The Complete Arithmetic: Oral and Written, Volume 1Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Company, 1874 - Arithmetic |
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20 cents acres of land ANALYSIS ANALYSIS.-Since annex ARITHMETIC barrels of flour bought bushels cents a pound Change ciphers circulating decimal coal contained cords of wood cubic feet cubic foot Decimal Currency decimal places DEFINITIONS Denominate Number difference Divide dividend dollars Dry Measure equal equations exact divisor expressed figures Find the cost Find the sum Find the value gallons given number grain greatest common divisor Hence hundred hundredths improper fraction integers least common denominator least common multiple longitude lower denominations lowest terms measure miles minuend mixed numbers multiplicand Multiply OPERATION ORAL EXERCISES ounces piece pint prime factors PRINCIPLES PRINCIPLES.-1 quarts quotient Reduce remainder rods RULE.-I sold subtract subtrahend SYNOPSIS FOR REVIEW tens tenths thousand thousandths tons Troy TROY WEIGHT weight wide write WRITTEN EXERCISES yards of cloth
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Page 87 - Divide the product of the remaining factors of the dividend by the product of the remaining factors of the divisor, and the result will be the quotient.
Page 194 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 182 - 1 Square Chain . sq. ch. 10 Square Chains " 1 Acre A. 640 Acres " 1 Square Mile . . sq. mi. 36 Square Miles (6 miles square)
Page 60 - RULE. I. Cut off the ciphers from the right of the divisor, and as many figures from the right of the dividend. II. Divide the remaining figures of the dividend by the remaining figures of the divisor, for the final quotient.
Page 196 - COUNTING. 12 units or things make 1 dozen. 12 dozen " 1 gross. 12 gross " 1 great gross. 20 units
Page 46 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 152 - RULE. I. Write the subtrahend under the minuend, so that units of the same denomination shall stand under each other.
Page 154 - RULE. Multiply as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the product point off as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both factors.
Page 96 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 196 - The terms folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, etc., indicate the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper is folded. A sheet folded in 2 leaves is called a Folio. A sheet folded in 4 leaves...