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 Arithmetic |
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12 cents amount ANALYSIS apples cost Arithmetic asked barrels of flour bought bushels called cents a pound chestnuts cloth cost coat contained cord decimal denominator dimes distance divided dollars earn eighths equals the interest expression farmer feet fifths figures fish fortune four fourths fraction gain per cent gallon gave give given half head hence horse hundred inches James John lemons length less LESSON lost lowest terms marbles Mary MEASURE melon merchant metre miles months Multiplication orange cost oranges ounces paid person piece pints places pole pounds pounds cost principal equals pupils quantity quarts questions rate per cent receive Reduce remaining rods sell sevenths sheep shillings sixths sold subtract TABLE tenths thirds Three twice unit watch weeks weight whole worth yard cost yards of cloth
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Página 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.
Página 33 - If 2 men start from the same place and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 4...
Página 136 - The first cup weighed 6 oz. If the first cup be covered, it will weigh twice as much as the second, but if the second cup be covered, it will weigh 3 times as much as the first. What is the weight of the second cup and cover ? ANALYSIS.
Página 93 - Reduce ^f to its lowest terms. 8. Reduce ^ to its lowest terms.
Página 33 - ... 3 miles an hour ; how far apart will they be at the end of 5 hours 1 64.
Página 128 - The head of a fish is 8 inches long, the tail is as long as the head and £ of the body...
Página 171 - 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.
Página 117 - ... of a barrel cost ? 15. A. and B. can build a boat in 20 days, and with the assistance of C-, they can build it in 8 days. How long would it take C. to build it aione ? 1 6.
Página 18 - Sarah bought a comb for 12 cents, some ribbon for 16 cents, a thimble for 10 cents, and some thread for 6 cents ; how much had she left of fifty cents, after paying for these articles ? 26.
Página 49 - Weight is used in weighing groceries and all coarse articles ; as sugar, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay, &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, cwt. 20 hundred weight