Complete Graded Arithmetic, Oral and Written: Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction for Schools and Academies |
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acres altitude amount ANALYSIS.-The apiece barrel base bill bought bushels called ciphers circumference common difference common divisor common fraction compound contained cost cube root cubic decimal point denominator diameter discount divided dividend dollars equal expressed feet gain gallons given number greatest common divisor Hence hundred hundredths improper fractions inches integers interest last term least common multiple length lowest terms measure meters miles minuend mixed numbers months multiplicand Multiply number of terms OPERATION ORAL EXERCISES paid payment payt pounds premium prime factors principal quarts quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder repetend rods RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply sell share side sold square root subtract subtrahend tens tenths thousandths tons triangle Troy weight units weight whole numbers wide worth WRITTEN EXERCISES yards
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Page 276 - In any proportion the product of the extremes is equal to the product of the means.
Page 153 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 123 - 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 237 - 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 155 - Weight is used by apothecaries and physicians in compounding medicines ; but medicines are bought and sold in the quantity by Avoirdupois Weight. TABLE. 20 grains (gr.) make 1 scruple, sc. or 3. 3 scruples
Page 159 - NUMBERS. 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen — 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 units = 1 score.
Page 326 - 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 149 - Measure 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5$ yards or 16$ feet = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods or 5280 feet = 1 mile (mi.) Square Measure 144 square inches (sq.
Page 305 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 291 - O/TENS and UNITS is equal to the square of the tens, plus twice the product of the tens into the units, plus the square of the units.