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12 hours acres amount answer avoirdupois bought bushels carry cent ciphers common denominator composite number cost cube root cubic inches decimal Divide dividend division divisor DUODECIMALS ells 4 qrs equal equivalent EXAMINATION PAPER Examples farthings feet long figure Find the value following numbers gain gall gallons gals greatest common measure guinea higher name hundred I. F. Heather improper fraction least common multiple length lowest name lowest terms miles mixed number multiplicand Multiply oranges ounces pecks pence penny pint pounds proportion quantity quarter quotient ratio recurring decimal Reduce the following remainder rix-dollar SERIES OF RUDIMENTARY shillings simple fraction simple interest square root sterling subtraction Tare and Tret tens third term thousand tons TREATISE Troy TROY WEIGHT units vulgar fraction weeks weight whole number wine worth yards
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Page 4 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...
Page 12 - STERLING MONEY. 4 farthings = 1 penny. 12 pence = 1 shilling. 20 shillings = 1 pound.
Page 15 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes =± 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month...
Page 11 - Cut off- as many figures from the right hand of the dividend as there are ciphers in the divisor. The remaining figures of the dividend will be the quotient, and those cut off the remainder.
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Page 66 - Hence the rule .for finding the greatest common divisor of two numbers : Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain.
Page 113 - Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the equated time, or that required.
Page 13 - Apothecaries' Weight 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (3) 3 scruples = 1 dram (3) 8 drams = 1 ounce ( 3 ) 12 ounces =; 1 pound (ft...
Page 48 - If 27 men can do a piece of work in 14 days, working 10 hours a day ; how many hours a day must 24 boys work, in order to complete the same in 45 days : the work of a boy being half that of a man ? 13.