A Primary Arithmetic: Number Studies for the Second, Third, and Fourth Grades

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American Book Company, 1898 - Arithmetic - 253 pages
 

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Page 249 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk.) 365 days = 1 common year...
Page 94 - 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 249 - Linear Measure 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet...
Page 249 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet — 1 square yard (sq.
Page 249 - 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 169 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 141 - If 47 men can do a piece of work in 4 days, how long will it take 1 man to do the same work ? 22.
Page 250 - Linen, 12mo, 201 pages. Price, 75 cents This little work has been prepared by a practical teacher of mathematics as an elementary text-book for beginners in the study. In scope, plan and grade, it is adapted to follow the course in mathematics usually pursued in Common and Grammar Schools, or to precede the study of Demonstrative Geometry in the High School. Some of the distinctive methods illustrated and applied in the book are the following: Experimental Work. The work is eminently practical, its...
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Page 235 - A fraction whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator is an improper fraction.

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