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25 cents 50 cents acres acres of land Annexing apples Avoirdupois barrels of flour bought bushels called cancellation cents a pound ciphers column Complete the following containing decimal places decimal point DENOMINATE NUMBERS dimes Divide dividend Division dollars dozen eggs earn ELEMENTARY ARITHMETIC equal Explanation figure Find the cost Find the sum Find the value five fourths gallons Greatest Common Divisor Hence horses hundredths improper fractions INDUCTIVE STEPS integer LESSON long ton lowest terms miles million mills minuend mixed numbers Multiply nine ORAL EXERCISES paid prime factors PRINCIPLE Process Proper Fraction pupils quarts Reduce remainder rods sell seven sheep sold stars subtract subtrahend ten-thousandths tens tenths thousand thousandths tons worth Write the numbers WRITTEN EXERCISES WRITTEN PROBLEMS yards of cloth
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Page 220 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq.
Page 222 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) =1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 226 - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding dry medicines. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.} = 1 Scruple, . . sc., or 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram, . . dr., or 3 . 8 Drams = 1 Ounce, . . oz., or § . 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . Ib., or ft,.
Page 224 - Avoirdupois Weight 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.) 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.) 20...
Page 147 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 112 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 223 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 228 - In counting many kinds of articles we use these measures : 12 things = 1 dozen (doz.) 12 dozen = 1 gross (gr.) 12 gross = 1 great gross (G. gr.) 20 things = 1 score (sc.) In buying and selling paper we use these measures : 24 sheets = 1 quire (qr.) 20 quires = 1 ream (R.) 2 reams = 1 bundle (bdl.) 5 bundles = 1 bale.
Page 147 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor of 36 and 54, since it is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder.
Page 202 - ... as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the quotient, if necessary.