Everyday Arithmetic, Book 3Houghton Mifflin, 1920 - Arithmetic |
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Page 315 - 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.
Page 321 - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another : 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle.
Page 320 - Addition is the process of finding the sum of two or more numbers.
Page 321 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 26 - L, fifty ; C, one hundred; D, five hundred; M, one thousand.
Page 238 - WEIGHT 10 milligrams (mg.) = 1 centigram (eg.) 10 centigrams = 1 decigram (dg.) 10 decigrams = 1 gram (g.) 10 grams = 1 dekagram (Dg.) 10 dekagrams = 1 hektogram (Hg.) 10 hektograms = 1 kilogram (Kg.) 10 kilograms = 1 myriagram (Mg.) 10 myriagrams = 1 quintal (Q...
Page 315 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal...
Page 314 - LENGTH 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5| yards = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.) 1 mile = 1,760 yd.
Page 221 - 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 298 - The water from the irrigation ditches is turned on to the land only as needed and those using the water pay for the amount used. The quantity used is commonly measured by the "second-foot" and the "acre-foot." 2 A second-foot is one cubic foot of running water passing a given point in one second. An acre-foot is the volume of water required to cover one acre of land to the depth of one foot.