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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Page 194
... gold , silver , and jewels , and in philosophical experiments . TABLE . 24 Grains ( gr . ) = 1 Pennyweight . put ... gold , and means a twenty - fourth part . Thus , gold is said to be 18 carats fine , when it contains 18 parts of pure ...
... gold , silver , and jewels , and in philosophical experiments . TABLE . 24 Grains ( gr . ) = 1 Pennyweight . put ... gold , and means a twenty - fourth part . Thus , gold is said to be 18 carats fine , when it contains 18 parts of pure ...
Page 197
... gold chain , weighing 1 oz . 12 pwt . , cost at $ 1 a pennyweight ? 8. What part of a pound Troy are 4 oz . ? 6 oz . ? 8 oz . ? 9. How many parts of pure gold in a ring 16 carats fine ? 10. How many powders of 8 grains each , can be ...
... gold chain , weighing 1 oz . 12 pwt . , cost at $ 1 a pennyweight ? 8. What part of a pound Troy are 4 oz . ? 6 oz . ? 8 oz . ? 9. How many parts of pure gold in a ring 16 carats fine ? 10. How many powders of 8 grains each , can be ...
Page 204
... Gold and silver , in a pure state , are too soft for coinage ; hence they are hardened by compounding them with an alloy of baser metal , while their color and other valuable qualities are not im- paired . UNITED STATES MONEY . 391 ...
... Gold and silver , in a pure state , are too soft for coinage ; hence they are hardened by compounding them with an alloy of baser metal , while their color and other valuable qualities are not im- paired . UNITED STATES MONEY . 391 ...
Page 205
... Gold Dollar . TABLE . E. d . ct . m . 10 Mills ( m . ) = 1 Cent 10 Cents · ct . 1 = 1 Dime d . 10 100 1 = 1000 10000 ... gold , silver , nickel , and bronze , and is as follows : 394. Gold . The double - eagle , eagle , half - eagle ...
... Gold Dollar . TABLE . E. d . ct . m . 10 Mills ( m . ) = 1 Cent 10 Cents · ct . 1 = 1 Dime d . 10 100 1 = 1000 10000 ... gold , silver , nickel , and bronze , and is as follows : 394. Gold . The double - eagle , eagle , half - eagle ...
Page 206
... gold coins in use are the Sovereign and the Half - Sovereign . 2. The intrinsic value of the 50 - cent piece in ... gold , silver , and copper , as follows : 405. Gold . The sovereign and half - sovereign . 406. Silver . The crown , half ...
... gold coins in use are the Sovereign and the Half - Sovereign . 2. The intrinsic value of the 50 - cent piece in ... gold , silver , and copper , as follows : 405. Gold . The sovereign and half - sovereign . 406. Silver . The crown , half ...
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acres altitude amount ANALYSIS.-Since ANALYSIS.-The barrels of flour base bill bought brokerage bushels cents a pound ciphers common difference compound interest contained cords cube root cubic feet cubic foot currency Defs diameter discount Divide dividend divisible dollars Dry Measure equal equated exchange figure Find the area Find the cost fraction frustum gain gallons given number gold greatest common divisor Hence hundred hundredths improper fraction inches Insurance integers invested least common multiple measure meters miles minuend mixed numbers Multiply number of terms OPERATION ORAL EXERCISES paid payment premium prime factors principal quotient ratio Reduce remainder required term rods Rule RULE.-I RULE.-Multiply selling share sold square root subtract subtrahend tens tons triangle Troy Weight units weight wide worth write WRITTEN EXERCISES
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Page 355 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 461 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
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.
Page 399 - What is the weight of a block of granite 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 10 in. thick, if a similar block 10 ft. long, 5 ft. wide, and 16 in. thick, weigh 5200 pounds ? 12. If it cost $15 to carry 20 tons 1£ miles, what will it cost to carry 400 tons £ of a mile ? 13. If it take 13500 bricks to build a wall 200 ft. long, 20 ft. high, and 16 in. thick, each brick being 8 in. long, 4 in. wide, and 2 in. thick, how many bricks 10 in. long, 5 in. wide, 3£ in. thick, will be required to build a wall 600...
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.
Page 202 - COUNTING. 12 units or things make 1 dozen. 12 dozen " 1 gross. 12 gross " 1 great gross. 20 units
Page 388 - Four quantities are in proportion when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourth.