The Common School Arithmetic ...Thompson, Brown & Company, 1877 - 351 pages |
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amount annex barrel bill Bought bush bushels called cent ciphers common fraction composite number compound interest compound number contains cords cost cube decimal decimal fraction decimeter diameter difference discount Divide dividend divisible dollars equal example farthings feet flour gain or loss gallons given number gold greatest common divisor Hence higher denominations hundred improper fraction interest of $1 least common multiple longitude lower denomination marked price measure meters method miles million minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply Notation NOTE number of terms OPERATION payment pounds prime factors principal PROBLEM quarts Quintillions quotient ratio Reduce Reduction Ascending rods Rule for finding shillings simple sold square root subtract subtrahend TABLE tens thousand Troy Weight true remainder units weight whole number wide worth
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Page 74 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 292 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 67 - 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 40 - DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another.
Page 292 - Given the first term, last term, and common difference, to find the number of terms. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number of terms.
Page 62 - TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, oz. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. 25 Pounds " 1 Quarter, qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, cwt. 20 Hundred Weight
Page 74 - TABLE. 60 Seconds (sec.) make 1 Minute, m. 60 Minutes " 1 Hour, h. 24 Hours
Page 90 - A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit...
Page 72 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 142 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.