An Elementary Intellectual Arithmetic: Containing Numerous Original Contractions in MultiplicationHickling, Swan, & Brown, 1857 - 154 pages |
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Page 90 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 89 - 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 91 - Dry Measure 2 pints (pt.) =1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.) 2150.42 cu.
Page 87 - TABLE. 16 drams, (drs.) make 1 ounce, - marked - oz. 16 ounces ----- 1 pound, - - - - - ' Ib. 28 pounds ----- 1 quarter, ----- qr. 4 quarters ----- 1 hundred weight, - - cwt. 20 hundred weight - - 1 ton, ------ T.
Page 86 - TABLE. 10 mills (m) . . =1 cent . ct. 10 cents . . =1 dime . d. 10 dimes . . =1 dollar . $. 10 dollars . . =1 eagle . E. I.
Page 77 - Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor.
Page 38 - The number below the line is called the denominator. The denominator shows the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided.
Page 30 - If two men start from the same place, and travel the same way, one at the rate of 3 miles an hour, and the other at the rate of...
Page 111 - Both terms of a fraction may be divided by the same number without changing the value of the fraction.
Page 53 - An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator ; as, $, -f . A mixed number is a whole number and a fraction expressed together; as, 4f, 25-ht.