Second Lessons in Arithmetic: An Intellectual Written Arithmetic Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction as Illustrated in Warren Colburn's First Lessons |
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40 cents acre ad valorem amount Answer apple barrel of flour Boston bought bushels called compound interest contains cord cost counters cubic centimeters cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches decimal places decimeters dekameter denotes Divide dividend dollars dry measure equal feet wide figure Find the g. c. d. Find the quotient following numbers fraction gallons greatest common divisor hectometer hundred hundredths inches long inches thick inches wide interest on $1 long con Longfellow's lowest terms marked prices measure meter metric system months multiplicand Multiply myriameter nearest number number in column number of decimal numerator and denominator paid payment pieces pints poll tax prime divisors promise to pay pupils quart Reduce remainder sell share square feet square inches square kilometer square miles square rods subtract tenths thousand thousandths units whole number write
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Page 279 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 277 - 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 280 - 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 277 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 90 - If 7 men can do a piece of work in 4| days, how long will it take 1 man to do it ? How long will it take 3 men to do it ? 4.
Page 281 - Measures of Weight 10 milligrams (mg) =1 centigram eg 10 centigrams =1 decigram dg 10 decigrams =1 gram g 10 grams =1 dekagram Dg...
Page 276 - 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 85 - J of $ ? 35. A man owning £ of a ship, sold ^ of his share ; what part of the whole ship did he sell ? What part had he left?
Page 280 - Surface 100 square millimeters (sq. mm.) = 1 square centimeter (sq. cm.) 100 square centimeters = 1 square decimeter (sq. dm.) 100 square decimeters = 1 square meter (sq. m.) 100 square meters = 1 square dekameter (sq. Dm.) 100 square dekameters = 1 square hektometer (sq. Hm.) 100 square hektometers = 1 square kilometer (sq.