each of them . 97. The Greatest Common ...
... cents a day , will pay 115 bushels of corn , at 50 cents a bushel ? Ans . 76 days . for GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR . 96. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is a number that will exactly divide each of them . 97. The Greatest Common ...
Σελίδα 84
... cents for every fowl purchased more than was necessary to obey orders . In the market he found chickens at 12 cents , ducks at 30 cents , and turkeys at two prices , 75 cents and 90 cents , of which he im 、 prudently took the cheaper ...
... cents for every fowl purchased more than was necessary to obey orders . In the market he found chickens at 12 cents , ducks at 30 cents , and turkeys at two prices , 75 cents and 90 cents , of which he im 、 prudently took the cheaper ...
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acres amount annex barrels of flour bought bushels bushels of corn bushels of wheat centiares cents a pound ciphers column common fraction composite number contained cords of wood cost cube cubic currency decimal places decimal point decimetre difference discount Divide dividend division dollars dry measure equal exact divisor EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE expressed feet figure following RULE fourth gain gallons Give explanation given numbers greatest common divisor hectometres Hence the RULE hundred hundredths improper fraction inches integers interest least common multiple length lowest terms measure merchant metres metric system miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply notation NOTE OPERATION paid payment prime factors proper fraction purchase quotient rate per cent ratio receive Reduce remainder rods root sell sold square subtract subtrahend tens third thousand thousandths whole number worth yards of cloth
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Σελίδα 345 - That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ the weights and measures of the Metric System ; and no contract, or dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection, because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the Metric System.
Σελίδα 48 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Σελίδα 165 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl...
Σελίδα 126 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Σελίδα 358 - To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.
Σελίδα 358 - When a decimal number is to be divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor, and if there be not figures enough in the number, prefix ciphers.
Σελίδα 102 - Multiply together the numerators for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Σελίδα 280 - Three numbers may be in proportion when the first is to the second as the second is to the third.
Σελίδα 163 - Railroad and transportation companies estimate light freight by the space it occupies in cubic feet, and heavy freight by weight. 3. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord; and a cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile.
Σελίδα 324 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.