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... shillings , among a poor family , consisting of a man , his wife , and two children . He gave the man twice as much as his wife , and to the oldest child one - third of what he gave to his father . There was then a shilling over , which ...
... shillings , among a poor family , consisting of a man , his wife , and two children . He gave the man twice as much as his wife , and to the oldest child one - third of what he gave to his father . There was then a shilling over , which ...
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... shillings . After paying 15s . 6d . of expenses , he brought away £ 305 : 16 : 6. How many had he of each kind ? Ans ... shillings more , and that he has remaining 5 shillings less than half of what George still possesses . How much does ...
... shillings . After paying 15s . 6d . of expenses , he brought away £ 305 : 16 : 6. How many had he of each kind ? Ans ... shillings more , and that he has remaining 5 shillings less than half of what George still possesses . How much does ...
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... shillings . 35. Two women occupy adjacent stalls at a fair . The one makes four sales for the other's three , and has sold three dozen articles before the other commences ; but then , she only draws as much at three sales as her ...
... shillings . 35. Two women occupy adjacent stalls at a fair . The one makes four sales for the other's three , and has sold three dozen articles before the other commences ; but then , she only draws as much at three sales as her ...
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... shillings every year that he remained in his place . He remained 40 years on these terms . What was his last year's wage , and what did he earn dur- ing the whole time ? Ans . £ 34 , 10s ,, and £ 795 . CHAPTER XIX . GEOMETRICAL ...
... shillings every year that he remained in his place . He remained 40 years on these terms . What was his last year's wage , and what did he earn dur- ing the whole time ? Ans . £ 34 , 10s ,, and £ 795 . CHAPTER XIX . GEOMETRICAL ...
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... shillings less every year than the other , and found , at the end of the 40 years , that she had saved twice as much as her fellow - servant , and half- a - year's wages besides . What did they severally save in the year ? 13. Two ...
... shillings less every year than the other , and found , at the end of the 40 years , that she had saved twice as much as her fellow - servant , and half- a - year's wages besides . What did they severally save in the year ? 13. Two ...
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2ab+b² a²+b² ab² Algebra arithmetical progression called co-efficients commencing common ratio Completing the square compound quantity cube root deno difference Divide the number dividend divisor equal equation containing EXAMPLE EXERCISES IN CHAPTER exponent expressed Extracting the square factors Find the greatest Find the least Find the square find the value former four quantities fraction geometrical progression GEOMETRY AND MENSURATION given equations given quantity Given x² greatest common measure half Hence integer least common multiple letters mean proportional Method Third miles per hour minator mixed quantities Multiply negative sign NOTE number of terms Practical Geometry preceded PROBLEM PROBLEM II Quadratic Equation quan quantities are proportional quotient remainder RULE second power shillings side SIMPLE EQUATIONS simple Quantity square root subtract THEOREM tion tities Transposing Treatise unknown quantity vinculum whole number Зас
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Página 39 - The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes and 4 and 6 are the means.
Página 24 - If it is desired to reduce a whole number to a fraction, multiply the whole number by the denominator of the given fraction, and write the result over the denominator.
Página 39 - THEOREM. lf the first has to the second the same ratio which the third has to the fourth, but the third to the fourth, a greater ratio than the fifth has to the sixth ; the first shall also have to the second a greater ratio than the fifth, has to the sixth.
Página 74 - Proportion, when the ratio is the same between every two adjacent terms, viz. when the first is to the second, as the second to the third, as the third to the fourth, as the fourth to the fifth, and so on, all in the same common ratio.
Página 19 - Divide the greater number by the less, the divisor by the remainder, and thus continue to divide the last divisor by the last remainder until there is no remainder ; the last divisor will be the greatest common divisor.
Página 40 - If the product of two quantities be equal to the product of two others, two of them may be made the extremes and the other two the means of a proportion.
Página 31 - Reduce the mixed numbers to improper fractions, and compound fractions to simple ones ; after this has been done, multiply all the numerators together for the numerator of the product, and all the denominators together for its denominator. Multiply 6| by | of |. Here the mixed number 6§ _ ,p and | of J = H 6* is converted into the " " improper fraction «, and then ¥' X « = \V
Página 94 - ... To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, may be equal to the square of the other part.
Página 58 - To divide the number 90 into four such parts, that if the first be increased by 2, the second diminished by 2, the third multiplied by 2, and the fourth divided by 2, the sum, difference, product, and quotient so obtained, will be all equal to each other.
Página 38 - Multiply the divisor thus increased, by the second term of the root, and subtract the product from the remainder.