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12 cents 12 days 30 days acres Add by 12's amount Analysis barrels bought bushels cents apiece ciphers common fraction compound numbers contained cube root decametre decimal discount dividend division drams Dry Measure earn equivalent value expressed Example feet figure Find the cost Find the difference Find the Greatest Find the interest Find the Least Find the product gain given number Greatest Common Divisor Hence higher denominations hundred improper fractions integer last term Least Common Multiple longitude lower denomination measure metre Metric System miles minuend minutes mixed number months multiplicand MULTIPLY MULTIPLY number of terms number of units oxen partial product payment pints premium prime factors Principle prove quarts Quintillions quotient rate to find ratio reduce any number remainder rods RULE Sextillions sold Subtract Suggestion Take third term thousand thousandths TROY WEIGHT weight whole numbers worth Write
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Page 128 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet — 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30^ square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 241 - Which proves that the square of a number composed of tens and units contains, the square of the tens plus twice the product of the tens by the units, plus the square of the units.
Page 126 - MEASURE. 12 inches (in.) make 1 foot, ft. 3 feet "1 yard, yd. 5£ yards, or 16¿- feet, " 1 rod, rd. 40 rods " 1 furlong, fur. 8 furlongs, or 320 rods,
Page 124 - ENGLISH MONEY. 4 farthings (far.) make 1 penny, d. 12 pence " 1 shilling, s. 20 shillings
Page 57 - The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that...
Page 89 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 52 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor of 36 and 54, since it is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder.
Page 43 - If any partial dividend will not contain the divisor, write a cipher in the quotient, annex the next figure of the dividend, and proceed as before.
Page 117 - Multiply as in whole numbers, and point off in the product as many decimal places as there are in both factors.
Page 140 - TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, oz. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. 25 Pounds " 1 Quarter, qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, cwt. 20 Hundred Weight