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acres amount ANALYSIS ANALYSIS.-We annexing arithmetical progression bought bushels of oats bushels of wheat called ciphers cloth cost common difference compound contained cords of wood cube root cubic feet cubic inches currency decimal fraction decimal places denominate number diameter dimes divide the product division dollars drams dry measure equal EXAMPLES expressed feet long feet wide figures foot fractional unit gallons given number grains greatest common divisor hence hogshead horses hundred hundredths improper fraction interest least common dividend measure merchant miles millionths mills mixed number molasses months Multiply number of terms OPERATION ounces paid payment pennyweights piece pints prefixing proper fraction proportion quarts quotient ratio Reduce remainder rods RULE.-I scale simple numbers sold square root subtract tens third thousand thousandths tons Troy weight United States money vulgar fraction weight whole number worth Write yards of cloth
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Page 321 - C. D., his executors, administrators or assigns ; for which payment, well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these presents.
Page 104 - 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...
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Page 288 - X 6 62 + 3 x 3; and taken 3 tens times, 32 + 2 (3 X 6) + 6s gives 3 x 6 + 32 ; and their sum is, 33 + 2 (3 x 6) + 63 : that is, Rule. — The square of a number is equal to the square of the tens, plus twice the product of the tens by the units, plus the square of the units.
Page 314 - To find the solid contents of a prism. Multiply the area of the base by the altitude, and the product will be the contents (Bk.
Page 162 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another number.
Page 141 - Cancel the common factors from both the dividend and divisor. II. Then divide the product of the remaining factors of the dividend by the product of the remaining factors of the divisor, and the result will be the quotient.
Page 204 - When any decimal number is to i-4 divided by 10, 100, 1000, &.c. the division is made by removing the decimal point as many places to the left as there are...
Page 195 - The Value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator.
Page 155 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.