 | Pliny Earle Chase - 1848 - 244 σελίδες
...the pole ? Hte replied : " I have not a hundred ; but if I had as many more, and half as many more, and two geese and a half, I should have a hundred." How many had he ? 20. Three-sevenths of a certain number exceed J of it by 24. What is the number ? 21. A man bought... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1850 - 314 σελίδες
...number of trees does the orchard contain ? What is that number of which I+^+F is 45 1 by the bushel ? What number is that, to which, if its half be added, the sum will be 12 "! Q. 60. What number is that, to which, if its half, its third, and its fourth, be added, the sum... | |
 | Horace Mann, Pliny Earle Chase - 1851 - 176 σελίδες
...with your hundred geese." He replied, « I have not a hundred, but if I had -J aa many more, and 2 geese and a half, I should have a hundred." How many had he ? 56. A span is 9 inches. How many spans in 1J yards ? 57. A thief has 15 miles' start of a constable,... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1856 - 334 σελίδες
...which j+^+y is 45 ' Q. 5!i When 5 ' bushels of oats cost 2j dollars, what is the pnc» by the bushel ? What number is that, to which, if its half be added, the sum wril be 12 ' Q. 60. What number is that. to which, if its half, its third, and its fourth, be added,... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1859 - 116 σελίδες
...Master, with your hundred geese. He replied, I have not a hundred ; but, if I had as many more and half as many more as I now have, and two geese and a half, I should have a hundred. How many had he? 5. A hare has 40 rods the start of a greyhound, but 9* the greyhound runs 10 rods while the hare runs... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1877 - 150 σελίδες
...the hour of the day, when \ of the time past noon is ^ of the time past midnight? LESSON LVIII. 1. What number is that to which, if its half be added, the sum will be 15? SOLUTION.— f + } = |; } of the number = 15: then, J of the number is J of 15 = 5, and the number... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1877 - 156 σελίδες
...the hour of the day, when \ of the timo past noon is -fa of the time past midnight ? LESSON LVIII. 1. What number is that to which, if its half be added, the sum will bo 15? SOLUTION.— f + J = f; f of the number = 15: then, J of the number is J of 15 = 5, and tlxe... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1881 - 174 σελίδες
...the hour of the day, when i of the time past noon is -^6 of the time past midnight ? LESSON VIII. 1. What number is that to which, if its half be added, the sum will be 15 ? ANALYSIS. — The number -{-its 5 = ! of the number. Now, if | = 15, 2=5, and |, or the whole... | |
 | Bothwell Graham - 1895 - 240 σελίδες
...44. If from my age you take ^ and £ of my age, the remainder will be 10 years. How old am I ? 46. What number is that to which if its half be added the sum will be 45 ? 46. If a ferry-boat cross a river 18 times in 5 hours, in how many hours will it cross 4 times... | |
 | Edmund Lester Pearson - 1911 - 332 σελίδες
...another, who said, Good morrow, master, with your hundred geese ; says he, I have not a hundred ; but if I had half as many more as I now have, and two geese...a half, I should have a hundred; how many had he?" Disheartening as this problem appeared, together with its inhuman suggestion of a man carrying half... | |
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I have not a hundred ; but if I had half as many more as I now have, and two geese and a half, I should have a hundred ; how many had he ? 176. 
