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acres altitude Am't annually arithmetic arithmetical series Avoirdupois bank discount base bought brokerage bushels circle common fraction commutative law compound interest convex surface cube root cubic decimal places decimal scale denominator desks diameter Divide dividend division divisor dollars draft equal EXAMPLES Exercise factor feet figures Find the amount Find the area find the difference Find the h. c. f. Find the number formula Fundamental principles geometrical progression Gold indorsements least common multiple list price longitude MEASURE meridian method metic miles minuend multiplicand Multiply notation number of terms number of units payable payment polygon pounds premium prime meridian quotient radix ratio rectangle Reduce sell Senary simple interest slant height solid contents SOLUTION square root Subtract trial divisor Troy weight varas weight wide write the rule yard
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Page 94 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet — 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30^ square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 95 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 96 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 128 - 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 97 - COUNTING. 12 units or things make 1 dozen. 12 dozen " 1 gross. 12 gross " 1 great gross. 20 units
Page 94 - 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 35 - Place the numbers on the same line, and divide by any prime number that will divide two or more of them without a remainder, and set down in a line below, the quotients and the undivided numbers.
Page 95 - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding dry medicines. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.} = 1 Scruple, . . sc., or 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram, . . dr., or 3 . 8 Drams = 1 Ounce, . . oz., or § . 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . Ib., or ft,.
Page 126 - A pyramid (Fig. 54) is a solid whose base is a polygon and whose sides are triangles uniting at a common point, called the vertex.
Page 120 - 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. The curve which bounds the circle is called the circumference Any portion of the circumference is called an arc.