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12 cents 12 days 20 days Add by 12's amount Analysis Arithmetic barrels bought bushels cents a yard cents apiece common difference common fraction compound numbers contained cube root currency decimal diameter discount Divide dividend dollars Dry Measure earn equals equivalent value expressed Example feet figure Find the cost Find the Greatest Find the interest Find the Least Find the number Find the product Find the sum gain gallon given number gold Greatest Common Divisor Hence higher denominations hour-hand hundred improper fractions integer investment last term Least Common Multiple longitude measure Metric System miles minuend minute-hand minutes months multiplicand number of terms number of units original quantity partial product pints premium Principle prove quarts quotient rate to find ratio remainder rods RULE Sextillions sold square root Subtract Suggestion Take third term trial divisor TROY WEIGHT weight whole numbers 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