Arithmetical Problems, Oral and Written; With Numerous Tables of Money, Weights, Measures, Etc. - Designed for a Review and Test Exercises and May Be Used with Any Series of Arithmetics (Paperback)

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. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ...7-3 ft. wide, and 51 ft. high; of the third, 12 ft. long, 10 ft. wide, and 7 ft. high; they are made of plank 2 in. thick. He sells the corn at $.75 a bushel, the wheat at $1.12 J, the rye at $.95. How many bushels of 2,150.5 cu. in. had he of each kind of grain, and how much money did the whole bring him? 277. How many half-dimes would it take to pay for 18 doz. of eggs, at $.30 per doz.? 278. A man has a field 37 rods wide. What length must he cut off from the end to set off 5 A. 145 P.? 279. If the factors of a certain number are 16$, 30f, and 9-j, what is f of f of f of the number? 280. What will it cost to construct 8 mi. 256 rd. of pank-road at 81,325.65 per mile? 281. What part of a short ton is f of a long ton?-282. How much copper and tin in the great bell of Moscow, which weighs 192 tons 17 cwt. 16 Ib., bell-metal consisting of 3 parts copper to 1 of tin? 283. The average distance of the planet Neptune from the earth is 2,864,000,000 miles; should it be blotted ont, how long thereafter would its light be visible from the earth, the velocity of light being 192,000 miles per second? 284. How many francs must a merchant in Paris send to New York in payment for a debt of $15,989.862? J 85. I have a field 96 rods long and 50 rods wide. How much would it cost to build a fence around it, at $.12$ per foot? 286. Reduce.18, .369, .307692 and 6.75 to equivalent common fractions. 287. Exchanged 5 firkins of butter, of 50 Ib. each, at $ 5 per pound, for 50 bags of guano, of 116 J Ib. each. What was the price of the guano per short ton? 288. What weight of water in a cistern 10 ft. 6 in. square, and 8 ft. 4 in. deep, a cubic foot of water weighing 1,000 ounces? Reduce--289. 33 gal. 3 qt. 1 pt. 1T73 gi. to the fraction...