The Normal Union Arithmetic: Designed as the Primary Part of a Shorter Course in Mental and Written Arithmetic, Part 1 |
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12 cents 12 leaves ADDITION TABLE apples Arithmetic barrel birds bought boys bushels called cents a yard ciphers common fraction composite number contained count backward cows cubic decimal point denominator dimes Dividing for Quotients DIVISION TABLE dollars dozen drams drill the pupils DRY MEASURE eighths equal farthings feet fifths fourths frac gallons gave grains greatest common divisor horses cost hundred hundredths hundredweight improper fraction inches least common multiple less LESSON marbles Mary MEASURE MENTAL EXERCISES miles minuend minus MULTIPLICATION TABLE NOTE.-The teacher OPERATION oranges ounces peaches pence pennyweights pints pounds prime factors quarts reading and writing Reduce remained rods roses RULE.-I sevenths sheep shillings simple numbers sixths slate or blackboard sold SOLUTION.-If SOLUTION.-Three subtraction table subtrahend symbols tenths thirds thousand trees TROY WEIGHT UNITED STATES MONEY write the numbers Write the subtraction writing numbers WRITTEN EXERCISES yards of cloth yards of muslin
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Page 107 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 140 - What is 1 ninth of 1 ? of 2? of 3 ? of 4 ? of 5 ? of 6 ? of 7 ? of 8? of 9 ? of 10 ? of- 11?
Page 121 - I. Annex ciphers to the numerator, and divide by the denominator. II. Point off as many decimal places in the quotient as there are ciphers used.
Page 138 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them.
Page 111 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 124 - Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor.
Page 138 - Divide the given number by any prime number greater than 1, that is an exact divisor, and the quotient, if composite, in the same manner ; and thus continue until the quotient is prime. The divisors and the last quotient will be the prime factors required.
Page 101 - Apothecaries' Weight 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (3) 3 scruples = 1 dram (3) 8 drams = 1 ounce ( 3 ) 12 ounces = 1 pound...
Page 69 - Edwin lost 9 marbles, which is 3 fourths of what he had at first; how many had he at first? 6. Ten is 2 thirds of what number? SOLUTION. — If 2 thirds of some number is 10, 1 third of that number is 1 half of 10, which is 5, and 3 thirds, or the number, arc 3 times 5, or 15.