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... bought 3 bunns for 16 cents , a quart of cher- ries for 8 cents , and 2 oranges for 12 cents ; how many cents did he lay out ? 3. A man bought a hat for 8 dollars , a coat for 27 dollars , a pair of boots for 5 dollars , and a vest for ...
... bought 3 bunns for 16 cents , a quart of cher- ries for 8 cents , and 2 oranges for 12 cents ; how many cents did he lay out ? 3. A man bought a hat for 8 dollars , a coat for 27 dollars , a pair of boots for 5 dollars , and a vest for ...
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... bought a watch for fifty - eight dollars , a cane for five dollars , a hat for ten dollars , and a pair of boots for six dollars . What did he give for the whole ? 2. In an orchard there are six rows of trees ; in the two first rows ...
... bought a watch for fifty - eight dollars , a cane for five dollars , a hat for ten dollars , and a pair of boots for six dollars . What did he give for the whole ? 2. In an orchard there are six rows of trees ; in the two first rows ...
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... bought a piece of land ; the first gave sixty- three dollars ; the second , seventy - eight ; the third , forty- five ; and the fourth , twenty - three . How much did they give for the land ? 4. In an orchard , 19 trees bear cherries ...
... bought a piece of land ; the first gave sixty- three dollars ; the second , seventy - eight ; the third , forty- five ; and the fourth , twenty - three . How much did they give for the land ? 4. In an orchard , 19 trees bear cherries ...
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... bought four pieces of cloth , each piece containing 57 yards . For the first piece he gave 235 dol- lars ; for the ... bought a barrel of flour for 6 dollars , and sold it so as to gain 2 dollars . How much did he sell it for ? 17. I ...
... bought four pieces of cloth , each piece containing 57 yards . For the first piece he gave 235 dol- lars ; for the ... bought a barrel of flour for 6 dollars , and sold it so as to gain 2 dollars . How much did he sell it for ? 17. I ...
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... bought 8 pieces of cloth , each piece contain- ing 38 yards , at 7 dollars a yard . How inany yards were there , and what did he give for the whole ? 13. A man bought 9 pieces of broadcloth , each piece con- See First Lessons , sect ...
... bought 8 pieces of cloth , each piece contain- ing 38 yards , at 7 dollars a yard . How inany yards were there , and what did he give for the whole ? 13. A man bought 9 pieces of broadcloth , each piece con- See First Lessons , sect ...
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Page 17 - There is an orchard consisting of ten rows of trees, and nine trees in each row ; how many trees are there in the orchard ? 12.
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Page 200 - In the multiplication of decimal fractions, multiply as in whole numbers, and from the product point off so many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in the multiplicand and multiplier counted together, and, if there are not so many figures in the product, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers.
Page 2 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the...
Page 82 - A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord; and a cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile.
Page 23 - ... miles a day ; how far apart will they be at the end of 6 days ? Ans.
Page 21 - If 8 men can do a piece of work in 7 days, how many days will it take one man to do it ? 9.
Page 227 - A gentleman left an estate of $13000 to his four sons, in such a manner, that the third was to have once and one half as much as the fourth, the second was to have as much as the third and fourth, and the first was to have as much as the other three. What was the share of each ? J38.
Page 26 - TABLE. 2 pints pt. make 1 quart, marked qt. 8 quarts - 1 peck, - pk. 4 pecks - 1 bushel, - bu.
Page 53 - The forward wheels of a waggon are 14^ feet in circumference, and the hind wheels 15 feet 9 inches, how many more times will the forward wheels turn round than the hind wheels, in running from Boston to New-York, it being 248 miles ?