For 6th-8th grade

Front Cover
D.C. Heath & Company, 1899 - Arithmetic
 

Contents

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II
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III
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IV
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V
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VI
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VII
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VIII
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Page 334 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 335 - Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, and jewels. 24 grains (gr.) . . . = 1 pennyweight . pwt. 20 pennyweights . . = 1 ounce . . . . oz. 12 ounces =1 pound . . . Ib. 153. Apothecaries' Weight is used by druggists in weigh, ing medicines not liquid.
Page 368 - The hypotenuse of a right triangle is the side opposite the right angle. The sides including the right angle are sometimes called the arms of the right triangle.
Page 321 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 316 - How long is the diagonal of a 30-foot square ? 6. What is the length of the longest straight line that can be drawn on a sheet of paper 16 in.
Page 358 - 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 370 - 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 331 - Multiply as in whole numbers, and in the product point off as many decimal places as there are decimal places in both multiplier and multiplicand, prefixing ciphers if necessary.
Page 53 - ... miles a day ; how far apart will they be at the end of 6 days ? Ans.
Page 344 - A Promissory Note is a written promise to pay a specified sum of money on demand or at a given time.

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