The Practical Arithmetic: Oral and Written |
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12 rods acres altitude answer bicycle geared bought bushel centimeters chains Change circle circumference commission common fraction contained cord corn cube cubic centimeters cubic foot decimal point decimeters denominator diameter discount Divide dividend dollars equal exactly divisible excess of 9's EXPLANATION Express the ratio figure Find proceeds Find the amount Find the approximate Find the area Find the cost Find the interest Find the product Find the sum greatest common divisor HALL'S PRACT hundred hundredths improper fraction integral number larger number lowest terms Measure meters miles mixed number multiplicand NOTE number of feet oats Observe OPERATION paid perfect squares perimeter piece of land pound prime factors promise to pay pupil quotient right angles rods selling smaller number sold solid content specific gravity square root subtract tenths thousandths tons trapezoid triangle units value received weight wide
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Page 180 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 173 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 190 - OF WEIGHT 10 milligrams (mg.) = 1 centigram (eg.) 10 centigrams = 1 decigram (dg.) 10 decigrams = 1 gram (g.) 10 grams = 1 dekagram (Dg...
Page 157 - 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 187 - MEASURE. 10 millimeters (mm.) = 1 centimeter (cm.) 10 centimeters = 1 decimeter (dm.) 10 decimeters = 1 meter (m.) 10 meters = 1 dekameter (Dm.) 10 dekameters = 1 hektometer (Hm.) 10 Hektometers = 1 kilometer (Km.) 10 kilometers = 1 myriameter (Mm.) 1 meter = 39.37 inches.
Page 89 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 205 - The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes and 4 and 6 are the means.
Page 187 - Pupils must learn to think of quantity in metric units. 319. All units in the metric system of measures and weights are derived from the primary unit known as the meter. When the length of the primary unit of this system was determined it was supposed to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole. A pendulum that vibrates seconds is nearly one meter long.* In the names of the derived units of this system the prefix deka means 10; hekto means 100; kilo means 1000; myria means...
Page 135 - Six months after date for value received I promise to pay to the order of Merchants...
Page 190 - MEASURES OF WEIGHT 10 milligrams (mg.) = 1 centigram eg. 10 centigrams =1 decigram dg. 10 decigrams =1 gram g. 10 grams =1 decagram Dg. 10 decagrams =1 hectogram Hg. 10 hectograms = 1 kilogram Kg.