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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. 1911 Excerpt: ...lb. of tea and 510,048,890 lb. of coffee were imported into the United States in a certain year, find the value of the tea at 450 a pound and of the coffee at 24i a pound. 6. What is the value of 3986 bales of cotton, each weighing 538 lb., at 23 a pound? 7. What is the difference in the cost of 489 head of cattle at $45.25 a head, and 2384 head of sheep at $6.75 a head? 8. The United States government bought on contract 1976 reams of foolscap paper at $3.37 a ream, and 1850 reams of letter paper at $2.12§ a ream. How much was paid for the paper? 9. One year the farmers of this country planted 84,204,096 acres of corn. If the average yield was 25 bu. to the acre, how many bushels of corn were raised that year? 10. At 35 0 a bushel for unshelled corn, find the total value of the corn crop that year. 11. In 3 of the western states 7,773,970 head of cattle were sold one year for beef. Find the total value at $29 a head. 12. Multiply five thousand two by four hundred one. 1. Division is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or it is the process of separating a number into equal parts. Note: At 30 each, how many peaches can be bought for 15 cents? 150-5-3(f = 5. This illustrates the first definition, or division. I paid 15)5 for 5 peaches. What did each cost? 15 i-s-5 = 3(S. This illustrates the second definition, or as it is sometimes called, partition. 2. The dividend is the number that is to be divided or separated into parts. 3. The divisor is the number by which we divide. 4. The quotient is the result obtained by division. 5. The remainder is the part of the dividend remaining, when the divisor is not contained an exact number of times. 6. The sign of division is-h, and is read divided by. 7. Division is expressed i...
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