Arithmetic Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction: Being a Sequel to Intellectual Arithmetic |
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Page 19 - Table. 10 mills are 1 cent, marked c. 10 cents, 1 dime, d. 10 dimes, 1 dollar, $ 10 dollars, 1 eagle, E.
Page 2 - CLERK'S OFFIcE. BE it remembered, that on the eleventh day of November, AD 1830, in the fiftyfifth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Gray & Bowen, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof...
Page 17 - TABLE. 4 gills (gi.) - make - - 1 pint, marked pt. 2 pints ------- 1 quart, - - - qt. 4 quarts ------ 1 gallon, - - - gal. 31£ gallons ------ 1 barrel, - - - bar.
Page 17 - There is an orchard consisting of ten rows of trees, and nine trees in each row ; how many trees are there in the orchard ? 12.
Page 241 - ... by ; the quotient, which shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend ; and the remainder, which is always less than the divisor, and of the same name of the dividend.
Page 164 - I. To multiply a fraction by a whole number, or a whole number by a fraction...
Page 201 - If there are more decimal places in the divisor than in the dividend, what do you do ? What will the figures of the quotient then be ? § 132.
Page 23 - TABLE. 20 grains (gr.) make 1 scruple, sc. or 9. 3 scruples " 1 dram, dr. or 3. .8 drams " 1 ounce, oz. or §. 12 ounces
Page 210 - A and B depart from the same place and travel the same road ; but A goes 5 days before B, at the rate of...
Page 77 - Suppose I owe a man $287, to be paid in one year without interest, and I wish to pay it now; how much ought I to pay him when the usual rate is 6 per cent?