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60 days 60-day note acres altitude amount Avoirdupois barrel bricks bushels cash centimes cents chains Change circumference common fraction compound interest cost cube root cubic feet cubic foot cylinder dated debt denominator diameter dimes Divide dividend dollars double eagles equal Find the proceeds francs gain gallons gold greatest common divisor horses hypotenuse income invested July July 12 June least common least common multiple length loss Mdse merchant meter miles mills months Multiply note discounted number of terms paid payment pounds present worth quotient Radius of base rate per annum ratio Reduce remainder rhombus rods selling price Sept share side slant height sold square root stock selling stock that sells subtract thick tons Troy weight wide yards 2 feet yield
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Page 99 - Square Measure 144 square inches = 1 square foot 9 square feet = 1 square yard 30J square yards = 1 square rod 160 square rods = 1 acre 640 acres = 1 square mile Cubic Measure 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard 128 cubic feet...
Page 116 - Multiply the first term by that power of the ratio whose index is one less than the number of terms, and the product will be the...
Page 100 - COUNTING. 12 units or things make 1 dozen. 12 dozen " 1 gross. 12 gross " 1 great gross. 20 units
Page 109 - From half the sum of the three sides subtract each side ; multiply the half sum and the three remainders together, and the square root of the product will be the area required.
Page 92 - To change dollars and cents to cents, or dollars, cents, and mills to mills, remove the decimal point and the sign, $. 5.
Page 95 - If the number of any denomination in the subtrahend exceed that of the same denomination in the minuend, add to the number in the minuend as many units as make one of the next higher...
Page 83 - If 18 men can dig a trench 200 yards long, 3 yards wide, and 2 yards deep, in 6 days of 10 hours each, in how many days of 8 hours each will 10 men dig a trench 100 yards long, 4 yards wide, and 3 yards deep ? 4.
Page 111 - Write the multiplier under the multiplicand so that units of the same order shall stand in the same column.
Page 119 - Dry Measure. — 2 pints = 1 quart; 8 quarts = 1 peck; 4 pecks = 1 bushel.
Page 100 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes «= 1 Hour 24 Hours => 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days =• 1 Lunar Month...