Rudiments of Arithmetic: Containing Numerous Exercises for the Slate and Blackboard, for Beginners |
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Rudiments of Arithmetic: Containing Numerous Exercises for the Slate and ... James Bates Thomson No preview available - 2017 |
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18 dollars 27 dollars addition afterwards sold annex ARITHMETIC avoirdupois avoirdupois weight barrels of flour bought bushels called cents and mills cents apiece ciphers column compound numbers cost currency denotes derive the following dividend divisor dollars a pair dollars apiece dolls drams DRY MEASURE English shilling equal express farthings FEDERAL MONEY feet Find the sum following general RULE fraction gallons gals given number Hence hhds higher denomination hogsheads horses hund lars LONG DIVISION lower number merator miles mixed number month multiplicand multiplier contains multiply each figure Operation ounces partial products pecks pence pints Pound Sterling pounds proceed pwts quarts quotient figure Reduce REDUCTION ASCENDING remainder right hand rods sheep sheet folded shil Short Division Solve the following square subtract tens third thousand tons Troy TROY WEIGHT units whole number write
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Page 75 - COUNTING. 12 units or things make 1 dozen. 12 dozen " 1 gross. 12 gross " 1 great gross. 20 units
Page 54 - An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or...
Page 73 - Circular Measure is applied to the divisions of the circle, and is used in reckoning latitude and longitude, and the motion of the heavenly bodies. 60 seconds (") make 1 minute, marked 60 minutes " 1 degree, " o 30 degrees " 1 sign, " s. 12 signs, or 360° " 1 circle,
Page 69 - A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord; and a cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile.
Page 66 - Weight is used in weighing groceries ana all coarse articles ; as, sugar, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay; &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ibs. " 1 hundred weight, " cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton,
Page 10 - Cardinal numbers: 1 one 2 two 3 three 4 four 5 five 6 six 7 seven 8 eight 9 nine 10 ten 11 eleven 12 twelve 13 thirteen 14 fourteen 15 fifteen 16 sixteen 17 seventeen 18 eighteen 19 nineteen 20...
Page 52 - Cut off the ciphers from the divisor, and the same number of figures from the right of the dividend. Then divide the remaining figures of the dividend by the remaining figures of the divisor.
Page 8 - ... one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty thirty forty fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety one hundred two hundred three hundred four hundred five hundred...
Page 48 - Beginning on the left of the dividend, find how many times the divisor is contained in the fewest figures...
Page 70 - Wine Measure is used in measuring wine, alcohol, molasses, oil, and all other liquids except beer, ale. and milk. 4 gills (gi.) make 1 pint, marked pt. 2 pints " 1 quart, " qt. 4 quarts " 1 gallon, " gal. 3 H gallons " 1 barrel, " bar.orbbl. 42 gallons " 1 tierce, " tier. 63 gallons, or 2 bbls. " 1 hogshead, " hhd, 2 hogsheads " 1 pipe or butt,