Arithmetic, for use in schools |
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15 cwts acres amount annum bill bought boys bushels carpet centimes circumference compound interest cube root cubic foot decimal fraction diameter discount dividend dwts equal number EXERCISE Express farthings Find by practice find the area Find the cost Find the difference Find the G. C. M. Find the simple Find the square Find the sum Find the value gain gallons guineas half half-crowns half-sovereigns horses inches income invested length lowest terms measuring metre miles an hour million months Multiply paid persons piece places of decimals pound profit quantity quarter quotient railway rate per cent reams receive recurring decimal Reduce remainder sells share shillings simple interest Simplify sold square root square yard subtract sugar supposing thousand tons vulgar fraction week weighing wide worth
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Seite 14 - January 31, February 28, March 31, April 30, May 31, June 30, July 31, August 31, September 30, October 31, November 30, December 31.
Seite 143 - From half the sum of the three sides, subtract each side separately; multiply the half -sum and the three remainders together; the square root of the product is the area.
Seite 190 - A banker borrows money at 3! per cent., and pays the interest at the end of the year ; he lends it out at 5 per cent., but receives the interest half-yearly, and by this means gains £200 a year : how much does he borrow...
Seite 251 - A train 88 yards long overtook a person walking along the line at the rate of 4 miles an hour and passed him completely in 10 seconds ; it afterwards overtook another person and passed him in 9 seconds.
Seite 196 - The circumferences of the fore and hind wheels of a carriage are 13 ft. 9 in. and 16 ft. 6 in. respectively. How far has the carriage travelled when the fore wheel has made 768 more revolutions than the hind wheel?
Seite 251 - If 180 men, in 6 days of 10 hours each, can dig a trench 200 yards long, 3 wide, and 2 deep ; in how many days, of 8 hoars long, will 100 men dig a trench of 360 yards long, 4 wide, and 3 deep ? Ans.
Seite 169 - A wall to be built to the height of 27 feet, was raised to the height of 9 feet by 12 men in 6 days : how many men must be employed to finish the wall in 4 days at the same ttttt- of working 1 31.
Seite 144 - To find the area of a trapezium. RULE. — Divide the trapezium into two triangles by a diagonal, and then find the areas of these triangles ; their sum will be the area of the trapezium.
Seite 94 - If twelve men can dig a trench 15 yards long and 4 broad in 3 days of 12 hours each, in how many days of 9 hours each can 8 men dig a trench 20 yards long and 8 broad ? 22.
Seite 187 - ... 7 men working 16 days can mow a field of corn 1320 yards long and 880 wide ; what will be the length of the side of a field 1320 yards broad which 4 men can mow in 42 days ? 34.