The Western Practical Arithmetic: ... Containing a Great Variety of Exercises, Particularly Adapted to the Currency of the United States. With an Appendix: Containing the Canceling System, Abbreviations in Multiplication, Mensuration, and the Roots. Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Students

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E. Morgan & Company, 1845 - 252 Seiten

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Seite 51 - MONEY. 10 mills = 1 cent. 10 cents = 1 dime. 10 dimes == 1 dollar. 10 dollars = 1 eagle.
Seite 49 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, February hath twenty-eight alone, and all the rest hath thirty and one.
Seite 87 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Seite 175 - Involve the root to the next inferior power to that which is given, and multiply it by the number denoting the given power for a divisor.
Seite 178 - Hence, when the extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference, — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Seite 39 - Avoirdupois Weight. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, oz. 16 ounces, 1 pound, Ib. 28 pounds, 1 quarter of a hundred weight, qr.
Seite 172 - There is a cistern or vat of a cubical form which contains 1331 cubical feet: what are the length, breadth, and depth of it?
Seite 168 - Suppose a ladder 40 feet long be so planted as to reach a window 33 feet from the ground, on one side of the street, and without moving it at the foot, will reach a window on the other side 21 feet high ; what is the breadth of the street?
Seite 44 - TABLE. 2^- inches in. make 1 nail marked na. 4 nails - - - 1 quarter of a yard qr. 4 quarters - - - 1 yard - - yd. 3 quarters - - - 1 Ell Flemish - E. Fl. 5 quarters - - - 1 Ell English - EE 6 quarters - - - 1 Ell French - E. Fr.

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