The First Steps in Numbers: Designed to Lead the Pupil to a Thorough Practical Acquaintance with the Elementary Operations on Numbers : and the Application of the Decimal System |
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Page 103 - 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 101 - Money. 4 farthings, 1 penny. 12 pence, 1 shilling. 20 shillings, 1 pound. 21 shillings, 1 guinea. Troy Weight. 24 grains, 1 pennywt, 20 pennywts., 1 ounce. 12 ounces, 1 pound. Apothecaries
Page 101 - APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound.
Page 101 - Dry Measure. — 2 pints = 1 quart; 8 quarts = 1 peck; 4 pecks = 1 bushel. Liquid Measure. — 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon; 31| gallons = 1 barrel; 2 barrels = 1 hogshead. Long Measure. — 12 inches = 1 foot; 3 feet...
Page 101 - Troy Weight 24 grains = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound.
Page 101 - The abbreviations made use of in this weight are T. for ton, cwt. for hundred weight, qr. for quarter, Ib. for pound, oz. for ounce, and dr. for dram. T. cwt qr.
Page 40 - We have seen that multiplying by a whole number is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier.
Page 99 - When a=30 and b= 14 ? 5. If a barrel of apples costs $3, what will 3 barrels cost? 4 barrels? 12 barrels? n barrels? 6. If there are 4 rows of apple-trees in an orchard and 8 trees in each row, how many trees are there in the orchard? How many trees are there in an orchard with b rows of 8 trees each ? How many trees are there in an orchard with b rows of a trees each? How is the product of a and b written ? 7.
Page 55 - How many yards of cloth at $| a yard can be bought for $5 ? |2^ ? $8 ? $121- ? 11. If it takes \ of a yard of cloth to make an apron, how many aprons can be made from 6 yards ? 12. In 3f Ib. how many ounces ? 13. At f of a cent apiece, what will 2 dozen eggs cost ? 14. I divided \\ Ib. of candy among 5 boys. How many ounces did each boy have ? 15. If ^ yd. of cloth costs 60 /, how much will 1 yd.
Page 47 - Drill should be given upon these and similar problems until the pupils are familiar with the language forms used in the analysis. The written form should be taken up after the oral form has been mastered. Apply these forms to similar problems on the succeeding pages of the text. 151.