Key to the North American Arithmetic: For the Use of Teachers. part second and part thirdHogan and Thompson, 1848 |
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1-fifth 1-fourth of 22 1-seventh 1-sixth 1-third 12 cents 17 dollars 2-fourths 21 dollars 23 carats 23 carats fine 2d answer 2gal 30 cents 30 feet 35 rods 36 scholars 51 oxen 6-eighths 7-eighths 9 cents 9 dollars 9 weeks acres of grass Allen's alloy apples ARTICLE barrels Bond's Boston bushels centimes cents per lb CHAP common denominator consume the growth cords cows cubic feet cubic inches Discount dred eight Emerson's North American equal gallons hare's leaps loaf miles an hour minute months North American Arithmetic number of acres number of oxen ounces oxen multiplied penny-weights pounds pure gold ratio repetend rix dol sand SECTION servant's board cost sheep shillings six hundred solutions son's board cost square feet square yards steeple ster ten-thousandths third thou thousandths tons whole numbers workmen can perform WRITTEN ARITHMETIC
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Page 66 - The first cup weighed 6 oz. If the first cup be covered, it will weigh twice as much as the second, but if the second cup be covered, it will weigh 3 times as much as the first. What is the weight of the second cup and cover ? ANALYSIS.
Page 65 - A hare starts 25 of its leaps in advance of a hound, and takes 4 leaps to the hound's 3; but 2 of the hound's leaps are equal to 3 of the hare's ; how many leaps must the hound take to overtake the hare ? SOLUTION.
Page 2 - PROFESSOR HAMILTON, of Nashville University, after examining the First and Second Parts, writes — "I think the work, thus far, better adapted to awaken interest and excite inquiry in the youthful mind, than any elementary treatise which I have seen. The arrangement is natural, and the questions simple and practical, and the rules clearly and fully expressed.
Page 62 - У of $3000, which is the money of the first. Ans. The first had $3000, and the second $3600 152. He bought 4 at 2 cents each, as often as he bought 3 at 3 cents each. 4 at 2 cents came to 8 cents, and 3 at 3 cents came to 9 cents ; therefore every 7 lemons cost 17 cents, which is Щ- cents each. He sold them at 2^ cents each. The difference between 2^ and 2| is T'T.