Durell's Arithmetic

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Charles E. Merrill Company, 1911 - Arithmetic - 396 pages
 

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Page 131 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone, To which we twenty-eight assign, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 329 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet — 1 square yard (sq.
Page 329 - 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 329 - LIQUID MEASURE. DRY MEASURE. 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.). 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.). 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.
Page 280 - Multiplying both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. Since multiplying the numerator multiplies the value of the fraction, and multiplying the denominator divides the value of the fraction, multiplying both numerator and...
Page 275 - The denominator shows the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. The numerator shows the number of parts taken.
Page 150 - DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another.
Page 180 - Washington was born in 1732, and died in 1799: how old was he when he died?
Page 130 - How many days in a year ? There are in January, 31 May, 31 September, 30 February, 28 June, 30 October, 31 March, 31 July, 31 November, 30 April, 30 August, 31 December, 31 6. Every fourth year is a leap year, and then February has 29 days, and the year has days.
Page 198 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another. The Multiplicand is the number taken or multiplied. The Multiplier is the number denoting how many times the multiplicand is taken. The Product is the number obtained by 'multiplying. The multiplicand and multiplier are called the Factors of the product.

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