Dubbs' Complete Mental Arithmetic: A Volume of Carefully Graded Exercises Adapted to the Use of All SchoolsAmerican Book Company, 1893 - 220 páginas "First edition of Dubbs' work on mental arithmetic. The author states in the preface that this subject is the most important that has been taught in the schools because it develops the reasoning faculties quicker than the study of any other discipline. The work consists of a series of problems in the various subjects of primary mathematics, including the basic sections, fractions, interest, discounts and percentages, among others. These are 'carefully graded exercises adapted to the use of all schools.' All to be accomplished without pencil or paper!" -- Antiquarian bookseller's description, 2018. |
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... sold a certain number of barrels of flour for 150 dollars , thereby gaining 25 dollars . If he received 6 dollars a barrel , what was the cost ... price per head must I sell the re- mainder to sustain no loss ? 33. A can husk 9 bushels of ...
... sold a certain number of barrels of flour for 150 dollars , thereby gaining 25 dollars . If he received 6 dollars a barrel , what was the cost ... price per head must I sell the re- mainder to sustain no loss ? 33. A can husk 9 bushels of ...
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... sell ? 23. A boy played marbles ; after winning as many as he had at first , he had 36 marbles . How many had he at first ? 35 gallons remained . of the 24. A man bought a cow ; after having paid price , he owed 12 dollars . What was the ...
... sell ? 23. A boy played marbles ; after winning as many as he had at first , he had 36 marbles . How many had he at first ? 35 gallons remained . of the 24. A man bought a cow ; after having paid price , he owed 12 dollars . What was the ...
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... price was paid ? 35. A tailor bought 93 yards of cloth , and afterward sold 2 yards . What part of the cloth did he sell ? LESSON XXVII . I. How often is contained in ? in ? in ? 2 . How often is contained in ? in 18 ? in ?? 3 . How ...
... price was paid ? 35. A tailor bought 93 yards of cloth , and afterward sold 2 yards . What part of the cloth did he sell ? LESSON XXVII . I. How often is contained in ? in ? in ? 2 . How often is contained in ? in 18 ? in ?? 3 . How ...
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... price , he owed $ 30 . How much did he pay ? 9. A man sold of his land , and had 56 acres re- maining . How many acres did he sell ? IO . A's age is 21 years , and of his age is of B's . How old is B ? II . A trader having $ 80 , gave ...
... price , he owed $ 30 . How much did he pay ? 9. A man sold of his land , and had 56 acres re- maining . How many acres did he sell ? IO . A's age is 21 years , and of his age is of B's . How old is B ? II . A trader having $ 80 , gave ...
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... cost $ 3 , what would 9 yards 22 . cost ? 23. If of a ton of hay cost $ 83 , how many tons would cost $ 50 ? 24. Bought 24 sheep , at $ 31 each , but 4 having died , at what price per head must I sell the remainder to sus- tain no loss ...
... cost $ 3 , what would 9 yards 22 . cost ? 23. If of a ton of hay cost $ 83 , how many tons would cost $ 50 ? 24. Bought 24 sheep , at $ 31 each , but 4 having died , at what price per head must I sell the remainder to sus- tain no loss ...
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12 rods 15 cents 50 cents 9 mo A's money acres acres of land amount Answer apiece apple trees barrels of flour boys buggy bushels of wheat cents a bushel cents a pound certain number cider commission contained cords of wood cows cube root discount divided dividend divisor dollars Dubbs earn equal farmer sold feet Find the cost fraction gain percent gallons hogs horse cost horses eat hundredweight insured least common multiple less LESSON lost marbles marked price midnight miles an hour Multiply muslin ounces oxen paid past noon pecks pennyweights piece pints plums principal quarts quires received Reduce remainder rods of fence selling price shares Sold 15 Solution square root Subtract thereby losing tons of hay turkeys twice watch weeks weigh wheat yards of cloth
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Página 201 - The Present Worth of a debt payable at a future time without interest is such a sum as, being on interest for the time at a certain rate, will amount to the debt.
Página 207 - The square of the sum of two numbers is equal to the square of the first, plus twice the product of the first by the second, plus the square of the second.
Página 108 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Página 114 - Length 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5| yards, or 16| feet = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods, or 5280 feet = 1 mile (mi.) Square Measure 144 square inches (sq.
Página 109 - TABLE. 2 pints pt. make 1 quart, marked qt. 8 quarts - 1 peck, - pk. 4 pecks - 1 bushel, - bu.
Página 118 - 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.
Página 112 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl.) 2 barrels = 1 hogshead (hhd...
Página 116 - A Square is a figure having four equal sides and four right angles.
Página 80 - Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor.
Página 28 - Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another ; or of finding one of the equal parts of a number.