Course in Arithmetic: A Treatise in Three Parts, Complete in One Volume |
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added amount avoirdupois base bushel called carried on mentally ciphers column commission cost counted cube root cubic inches decimal figures denotes difference discount divide dividend and divisor division dollar equal exchange find the greatest follows fractional number frustum gallons geometrical series given number Gold greatest common factor Hence hundred indicated Insurance interest last term least common multiple length measure meters method metric system Milreis minuend mixed number multi multiplicand named number expressed number of terms number of things number sought operation orders of numbers ounce partial dividend partial product partial quotient payment pounds premium principle PROBLEMS proceeds quarts rate per cent ratio reckoned Reduce remainder required to find result rods sells silver slant height square feet subtract subtrahend Suppose surface tens thousand triangle Troy weight weight whole number written yard
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Page 18 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 98 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 17 - Cardinal numbers: 1 one 2 two 3 three 4 four 5 five 6 six 7 seven 8 eight 9 nine 10 ten 11 eleven 12 twelve 13 thirteen 14 fourteen 15 fifteen 16 sixteen 17 seventeen 18 eighteen 19 nineteen 20...
Page 20 - 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 30 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
Page 7 - Thirty days hath September, April. June, and November; All the rest have thirty.one, Save February, which alone Hath twenty.eight; and one day more We add to it one year in four.
Page 16 - 1 Square Chain . sq. ch. 10 Square Chains " 1 Acre A. 640 Acres " 1 Square Mile . . sq. mi. 36 Square Miles (6 miles square)
Page 110 - 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 11 - MEASURE. 12 inches (in.) make 1 foot, ft. 3 feet "1 yard, yd. 5£ yards, or 16¿- feet, " 1 rod, rd. 40 rods " 1 furlong, fur. 8 furlongs, or 320 rods,
Page 18 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...