An Exercise Book in Arithmetic, Oral and Written: For Supplementary Or Independent Use in Higher Grades, Normal Schools, and General Review Classes

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Page 145 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page ix - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding dry medicines. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.} = 1 Scruple, . . sc., or 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram, . . dr., or 3 . 8 Drams = 1 Ounce, . . oz., or § . 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . Ib., or ft,.
Page 145 - To find — The Number of Board Feet in a Piece of Lumber. Multiply the product of its length and width in feet by its thickness in inches. (Disregard thickness when it is one inch or less.) 8.
Page 92 - The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of the weight of a given volume of that substance.
Page xi - OF 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...
Page 145 - To find the volume of a prism or cylinder : Multiply the area of the base by the altitude. To find the surface of a right prism or cylinder: Multiply the perimeter of the base by the altitude.
Page 23 - When it is noon at New York, what time is it at a place 35° 40
Page 145 - TABLE. 12 Units = 1 Dozen . . . doz. 12 Dozen = 1 Gross . . . gro. 12 Gross = 1 Great Gross . G. gro. 20 Units = 1 Score . . . sc.
Page 145 - Annex a cipher to the root already found and take three times its square for a trial divisor. Divide the dividend by this trial divisor and place the quotient as the next root figure. IV. Multiply the number last squared by the last root figure and add three times this product and the square of the last root figure to the trial divisor for a complete divisor. V. Multiply the complete divisor by the last root figure, subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder annex a new group. VI....
Page 145 - Bank Discount. Compute bank discount as if it were simple interest on the face of the note for the term of discount. The face of the note less the bank discount will be the proceeds. True Discount. See Present Worth, § 9. 11. — PROPORTION.

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