The Complete Arithmetic: Oral and Written"Furnish a text-book on the subject of arithmetic, complete not only as a treatise, but as a comprehensive manual for the class-room and therefore embodying every necessary form of illustration and exercise, both oral and written." -- Preface. |
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acres added amount barrels base bill bought bushels called cents Change ciphers circle common compound containing cords cost cube cubic decimal DEFINITIONS denominator diameter difference Divide dividend divisible divisor dollars equal exchange expressed factors feet figure Find flour foot fraction gain gallons given gold greater Hence hundred hundredths inches Insurance integers interest invested land length less loss measure miles month Multiply OPERATION ORAL ounces paid payment person piece places pounds prime principal proportional quotient ratio receive Reduce remainder result rods root Rule selling share side sold square subtract surface TABLE tens tenths third thousand tons units volume weight whole wide worth write WRITTEN EXERCISES yards
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Page 192 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 371 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 52 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 314 - A Promissory Note is a written promise to pay a certain sum of money, on demand or at a specified time.
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Page 458 - The square of the hypothenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Complete Arithmetic: Oral and Written Robinson's shorter course |
| Author | Daniel W. Fish |
| Editor | Daniel W. Fish |
| Publisher | Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Company, 1874 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 516 pages |
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