The Progressive Intellectual Arithmetic; On the Inductive Plan. Being a Sequel to the Progressive Primary Arithmetic (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ...$? Analysis. As many pounds as $f, the price of 1 pound, is contained times in $ . f equal /, J equal %, and 8 twentieths are contained in 15 twentieths 1J times. Therefore, at $ a pound, Impounds can be bought for $%. 'Or thus: is contained in 1,5 times, and in of 1 it it contained f of 5 times, or-times; is coutaue.Axx, " as many times, and of Jp-ts J1-, or. / 2. How many pounds of honey, at $ a pound, can be bought for f? 3. In of an acre of land, how many building lots of-f$ of an acre each? 4. If a horse eat f of a bushel of oats in a day, in how many days will he eat of a bushel? 5. At of a cent apiece, how many slate pencils can be bought for f of a cent? 6. If a piece of ribbon-of a yard long be cut into pieces J of a yard in length, how many pieces will there be? 7. A man, owning 4 of a coal mine, divided his share equally among his sons, giving them- % each; how many sons had he? 8. Among how many children can you divide of If melons, if you give of of a melon to each V 9. At f a yard, how many yards of silk can be bought for f? 10. At of J of a dollar a yard, how many yards of ribbon can be bought for $5-? 11. At fi a pint, how much wine can be bought forty? 12. When peaches are worth f-a bushel, how many can be bought for $? 13. If f of a yard of silk cost $-, what will 1 yard cost? Analysis. It witt cost 3 times % of $, or of $. of is, and 3 times are f, or $1 . Therefore, if f of a yard of silk cost $, 1 yard witt cost $1. 14. What will 1 dozen eggs cost, if of a dozen cost f of a dime? 15. If f of a bushel of corn are worth of a bushel of rye, how many bushels of corn is 1 bushel of rye worth? 16. Horace had $, which was of what ...