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12 cents 12 feet 12 inches 25 cents 50 cents 9 cents 9 tens acres Article barrels of flour board foot bought bushels cents a pound cents a quart cents a yard ciphers circle common fraction contains cords cost cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches denominations dimes dividend divisor dollar dozen Draw DRY MEASURE earn eight feet long feet wide figure which stands Find the sum gain gallons greatest common divisor hundred hundredths inches long inches wide integers measure melon miles minuend MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS month Multiply numbers ending oranges ounces paid pairs pecks pints prime factors prime number receive Reduce remainder REVIEW rods sell slate sold square feet square inches square miles square yards Subtract ten-thousandths tenths thousand thousandths three tens units week yards of cloth yards of ribbon
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Page 270 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 273 - 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 268 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 276 - 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 110 - ... fish ; ^ of them were perch. How many were perch ? 4. If a man can walk 4 miles per hour, how long will it take him to walk 28 miles at this rate ? 5. 3 is ^ of what number ? 3 is ^ of what number ? 6. 3 boys bought a melon for 15 cents. What shall each boy pay ? 7. Harry had 32 marbles and sold ^ of them. How many did he sell ? How many had he left ? 8. Frank bought a pair of rabbits for 35 cents and sold them for 50 cents. What did he gain ? 9. What will 3 pints of milk cost at 6^ per quart?...
Page 257 - Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off as many decimal places in the product •"" as there are in both multiplicand and mul1265 tiplier.
Page 272 - LENGTH 12 inches (in.) =1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5\ yards, or 16| feet = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods, or 5280 feet = 1 mile (mi.) SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq.
Page 258 - Divide as in the division of integers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor.
Page 184 - At 5 cents a yard, how much more will 8 yards of cloth cost than \\ yards of ribbon at 20 cents a yard ? 2. If with $20 you can buy 5 pictures, how many, at the same rate, can you buy with $100 ? 3. A boy has 80 cents, and spends f of it for marbles ; how many blank books, at 8 cents apiece, can he buy with the rest of his money ? 5. A man bought apples at the rate of 4 for 3 cents and sold them at the rate of 6 for 5 cents ; what did he gain on 24 apples? 6. How many square feet of surface in a...
Page 267 - A Denominate Number is a number composed of denominate units. A Simple Denominate Number is composed of units of one denomination. A Compound Denominate Number is composed of units of two or more denominations which are reducible to units of the same denomination. 3. Reduction is the process of changing the denomination of a number without changing its value. Changing denominate numbers to lower denominations is called Reduction Descending. Changing to higher denominations is called Reduction Ascending.