Complete Graded Arithmetic, Oral and Written: Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction for Schools and Academies |
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acres amount ANALYSIS.-Since annex apiece apples barrel bill bought bushels called cents ciphers circumference common divisor common fraction contained cord cost cube cube root cubic decimal figures decimal point diameter discount dividend division dollars equal expressed feet flour gain gallons given number greatest common divisor Hence hundred hundredths improper fractions inches integers interest least common multiple length longitude lowest terms measure meters metric miles minuend mixed numbers months multiplicand Multiply NOTE.-The number of terms OPERATION ORAL EXERCISES paid payment payt pears pounds premium prime factors principal quarts quotient ratio Reduce remainder rods RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply sell share side sold square root subtract subtrahend tens tenths thousand thousandths tons units weight whole numbers wide worth write WRITTEN EXERCISES yards
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Page 137 - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding dry medicines. TABLE. 20 Grains (gr.} = 1 Scruple, . . sc., or 3. 3 Scruples = 1 Dram, . . dr., or 3 . 8 Drams = 1 Ounce, . . oz., or § . 12 Ounces = 1 Pound, . . Ib., or ft,.
Page 212 - Subtract the given principal from the last amount, and the remainder will be the compound interest.
Page 140 - TABLE. 4 farthings (far. or qr.) make 1 penny, d. 12 pence " 1 .shilling, s. 20 shillings " 1 pound or sovereign, £ or sov.
Page 109 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 223 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 64 - The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, and 24.
Page 141 - NUMBERS. 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen — 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 units = 1 score.
Page 69 - RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction; to the product add the numerator, and place the sum over the given denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce 4j to its equivalent improper fraction.
Page 317 - 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 300 - That is, the first term of an increasing arithmetical progression is equal to the last term, minus the product of the common difference by the number of terms less one.