MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS. 1. Required the number of cubic feet in a box, 24 feet wide, 13 feet high, and 14 feet long? 2. What cost 15 yards of cloth, 23 yards wide, at $ 33 per 3. If 12 will purchase a piece of land that is 9 rods long and 6 rods wide, how long a piece that is 3 rods wide may be obtained for $94 ? 12; 9=7; 61=7; 34=; 9=4. 4 3 ×37×25× 7 X64 87 X 4 X 4 X25×7 = 12 rods, Ans. 4. When 18 square rods of land are sold for $314, what is the value of 62 square rods? 18; 3 = 1; 621 = 7. 1 1 * X125X48 125 = = $10 Ans. 129× 2 ×14 12 5. How many boxes that are 1 foot 7 inches high, 1 foot 5 inches wide, and 5 feet 1 inch long, will it require to hold the same quantity that a box 4 feet 9 inches wide, 2 feet 10 inches high, and 25 feet 5 inches long, would contain? PUBLISHED BY ROBERT S. DAVIS, BOSTON. GREENLEAF'S INTRODUCTION TO THE NATIONAL ARITHMETIC, On the Inductive System, combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods, with the Cancelling System, in which the Principles of Arithmetic are explained and illustrated in a familiar manner; designed for Common Schools throughout the United States; by BENJAMIN GREENLEAF, A. M., Principal of Bradford Teachers' Seminary. 172 pages, handsomely printed on fine paper, and neatly bound, half morocco; Sixth Edition, revised, improved and stereotyped. GREENLEAF'S NATIONAL ARITHMETIC, Designed for the more advanced scholars in Common Schools and Academies, forming a volume of upwards of 300 pages, handsomely printed on fine paper, and strongly bound in leather. Sixteenth Improved Stereotype Edition; with an APPENDIX, comprising the " Cancelling Method.” GREENLEAF'S COMPLETE KEY (for teachers only.) B. GREENLEAF, Esq. 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The undersigned, having examined the National Arithmetic on the Inductive System, by Benjamin Greenleaf, Esq., do not hesitate to pronounce it a work of high merit. The various subjects treated of in it are arranged in a manner at once philosophical and practical; and, in the opinion of the undersigned, it contains a greater amount of useful and valuable matter, some of which must otherwise be sought for in rare books, than any other similar work with which they are acquainted. And they cheerfully recommend it to teachers and learners, as a work of high and undoubted worth. Prospect, (Me.) March 1, 1843. THOMAS C. BAKER, Superintending School Committee. Extract from a Letter from Hiram Orcutt, Esq., Teacher. Hebron, N. H., Feb. 27, 1843. "Your Arithmetic I have had opportunity thoroughly to examine, having introduced it into my School, and conducted two large classes of teachers entirely through it. And I can freely say, Sir, that in my opinion, no book of the kind now extant, is so well calculated to lead the student to a thorough practical knowledge of figures as this." New Bedford, Mass., Dec. 26, 1842. Benjamin Greenleaf, Esq. Dear Sir: We have examined your Introductory Arithmetic, and are much pleased with the plan and execution. The examples are practical; the rules clear and concise; the principles of the science are unfolded, and its practical uses explained with great perspicuity and simplicity. We deem it eminently calculated to answer the object for which it is designed. BENJAMIN EVANS, Principal of the Charles-St. School. EBENEZER HERVEY, do. Sixth-St. do. |