The North American Arithmetic: Part Second, Uniting Oral and Written Exercises in Corresponding ChaptersLippincott, Grambo & Company, 1854 - 216 σελίδες |
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1-eighth 1-fifth 1-fourth 1-ninth 1-seventh 1-sixth 1-tenth 1-third 12 cents 12 dollars 30 dollars 50 cents 9 cents 9 dollars acre of land acre produce amount annum arithmetic barrels of flour bought bushels bushels of corn cask cents a pound ciphers column common denominator compound numbers contained cows cubic decimal dimes divided equally dividend divisor dollars apiece drams DRY MEASURE earn example expressed factors farmer farthings Federal money figure gain gallons gave greatest common divisor hogshead horse hour hund hundred improper fraction inches lars lowest terms MEASURE merchant miles mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply Note to Teachers orange ounces paid pence perform piece quarts quills quire quotient Reduce remainder rods scholar SECTION sell share sheep shillings sold Solution square feet Subtract sugar Suppose tens thousand trader TROY WEIGHT units week whole number worth yard cost yards of cloth
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Σελίδα 210 - How to measure boards. RULE. — Multiply the length (in feet) by the width (in inches) and divide the product by 12 — the result will be the contents in square feet.
Σελίδα 101 - Observe, that the number which we multiply is called the multiplicand; the number by which we multiply is called the multiplier; and the number which we obtain by multiplication is called the product.
Σελίδα 87 - Two men depart from the same place, and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of...
Σελίδα 198 - Subtract the given principal from the last amount, and the remainder will be the compound interest.
Σελίδα 100 - A merchant, who had 650 barrels of flour, sold 95 barrels to one man, 38 to another, and 225 to another. How many barrels had he left? 8. A jockey bought a horse for 115 dollars; he exchanged him for a better horse, paying 23 dollars, and then sold the better one for 137 dollars. Did he gain or lose? — and how much? 9. If 654 be subtracted from 10000, and then 29670 be added to the remainder, what will be the sum? 10. A gentleman gave 972 dollars for a carriage and two horses; the carriage was...
Σελίδα 185 - RULE. Multiply as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the product point off as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both factors.
Σελίδα 183 - 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 unit, with as many ciphers annexed as the numerator has places of figures.
Σελίδα 17 - Henry bought a book and a pencil for 19 cents: hn gave 10 cents for the book; what did the pencil cost ? 10. A man who owed a debt of 12 dollars, paid 5 dollars of it.
Σελίδα 171 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Σελίδα 74 - ... fraction is the number which shows into how many equal parts the unit is divided. Thus, Three is the denominator of two thirds.