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acres amount avoirdupois bank discount barrel bought bushels centimeters cents a pound Change common fraction compound interest containing cost cube root cubic feet cubic foot decimal point decimeters diameter difference Divide dividend dollars draft equal express feet long feet wide figures Find the sum flour gain gallons greatest common divisor horse hundred hundredths improper fraction integer invested least common multiple length longitude meters minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply ORAL EXERCISES order of units paid payable payment place-name prime factors prime number principal quarts quotient ratio receive rectangular Reduce remainder sell share smallest terms sold Solution square feet square miles square root square yards subtract subtrahend tens tenths third thousand thousandths tons weight worth write beneath WRITTEN EXERCISES yards of cloth
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Page 222 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.
Page 228 - Sphere is a body bounded by a uniformly curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 84 - 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 1 - A number is a unit or a collection of units; as one, three apples, five boys. 4. The unit of a number is one of the collection of units which constitutes the number. Thus, the unit of twelve is one, of twenty dollars is one dollar.
Page 85 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 297 - ... take the depth from the under side of the deck plank to the ceiling in the hold, then multiply and divide as aforesaid, and the quotient shall be deemed the tonnage.
Page 85 - 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 76 - At 8 cents a pound, how many pounds of sugar can be bought for 48 cents ? For 50 cents ? For 58 cents ? For 62 cents ? For 64 cents ? 29.
Page 278 - APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 20 grains (gr.) = 1 scruple (3). 3 scruples = 1 dram (3). 8 drams = 1 ounce (?). 12 ounces = 1 pound (ft).
Page 170 - Divide the amount of the debt at maturity "by the amount of $1 for the given time and rate and the quotient will be the present worth. Subtract the present worth from the amount of the debt and the remainder will be the true discount.