Robinson's New Intellectual Arithmetic

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American Book Company, 1894 - Arithmetic - 192 pages
 

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Page 64 - 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 82 - 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 64 - 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 45 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 66 - Thirty days has September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Save February, which alone Has twenty -eight ; and one day more We add to it, one year in four.
Page 87 - An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator ; as, f , -J.
Page 42 - If two persons start from the same point, and travel in opposite directions, one at the rate of 6 miles an hour, and the other...
Page 139 - S. gave f of 1| times his ready money for a buggy, % of what was left for a harness, and had $12 remaining ; what did he pay for the buggy ? 27. A paid $4800 for his farm...
Page 66 - The following lines will help to remember the number of days in each month : — Thirty days hath...
Page 119 - If 5 men can do a piece of work in 10|- days, how long will it take 1 man to do the same ? 12.

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