Intellectural Arithmetic; Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction (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. 1912 Excerpt: ... to pay? 10. Mr. Hale paid 60 cents for his children; how much did the sleigh-ride cost in all? 11. If 24 is four tenths of a number, what is one tenth of the number? what is ten tenths, or the number itself? 12. Mr. Blake received $14 for seven tenths of his crop of apples; what did he receive for one tenth of the crop? for ten tenths, or the whole crop? 13. 14 is seven tenths of what number? Answer: If 14 is seven tenths, one tenth is one seventh of 14, or 2, and ten tenths, or the whole number, is ten times 2, or 20. Therefore, 14 is seven tenths of 20. 14. 18 is three tenths of what number? 15. 30 is five tenths of what number? 16. 28 is seven tenths of what number? 17. 45 is nine tenths of what number? 18. Here are three lines of equal length. The first is, divided into halves, _ the next is divided "" ' " into tenths, and the " ' ' last is divided into fifths. Measure and see how many tenths make a half, and how many tenths make one fifth. 19. How many cents are there in one tenth of a dollar? in one fifth of a dollar? in one fourth of a dollar? in one half of a dollar? B. Problems. 1. How can you divide two apples among three boys? Answer: First cut one of the apples into three equal parts, and give one of these parts, or thirds, to each boy; next do the same thing with the other apple. Each boy, then, will get one third of each of the two apples; now if the apples are alike, all their parts, or thirds, will be alike, and one third of two apples will amount tj the same as two thirds of one apple. 2. If you divide two pints of milk among three boys, how much milk will you give to each? 3. What part of an inch is one sixth of three inches? Explanation: This line is three inches long, and each inch has been divided into six equal pa...