New Practical Arithmetic: In which the Science and Its Applications are Simplified by Induction and Analysis : Prepared to Accompany the Mathematical Series of Benjamin Greenleaf |
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acres amount arithmetical arithmetical series barrels of flour bill bought bushels cask cents a pound ciphers common denominator common fraction compound interest contained cost cube root cubic decimal point Denominate Number denoting diameter difference discount divided dividend dollars equal equivalent fractions exact divisor Examples Explain the operation feet long figures gain gallons geometrical series given number greatest common divisor hectoliter Hence horses hundred hundredths improper fraction inches kilogram least common multiple Measure meters miles mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply number expressed number of terms ounces payment pennyweights prime factors prime number principal quarts quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder Repeat the Rule REVIEW QUESTIONS sold SOLUTION square miles square rods square root subtract tens third thousand thousandths tons units whole number worth write
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Page 141 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30| square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 144 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 93 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 143 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 310 - The areas of circles are to each other as the squares of their diameters.
Page 138 - TROY WEIGHT. 24 grains (gr.) = 1 pennyweight (pwt.). 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz.). 12 ounces = 1 pound (lb.). 351. Apothecaries' weight is used in mixing medicines and in selling them at retail. APOTHECARIES
Page 106 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 83 - Divide the greater number by the less, and the divisor by the remainder, and so on, until there is no remainder; the last divisor will be the greatest common divisor.
Page 226 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 81 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor of 36 and 54, since it is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder.