Arithmetic Designed for Academies and Schools: With AnswersA.S. Barnes & Company, 1844 - 340 pages |
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... bought 25 cows , 4 horses , 70 hogs , and 200 sheep : How many did he buy in all ? Ans . 16. What is the sum of 5 units , 6 tens , and 7 hundreds ? We set down the 5 units in the place of units , the 6 tens in the place of tens , and ...
... bought 25 cows , 4 horses , 70 hogs , and 200 sheep : How many did he buy in all ? Ans . 16. What is the sum of 5 units , 6 tens , and 7 hundreds ? We set down the 5 units in the place of units , the 6 tens in the place of tens , and ...
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... how much does he lay up ? Ans . dollars . 14. A merchant bought 500 barrels of flour for 3500 dollars ; he sold 250 barrels for 2000 dollars : how many barrels remained on hand , and how much must he 40 SUBTRACTION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS .
... how much does he lay up ? Ans . dollars . 14. A merchant bought 500 barrels of flour for 3500 dollars ; he sold 250 barrels for 2000 dollars : how many barrels remained on hand , and how much must he 40 SUBTRACTION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS .
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... bought 12 yards of riband at 8 cents a yard , and Mary 11 yards at 7 cents a yard : how much did each pay , and how much was paid by both of them ? 23. A merchant bought 7 pieces of cloth , each contain- ing 12 yards ; and 9 other ...
... bought 12 yards of riband at 8 cents a yard , and Mary 11 yards at 7 cents a yard : how much did each pay , and how much was paid by both of them ? 23. A merchant bought 7 pieces of cloth , each contain- ing 12 yards ; and 9 other ...
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... bought 8 packages of penknives , each package containing 12 knives ; 9 other packages , each con- taining 11 knives , and 7 other packages , each containing 5 knives : how many knives in each package , and how many in all of them ...
... bought 8 packages of penknives , each package containing 12 knives ; 9 other packages , each con- taining 11 knives , and 7 other packages , each containing 5 knives : how many knives in each package , and how many in all of them ...
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... bought a farm containing 10 fields ; three of the fields contained 9 acres each ; three other of the fields 12 acres each ; and the remaining 4 fields , each 15 acres : how many acres were there in the farm , and how much did the whole ...
... bought a farm containing 10 fields ; three of the fields contained 9 acres each ; three other of the fields 12 acres each ; and the remaining 4 fields , each 15 acres : how many acres were there in the farm , and how much did the whole ...
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acres amount annex apiece apples barrels Bought bushels bushels of wheat called casks cent per annum ciphers cloth cost column common denominator common difference composite number contains cords cube root cubic Currency decimal fraction decimal places denominate number diameter dimes dividend division dollars drams Dry measure equal EXAMPLES express farthings Federal Money feet figures following RULE foot four gallon given number gives greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred hundredths improper fractions inches least common multiple lower denomination lowest terms measure merchant miles mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand multiply number of terms OPERATION ounces paid payment pence pints quarts quotient receive Reduce remainder Repeat the Table rods sell sheep shillings simple numbers sold solid square root subtract sugar tens thousandths Troy weight tuns VULGAR FRACTIONS weight whole number wine Write yards of cloth
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