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ability addends addition of fractions answer average casting out nines cents Chapter common fractions decimal fractions decimal places decimal point difficulty digits divide dividend eighths errors examination EXAMPLES IN FRACTIONS feet fifth grade find the area four fourth grade frac frequently fundamental operations given grade pupils halves higher decade addition higher decade subtraction hundredths improper fractions inches included integer interest intermediate grades learned least common denominator long division lowest terms marked price means measure method metic minuend minutes mixed number multiplicand multiply numerator and denominator occur paper parallelogram percentage pints PRACTICE EXAMPLES Primary Grades prob procedure proper fraction quart quotient figure rectangle reduce remainders Review Tests score selling short division sixth skill solution square subtrahend taught teacher Teaching of Arithmetic textbooks third Thorndike three-digit tion two-digit divisors types of examples whole number write zero
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Page 271 - I happened to think it would be a fine thing to make a timekeeper which would tell the day of the week and the day of the month, as well as strike like a common clock and point out the hours; also to have an attachment whereby it could be connected with a bedstead to set me on my feet at any hour in the morning; also to start fires, light lamps, etc.
Page 279 - ... a parallelogram is a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are equal and parallel...
Page 291 - The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base and its height: A = bx h.
Page 220 - To multiply a decimal by 10, 100, 1000, &c., remove the decimal point as many places to the right as there are ciphers in the multiplier ; and if there be not places enough in the number, annex ciphers.
Page 130 - A number is divisible by 3 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3• A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.
Page 278 - State the number of quarts in a peck and the number of pecks in a busheL A peck is what part of a bushel ? 5. How many seconds in a minute? minutes in an hour? hours in a day ? days in a week ? days in a common year ? days in a leap year ? What months have 30 days ? Express the following as indicated: 6. 6 pt. as quarts. 10.
Page 184 - Rule. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, add the numerator to the product and place the denominator under the result.
Page 126 - We have seen in the preceding exercise that we may divide both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number without changing the value of the fraction.
Page 148 - Both terms of a fraction may be multiplied by the same number without changing the value of the fraction.
Page 107 - We have seen, on page 50, that we may divide both terms of a fraction by the same number without changing the value of the fraction ; that is, we may cancel any factor that is found in both terms.