The American Intellectual Arithmetic: Containing an Extensive Collection of Practical Questions on the General Principles of Arithmetic : with Concise and Original Methods of Solution, which Simplify Many of the Most Important Rules in Written ArithmeticSheldon, 1866 - 176 σελίδες |
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12 cents 12 dollars 18 days 30 days 9 cents A.'s fortune amount ANALYSIS apples cost B.'s number barrels of flour boy bought bushels butter centimetres cents a pound cents a yard chestnuts cloth cost cord cost 5 cents decimal decimetre denominator distance Divide the number dollars a barrel dollars a yard eighths equals the interest farmer feet fifths flour cost fourths fraction gain per cent gallon gave give given principal hectometre hogshead of molasses hound improper fraction inches integer interest of $1 James John length LESSON lowest terms Mary melon merchant bought metre minuend mixed number Multiplication myriametre orange cost ounces paid peaches pennyweights piece pine-apples pints pole pounds cost present worth principal equals pupils quarts rate per cent receive Reduce remaining rods sell sevenths sheep shillings sixths subtract tenths thirds Troy weight twice weeks yard cost yards of cloth
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Σελίδα 53 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Σελίδα 24 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another.
Σελίδα 47 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Σελίδα 174 - 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 33 - If 2 men start from the same place and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 4 miles an hour, and the other at the rate of 5 miles an hour, how far apart will they be at the end of 1 hour ? At the end of 2 hours ? 5 hours?
Σελίδα 173 - 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 33 - ... 3 miles an hour ; how far apart will they be at the end of 5 hours 1 64.
Σελίδα 118 - ... 5. If it require 19 days to perform a certain journey, what part of it can be performed in 1 day ? 6. If A. can do a certain piece of work in 8 days, and B. could do the same in 12 days; what part of it can each do in a day \ f If C.
Σελίδα 161 - The present worth of a debt payable at some fu- • ture time, without interest, is such a 'sum as will, in the given time, and at the given rate per cent., amount to the debt. Hence, the present worth of any sum of money, payable at some future time without interest...
Σελίδα 40 - If one barrel of flour support 20 persons one week, how many persons will it support 4 weeks ? 5. If 1 man can ride 1 mile for 4 cents, how far can 2 men ride for 80 cents ? 6. If 10 men accomplish a certain piece of work in 2 days, how long will it take 1 man to do the same '( 7. If 3 yards of cloth make 1 coat, how many coats will 18 yards make ? 8.