Arithmetical Examples Progressively Arranged: Together with Miscellaneous Exercises and Examination PapersMacmillan and Company, 1866 - 159 Seiten |
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12 days 15 cwts 9 months acres annum bill bought breadth bushels carpet cistern compound interest consols cubic foot cubic yards debt decimal Divide ducats dwts EXERCISE Find the amount Find the area Find the cost Find the difference Find the present Find the product Find the sum Find the value following numbers francs furlongs gain per cent gained by selling gallon guineas half half-crowns hours a day hundred income-tax invest the proceeds length lowest terms man's share miles an hour minutes months hence Multiply person pound present value produce proportion rate of annual reap receive recurring decimals Reduce remainder rent shillings simple interest Simplify sold South Devon Railway square room square yards sum of money things thousand tons 13 cwts Troy weight vulgar fractions walls women
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Seite 105 - A person leaves ¿12670 to be divided among his five children and three brothers, so that, after the legacy duty has been paid, each child's share shall be twice as great as each brother's. The legacy duty on a child's share being one per cent., and on a brother's three per cent., find what each will receive...
Seite 76 - A person buys £500 worth of stock at 98; ; what must he sell at to gain £21 5s. by the transaction ? 16. Which is the better investment, bank stock paying 10 per cent, at 319, or Threo per Cent.
Seite 71 - The sum of £177 is to be divided among 15 men, 20 women, and 30 children, in such a manner that a man and a child may together receive as much as two women, and all the women together receive £60.
Seite 109 - Take a guinea out of your pocket, and get the change for it — shillings — farthings : which is worth most, the guinea or the change ? Which is the heavier, a pound of gold or a pound of feathers ? When you have answered these, you shall be told, if you like, whether the objection about shortness has any thing in it but words. Once more : the recollection of bodily pleasures is unsavory, and demands blushes. When enjoyed in an improper manner, let the recollection of them be ever so unsavoury...
Seite 99 - ... an hour ; what is the rate of the stream per hour? and how long would it take him to return against it) 114.
Seite 46 - If a person's estate be worth £1384. 16s. a year and the land be assessed at 2s. 9$d.
Seite 56 - If a garrison of 600 men have provisions for 5 weeks, allowing each man 12...