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12 cents 12 dollars 18 days 20 per cent 50 cents A's fortune amount apples cost barrel cost barrels of flour boy bought bushels butter cents a piece cents a pound cents a yard cipal equals cloth cost cord cost 5 cents denominator dimes a piece dimes a yard distance Divide the number dollars a barrel dollars a yard eighths equals the interest farmer feet fifths flour cost fourths fraction gain per cent gallon gave give given principal double hound improper fraction inches interest of $1 James John length LESSON lowest terms marbles Mary melon merchant bought mixed number orange cost ounces pecks pennyweights pints pounds cost principal equals quarts quires rate per cent receive Reduce remaining Rhinebeck rods second cup sell sevenths sheep SHELDON & COMPANY shillings sixths SOLUTION.-If the interest thirds twelfths twice weeks yard cost yards of cloth
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Page 55 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 94 - Multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 52 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq.
Page 33 - ... miles an hour, how far apart will they be at the end of 1 hour ? At the end of 2 hours ? 4 hours ? 10 hours ? Why ? 4.
Page 129 - The head of a fish is 7 inches long, the tail is as long as the head and |- of the body, and the body is as long as the head and tail ; what is the length of the fish ? 9.
Page 33 - Two men depart from the same place, and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of...
Page 52 - Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) =1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 163 - A book was sold for 90 cents, which was 10 per cent less than its value ; what would have been the gain per cent, if it had been sold for $1.50...
Page 33 - If 2 men start from the same place and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 4 miles an hour, and the other at the rate of 5 miles an hour, how far apart will they be at the end of 1 hour ? At the end of 2 hours ? 5 hours?
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