Numbers, and how to Use Them: by the Natural Method: A Complete, Practical Arithmetic, for Self-help and for Schools Other Than the Primary |
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20 cents alternate digits amount due amount of $1 annex April 17 arithmetic carry ciphers columns compound interest cost count criss-cross cube root decimal fraction denominator discount dividend divisible by 11 expressed factors of 12 farthings five hundred four greatest common divisor greatest common factor hundred and sixty-two hundredths improper fraction interest on $1 INTEREST TABLE July 14 least common multiple less line from 9 method million minuend mixed numbers multiplicand Multiply number is divisible number of days number of digits number of tens partial products payable pound PRACTICE TABLE principle problem profit quotient remainder represents reversed selling price Sept smallest number sold square root subtract tens by units tensē thousandths three decimal places three hundred trial divisor TROY WEIGHT twice Units by units whole number x 3 tens X units
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Page 63 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal...
Page 61 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 60 - Square Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) . . = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet =1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30i square yards =1 square rod (sq.
Page xii - DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of finding one of the equal parts of a number.
Page 64 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes = 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month...
Page 95 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Except February alone, Which hath but twenty-eight in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 63 - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding dry medicines. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.} = 1 Scruple, . . sc., or 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram, . . dr., or 3 . 8 Drams = 1 Ounce, . . oz., or § . 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . Ib., or ft,.
Page 31 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction.
Page 17 - A number is divisible by 3 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3• A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.
Page 61 - Troy Weight. 24 grains (gr.) - 1 pennyweight (dwt.) 20 pennyweights — 1 ounce (oz.) 12 ounces — 1 pound (1b.).