Intellectual Arithmetic: Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction |
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12 dollars 30 dollars 9 dollars asked the age barrel cost barrel of flour barrels of cider bought broadcloth bushel cost bushels of corn bushels of wheat called cents apiece cloth cost contained cost 2 dollars divided dollars a barrel dollars a yard eight dollars eighteen eleven equal farthings feet fifths firkins of butter five dollars flour cost Forty-eight Forty-seven four dollars Fourteen fourths gallons gave gills give them apiece half halves horses eat hundred weight improper fraction lars let the teacher miles months nails Nineteen oranges cost paid pears pence piece pints pole pound cost provision will serve pupil quarters wide quarts rods SECTION seven dollars Seventeen sevenths sheep shillings a bushel six cents Sixteen sixths sold Subtract tenths thirds Thirteen three dollars twelve dollars twenty week whole apple whole numbers worth of provision yards cost yards of cloth
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Page 69 - Nine 9 Ten 10 Eleven 11 Twelve 12 Thirteen 13 Fourteen 14 Fifteen 15 Sixteen 16 Seventeen 17 Eighteen 18 Nineteen 19 Twenty -.20 Twenty-one 21 Twenty-two 22 Twenty-three 23 Twenty-four 24...
Page 151 - I see by little and little more of what is to be done, and how it is to be done, should I ever be able to do it.
Page 136 - I have not a hundred ; but if I had half as many more as I now have, and two geese and a half, I should have a hundred ; how many had he ? 176.
Page 114 - It will be seen by the above section, that, if both the numerator and denominator be multiplied by the same number, the value of the fraction will not be altered...
Page 121 - Ibs. for a hundred weight instead of 112 as formerly. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, '* Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters " 1 hundred weight, " ctat. JO hundred weight " 1 ton, *' T. Table V. — CLOTH MEASURE. Used in measuring Woollens and other Cloths. 2£ Inches (in.) 4 uailS, or 9 in.
Page 80 - A man, being asked how many sheep he had, said that he had them in two pastures ; in one pasture he had eight ; and that 3 fourths of these was -f just 1 third of what he had in the other. How many were there in the other ? 4.
Page 128 - What part of a year is 1 month ? 2 months ? 3 months ? 4 months ? 5 months ? 6 months ? 7 months? 8 months? 9 months?
Page 42 - Remark. When any thing or any number, is divided into two equal parts, one of the parts is called the half of the thing or the number. 1. If an apple is worth two cents, what is one half of it worth ? 2.
Page 115 - J of $ ? 35. A man owning £ of a ship, sold ^ of his share ; what part of the whole ship did he sell ? What part had he left? 36. What is £ of f ? 37.
Page 38 - What cost six reams of paper, at five dollars per ream ? 8. What cost eight pair of shoes, at three dollars a pair ? 9. What is the value of nine yards of cloth, at six dollars a yard ? 10. If a man travel five miles in an hour, how many miles will he travel in nine hours ? 11. 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.