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100 dollars 16 feet 18 days 30 days acres added amount answer arithmetical series barrels of flour Boston bought bushels ciphers circle circumference common difference complete the square contains cord cost cube root cubic inches decametre decimal denominator divide dividend divisible dols equal examples express F. A. ADAMS Federal money feet high feet long feet wide fifth figure foot fourth gain per cent gallons greatest common divisor half hundred hundredths hypotenuse improper fraction inches in diameter interest least common multiple length Mental Arithmetic minuend minutes months Multiply obtain pecks pence pound present worth prime factors proportion quarts quotient ratio Reduce remainder right-angled triangle rule SECTION shillings side smaller sold solid square miles square rods square root subtract tenths third Troy Weight twice vulgar fraction week weight whole number wood yards
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Page 183 - Now .} of f- is a compound fraction, whose value is found by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 45 - TABLE. 4 gills (gi.) - make - - 1 pint, marked pt. 2 pints ------- 1 quart, - - - qt. 4 quarts ------ 1 gallon, - - - gal. 31£ gallons ------ 1 barrel, - - - bar.
Page 65 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 258 - To find the specific gravity of a body heavier than water. Weigh the body both in air and in water.
Page 28 - M. 60 minutes, 1 hour, h. 24 hours, 1 day, d. 7 days, 1 week, ' w. 4 weeks, 1 month, mo. 13 months, 1 day and 6 hours, 1 Julian year, yr. Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, February twenty-eight alone, all the rest have thirty-one.
Page 43 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 penny-weight, marked dwt. 20 penny-weights 1 ounce oz. 12 ounces 1 pound Ib. By this weight are weighed gold, silver, jewels, corn, bread, and liquors. 13. If an ingot of silver weigh 42 oz. 13 dwt., what is it worth at 4 cents per dwt.
Page 11 - One hundred twenty-five is called the third power of 5, because it may be obtained by using 5 three times as a factor. It is called the cube of 5, because it is the number of cubic units in a cube whose edge is 5 linear units.