The Primary Public School Arithmetic: Based on McLellan and Dewey's "Psychology of Number" |
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actual measurement apiece apples bicycle bought boxes bushel centimeters Charlie cloth cost containing Count the number cube decimeter difference dimes Divide dollars dots represent dozen Draw a line Draw an oblong Draw lines eggs equal factor farmer feet Find his gain Find the cost Find the number Find the selling five following numbers foot foot measure gallon give hour hundred length Lesson Memorize meter milk minutes Multiply nickel number measures oranges paid pail pairs piece pints pitcher containing pounds PUPIL quantity quarts question quire quotient ratio Read these dots remainder represent 1 ft ribbon cost Roman numerals selling price sold square inches Subtract TEACHER ten-dollar bills tens trial divisor unit of measure unit that measures weigh wheat wide width write your results yard
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Page 179 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30| square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 180 - Time 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr . ) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk.) 12 months (mo.) — 1 year (yr.) 365 days — 1 common year 366 days = 1 leap year...
Page 178 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 179 - WEIGHT 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.) 100 pounds =1 hundredweight (cwt.) 2000 pounds = 1 ton (T...
Page 161 - A pile of wood 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 4 ft. high, contains 1 cord.
Page 247 - For example, if there are 4 boys and 1 6 girls on the debate team, we say that the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls on the team is 4 to 16, or 4 — . This is often written 4:16.
Page 193 - ... derived unit of measure. The Multiplier denotes how many times this unit of measure is to be repeated, ie it denotes the ratio of the measured quantity to the unit of measure. 50. 8 x $6 is read 8 times $6. $6 x 8 is read $6 multiplied by 8. X is the Sign of Multiplication. MULTIPLICATION TABLE Twice Three times Four times Five times Six times Seven times 1 is 2 2 " 4 3 " 6 4 " 8 5 " 10 6 " 12 7 " 14 8 " 16 9 " 18 10 " 20 11 " 22 12 " 24 1 is 3 2 " 6 3 " 9 4 " 12 5 " 15 6 " 18 7 " 21 8 " 24 9...
Page 2 - Of feet in a yard. 9. Count the number of steps you take in going from one side of the room to the other. From the front to the back of the room. 10. Measure with a foot rule and count the number of feet in the width of the room. In the length. 11. How many yards long is the blackboard ? How many feet ? How many feet high ? 12.
Page xii - ... one, and one, and one." Similarly, try to make a square with three splints ; they will need one more splint, and the how-many in the square will perhaps be expressed as "three and one," or " two and one and one," or (as we have often seen) " one and one, and one and one,
Page 106 - What part of 2 is 1 ? How many times does 1 ontain 2?* 2. What part of 3 is 2? What is the ratio of to 2? 3. What part of 6 is 3 ? How many times does 8 contain 6 ? 4. What part of 12 is 4? What is the ratio of 12 to 4 1 5. What...