Elementary Arithmetic, Oral and Written |
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abstract number acres annex apples bers bought boys bushels called ciphers column common denominator common fractions complex fraction composite number COMPOUND NUMBERS currency decimal fraction decimal point decimeters denominate number dimes discount Divide dividend dollars equal EXAMPLES FOR WRITTEN EXERCISES FOR ORAL EXPLANATION.-We expressed feet Find the cost Find the interest Find the sum following numbers following RULE fractional unit gallon Give the rule greatest common divisor hence horses hundred hundredths ILLUSTRATION improper fraction integral least common multiple leaves marbles meters method Metric system minuend mixed number months multiplicand notation number of things operation of finding pears percentage primary unit prime factors proper fraction quarts quotient Recite the table remainder sheep shillings simple fraction simple numbers sold square subtract subtrahend tens thousand U. S. dollars whole number Write the number writing numbers 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.