A Complete Arithmetic: With Oral and Written Exercises

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Butler, Sheldon & Company, 1895 - Arithmetic - 352 pages
 

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Page 32 - DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of finding one of the equal parts of a number.
Page 145 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 21 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another.
Page 115 - LENGTH 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5| yards = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.) 1 mile = 1,760 yd.
Page 245 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 112 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 118 - Liquid Measure 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal...
Page 212 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 121 - For the purpose of measuring angles, the circumference is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds.
Page 114 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) 1 pennyweight (pwt.) 20 pennyweights, 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces ... 1 pound (Ib.) Troy weight is used in weighing gold, silver, precious stones, etc. APOTHECARIES

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