Joseph Ray

Practical Arithmetic, by Induction and Analysis Joseph Ray

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt: ... Ans. 18 hr. 36min. 40 sec. 8. § of $1, less of a dime? Ans. 55cts. 9. of an oz., less g of a pwt.? Ans. llpwt. 3gr. TO. § mi., less fT fur.? Ant. lfjur. 5rd. 10ft,10in. 11. §da., less"fhr.? Ans. 19hr. 54min. 17sec. 12. JE. En., less § yard? Ans. 3qr. jfna. ART. 165. PROMISCUOUS EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce fffff to its lowest terms... Ans. J. 2. Find the sum of and f; of § and f; of T and 1£; of 2i, 3, ft, and Ans. to last, 6if 3. What is the difference between and §? and T4T? 3;i and 1? 3 and I of 3£? Ans. to last, 2. 4. Add f of T70 to of T Ans. ff. Review.--162. Two-fifths of a day, are two-fifths of what? How find two-fifths of 24 hours? What is Case 8? What is the Rule? 168. What is Case 4? Whatfthe Rule? Note. If one or both quantities contain a fraction, how proceed? 164. What is the rule for th addition or subtraction of fractional compound numbers? 5. To the quotient of lf-=-2£, add the quotient of5£--3. " ns.2fg. 6. What number divided by will give 10 for a quotient? Ans. 6. 7. What number multiplied by £ will give 10 for a product? Ans. 16§. 8. What number is that, from which if you take f of itself, the remainder will be 16? Ans. 28. 9. What number is that, to which if you add of itself, the sum will be 20? Ans, 14. 10. A boat is worth $900; a merchant owns § of it, and sells J of his share: what part has he left, and what is it worth? Ans. T63 left, worth $375. 11. I own-j7j of a ship, and sell of my share for $1944: what is the whole ship worth? Ans. $10000. 12. What part of 3 cents, is of 2 cents? Ans. J. 13. What part of 368, isl76? Ans. 14. What number,++T'5+TyT, = p? Ans. £ggj. 15. What number,+T% of f2 of 4T9j,=l? Ans. T35. 16. From the quotient...