Arithmetic [elementary, Intermediate, Advanced].Atkinson, Mentzer & Company, 1914 |
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60 days acres altitude amount amperes angle average bank discount base bonds breadth bushels called cent centesimi centimes centimeters circle circumference compound interest contains cost cube cubic contents cubic foot cubic yard cylinder deca decagrams decaliters decimal decimeters degrees denominations diameter divided dividend dollar draft equal equivalent feet broad feet long Find the interest Find the value fraction globe grams hecto hectograms hectometers hundred indorsement inscribed investment John Doe kilo kilometer length liters longitude measure meridian meters Metric System miles millimeters milreis months multiplied myriameter number of days number of units paid payable payment pesetas pounds Prime Meridian principal profit proportion pupil ratio receive Richard Roe rods root periods rows occupying second root slant height specific gravity square root square yards stere stotinka subtraction surface taxes third root triangle U. S. money worth
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Page 66 - Act to provide for the establishment of Federal reserve banks, to furnish an elastic currency, to afford means of rediscounting commercial paper, to establish a more effective supervision of banking in the United States, and for other purposes.
Page 152 - The square described on the hypotenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the sides containing the right angle. Prop. 30. — If the square on one side of a triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides, the angle contained by these two sides is a right angle.
Page 240 - 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 159 - The square of a number composed of tens and units is equal to the square of the tens, plus twice the product of the tens by the units, plus the square of the units. tens?
Page 240 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 240 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) 1 pennyweight (pwt.) 20 pennyweights, 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces ... 1 pound (Ib.) Troy weight is used in weighing gold, silver, precious stones, etc. APOTHECARIES
Page 240 - AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 16 ounces (oz.) . . . = 1 pound Ib. 100 pounds =1 hundredweight. . cwt. 2000 pounds = 1 ton T.
Page 242 - 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 hektometer Hm. 10 hektometers =1 kilometer Km.
Page 4 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. The number which shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend is called the quotient.