Heath's Primary Arithmetic

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Page 136 - Having set the given numbers in a line, divide by any PRIME number that will divide two or more of them...
Page 202 - MEASURE is used in measuring grain, salt, &c. 2 pints (pt.) make 1 quart. qt. 8 quarts make 1 peck. pk 4 pecks make 1 bushel. bu WINE MEASURE is used by grocers and others, for measuring wine, oil, molasses, and most other liquids.
Page 113 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 115 - At 10 cents a yard, how many yards of cloth can be bought for 90 cents?
Page 176 - A decimal fraction, by means of the decimal point (.), is written without the denominator, and the value of the decimal figures determined by the place of each with reference to the decimal point. The first order to the right of the decimal point is that of tenths. Thus...
Page 206 - MONEY 10 mills (m.) make 1 cent (ct.). 10 cents make 1 dime (di.).
Page 203 - WEIGHT is the common weight, used ic weighing groceries, and all coarse commodities. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce. oz 16 ounces make 1 pound. Ib 28 pounds make I quarter. qr 4 quarters make 1 hundred-weight. cwt 20 hundred-weight . . . make 1 ton. T APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT is used for the purpose 01 compounding medicines, but not in selling them.
Page 232 - Take { of the number of bushels, and subtract from the product ^ of 0.01 of the product. 38. Find the number of bushels a bin will hold that is 6 ft. long, 5 ft. wide, and 4 ft. deep.
Page 120 - RULE. Cut off from the right of the dividend as many figures as there are ciphers at the right of the divisor ; divide what remains by the divisor without the.
Page 150 - ... NOTE. — The change in the terms of the fractions, in reducing them to the least common denominator by this process, depends upon the same principle as explained in the preceding article. RULE. — 1. Find the least common multiple of the denominators of the several fractions, and it will be their least common denominator.

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