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12 cents 25 cents 9 cents 9 dollars ABBREVIATED TABLE acres Alfred Hall angle apples ARITHMETIC Avoirdupois barrel basket bought boys bushels bushels of corn called the figure cask cents a-piece common denominator common divisor contains cord cost cubic inches decametre dime dividing the numerator dollar per yard earn Edward Edward Crane effect of multiplying English shilling father gave flour FULL TABLE gain gallon George give given number greatest common divisor half-dime halves hectometre Hence horse hundred interest large numbers least common multiple LESSON lowest terms MEASURE merator minuend molasses number divided obtained by dividing oranges paid pasture pecks pencils pound prime factors pupil quarts quotient rabbits receive remainder rest Rufus sell sheep sold SOLUTION SOLUTION.-If SOLUTION.-Since square subtract Teacher third three-cent pieces Troy weight worth write written yards of cloth
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Page 72 - Miscellaneous. 12 things = 1 dozen. 12 dozen = 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 things = 1 score.
Page 64 - MONEY. 10 mills = 1 cent. 10 cents = 1 dime. 10 dimes = 1 dollar. 10 dollars = 1 eagle.
Page 73 - WEIGHTS. 10 milligrammes = 1 centigramme. 10 centigrammes = 1 decigramme. 10 decigrammes = 1 gramme. 10 grammes = 1 decagramme. 10 decagrammes = 1 hectogramme. 10 hectogrammes = 1 kilogramme. 10 kilogrammes = 1 myriagramme.
Page 69 - Every circumference of a. circle, whether the circle be large or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds.
Page 72 - MEASURE. 10 millimetres = 1 centimetre. 10 centimetres = 1 decimetre. 10 decimetres = 1 metre. 10 metres = 1 decametre. 10 decametres = 1 hectometre. 10 hectometres = 1 kilometre.
Page 154 - To find a common denominator of two or more fractions. Multiply the terms of each fraction by the denominators of all the other fractions. 2. To find their least common denominator. I. Find the least common multiple of the denominators of the given fractions for their least common denominator. II. Divide this common denominator by each of the given denominators, and multiply each numerator by the corresponding quotient. The products will be the new numerators. Reduce to their least common denominator,...
Page 140 - Dividing both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number both divides and multiplies the fraction by that number, and, therefore, does not alter its value.
Page 69 - Circular or Angular Measure. (a.) Circular or Angular Measure is used to measure angles, and the circumferences of circles.
Page 63 - I stands for one ; V for five ; X for ten ; L for fifty ; C for one hundred ; D for five hundred ; M for one thousand.
Page 107 - The GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR OF TWO OR MORE NUMBERS is the largest number which is a divisor of each of them.