The Elements of Arithmetic in Which Decimal and Integral Arithmetic Are Combined, and Taught Inductively Volume 1; On the System of Pestalozzi. Part 1

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. 1844 Excerpt: ...896.23 by 40060. 60. Multiply 387549.1 by 10000. 61. Multiply 4479.063 by 34000. 62. Multiply 70768400 by 209900. 63. If a pound of figs costs $0,125, what will 4050 pounds cost at the same rate? 64. Multiply.047 by.0304, and place Os in the vacant decimal places. 65. What will.501 pounds of raisins cost, at.0875 cents a pound? 66. Find.04008 of.00639. 67. Multiply.00940983 by 6050500. 68. Multiply.487006 by 99087000. 69. Multiply.0008807695 by 300950. 70. Find,004009'of.0706. 71. Find.0009087 of 649088. 72. Find.029501 of.00086473. 73. If a bushel of oats costs $0.375, what will 4 bushels cost 1 What will 7 times 4, or 28 bushels cost? 74. If a horse run 8.61 miles an hour, how far will he run in 5 hours? In 3 times 5, or 15 hours? 7 and 4 are called factors of 28. In like manner 3 and 5 are factors of 15; 2 and 7 of 14; 3 and 2 and 4 of 24, and so on. Now, whenever the multiplier can be resolved into two or more factors, the product may be obtained, either by employing the whole multiplier, or each of its factors, in succession. 75. If Charles obtains 19 merit marks in a week, how many will he obtain in 35 weeks, or 7 times 5 weeks?, 76. If I pay $0.75 for reaping an acre of wheat, how much must I pay for reaping 24 acres, or 2 times 3 times 4 acres? 77. If a lamp burns.276 pints of oil in an evening, how much will it burn in 36 evenings? 78. How far would a bird fly in 42 hours, at the rate of 17.54 miles an hour? 79. If a wheel turns round 441.5 times in going a mile, how many times would it turn, in 25 miles? 80. If 19.41 gallons of water run from a cistern in an hour, how many gallons will run out in 16 hours? 81. What must I give for 81 gallons of molasses, at $0.375 per gallon? 82. How many passengers can ride in 18 cars, each car holding 36 persons...