Arithmetic, Theoretical and Practical ...Rivingtons, 1870 |
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Page 53 - Measure) 4 gills = 1 pint 2 pints = 1 quart 2 quarts = 1 pottle 2 pottles = 1 gallon 4 quarts = 1 gallon 2 gallons = 1 peck 4 pecks = 1 bushel 8 bushels = 1 quarter...
Page 426 - What is the side of a square whose area is equal to that of a circle 452 feet in diameter ? Ans. ^(452)
Page 189 - At a siege it was found that a certain length of trench could be dug by the soldiers and navvies in 4 days, but that when only half the navvies were present, it required 7 days to dig the same length of trench. What proportion of the work was done by the soldiers ? LXII.
Page 84 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 54 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes =± 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month...
Page 176 - If 15 men, 12 women, and 9 boys, can complete a piece of work in 50 days, what time would 9 men, 15 women, and 18 boys, take to do twice as much, the parts done by each in the same time being as the numbers 3, 2, and 1 ? A.
Page 76 - Multiplying the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction.
Page 243 - A person invests £5,460 in the 3 per cents at 91, he sells out £2,000 stock when they have risen to 93^, and the remainder when they have fallen to 85; he then invests the produce in 4^ per cents, at 102.
Page 82 - A fraction may be expressed by two numbers, one written under the other, with a horizontal line between them; as, |, f, f.
Page 175 - A piece of work can be done in 50 days by 35 men working all together; and if after working together for 12 days 16 of the men were to leave the work, find the number of days in which the remaining men could finish it.