Harvey's Essentials of Arithmetic, with Everyday Problems Relating to Agriculture, Commerce and Other Vocations ...American book Company, 1914 - Arithmetic |
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acres altitude average bank board foot bought bricks bushel butter fat cent Change common fractions contains corn cube cubic inches cups decimal point denominator diameter dimensions discount Divide dividend division divisor dollars dozen earns eggs equal examples factors farmer fence figure Find the cost find the number Find the total gain gallons given HARVEY'S ESSENTIALS hundred hundredths improper fractions interest length lowest terms miles milk minuend mixed number months Multiply number of pounds ounces parallelogram payable phosphoric acid piece pint PROBLEMS ORAL pupils quart quotient ratio receive rectangle Reduce rods selling price side silage sold SOLUTION solve square mile square yard STUDY RECITATION subtract subtrahend sugar surface thousandths tons triangle units weighs wheat whole number wide width Write WRITTEN
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Page 261 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 398 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 450 - OF WEIGHT 10 milligrams (mg.) = 1 centigram (eg.) 10 centigrams = 1 decigram (dg.) 10 decigrams = 1 gram (g.) 10 grams = 1 dekagram (Dg...
Page 478 - Thirty days hath September, April. June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Save February, which alone Hath twenty-eight; and one day more "We add to it one year in four.
Page 205 - 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 476 - Square Measure 144 square inches = 1 square foot 9 square feet = 1 square yard 30J square yards = 1 square rod 160 square rods = 1 acre 640 acres = 1 square mile Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard 128 cubic feet...
Page 41 - Parcels weighing four ounces or less are mailable at the rate of one cent for each ounce or fraction of an ounce, regardless of distance. Parcels weighing more than four ounces are mailable at the pound rates shown in the following table, a fraction of a pound being considered a full pound : Up to 50 Ibs.
Page 188 - A concrete number in which the unit of measure is established by law or custom is called a denominate number.
Page 57 - The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 225 - CUBIC MEASURE. 1728 cubic inches (cu. in. ) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.).