Robinson's Progressive Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Theory of Numbers in Connection with Concise Analytic and Synthetic Methods of Solution, and Designed as a Complete Text-book on this Science for Common Schools and Academies |
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acres amount annex barrels of flour bought bushels bushels of corn bushels of wheat centiares cents a pound ciphers column common denominator common fraction contained cords of wood cost cube cubic currency decimal places decimal point decimetre difference discount Divide dividend division dollars equal exact divisor EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE expressed feet figure following RULE fourth gain gallons Give explanation given numbers greatest common divisor hectometres Hence the RULE hundred hundredths improper fraction inches integers interest least common multiple length less lowest terms measure merchant metres metric system miles mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply notation NOTE OPERATION paid payment prime factors proper fraction purchase quotient rate per cent ratio receive Reduce remainder rods root simple numbers sold square subtract subtrahend tens third thousand thousandths whole number worth yards of cloth
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Page 200 - X 5'" = 20"'". Hence the RULE. I. Write the several terms of the multiplier under the corresponding terms of the multiplicand. II. Multiply each term of the multiplicand by each term of the multiplier...
Page 48 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 167 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 173 - A ship during 4 days' storm at sea changed her longitude 397 geographical miles ; how many degrees and minutes did she change ? Ans. 6° 37'. 208. IN COUNTING. 12 units or things make. ... 1 dozen. 12 dozen " 1 gross. 12 gross " 1 great .gross. 20 units
Page 73 - 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.
Page 347 - That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ the weights and measures of the Metric System ; and no contract, or dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection, because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the Metric System.
Page 165 - 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 104 - Multiply together the numerators for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 169 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 282 - Quantities are said to be in continued proportion when the first is to the second, as the second is to the third, as the third to the fourth ; and so on.