The Natural Arithmetic: Book 1-, Volume 3American Book Company, 1901 - Arithmetic |
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acres altitude angle Avoirdupois barrel base bought brokerage bushels cent centimeters circle circumference common fraction cone contains cost cube root cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches cylinder decimal fraction decimeters denominator diagonal diameter distance Divide divisor dollar earth equal feet long Find the area Find the interest Find the length Find the number Find the square fulcrum gain greatest common divisor hexagon inches long interest of $1 lateral surface least common multiple list price longitude marked price measure meters miles mills Miscellaneous Problems mixed number months Multiply number of square ounces parallelogram pentagon poll tax Problems for Arithmetic pyramid radius ratio rectangle remainder Review Problems right triangle selling slant height sold specific gravity square feet square mile square prism square pyramid square root subtract volume weight whole number width yards
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Page 282 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 281 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 280 - 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 280 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 282 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 281 - 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 282 - NUMBERS. 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen — 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 units = 1 score. PAPER. 24 sheets = 1 quire. 20 quires = 1 ream. 2 reams = 1 bundle. 5 bundles = 1 bale.
Page 272 - MEASURE. 10 millimeters (mm.) = 1 centimeter (cm.) 10 centimeters = 1 decimeter (dm.) 10 decimeters = 1 meter (m.) 10 meters = 1 dekameter (Dm.) 10 dekameters = 1 hektometer (Hm.) 10 Hektometers = 1 kilometer (Km.) 10 kilometers = 1 myriameter (Mm.) 1 meter = 39.37 inches.
Page 134 - The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that...
Page 193 - Divide as in the division of integers, and point off as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor.