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acres added addition amount angle annex apples barrels base bill bought boys bushels called cents ciphers column commission common COMPOUND NUMBERS contained cost currency decimal denominator difference discount Divide dividend division divisor dollars equal EXAMPLES EXERCISES expressed factors feet figures Find the cost five foot four fourth fraction gallon Give the rule given hence horses hundred ILLUSTRATION inches integral interest leaves less MEASURE meters method miles minuend mixed number months Multiply operation ORAL paid pears percentage period pieces pound primary unit prime principles quarts quotient receive Reduce remainder result sheep shillings simple sold SOLUTION square stand subtract subtrahend TABLE taken tens tenths things third thousand weight Write written yards
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Page 178 - 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 173 - 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 (yr.) 366 days = 1 leap year About 30 days = 1 month (mo.) 12 months = 1 year VALUE 10 cents (ct.
Page 178 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 178 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 123 - Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator.
Page 155 - TABLE. 4 farthings (far. or qr.) make 1 penny d. 12 pence " 1 shilling, s. 20 shillings " 1 pound or sovereign . . £ or sov.
Page 93 - Multiplying or dividing both Dividend and Divisor by the same number, does not change the Quotient.
Page 144 - To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.
Page 176 - 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 157 - Measures of Length. 10 millimeters (mm.) 1 centimeter (cm.) 10 centimeters 1 decimeter (dm.) 10 decimeters 1 meter (m.) 10 meters 1 dekameter (Dm.) 10 dekameters 1 hectometer (Hm.) 10 hectometers 1 kilometer (Km.) 10 kilometers 1 myriameter (Mm.) 1181.