Written ArithmeticBrewer & Tileston, 1876 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 27
Page 6
... Weight , Avoirdupois Weight , Comparison of Weights , • 102 103 • · · • Long Measure , Surveyor's Measure , Fraction of a Higher Denomina- · 105 tion , . 121 · 105 Compound Addition , . 123 · 107 Compound Subtraction ,. 104 · · 119 ...
... Weight , Avoirdupois Weight , Comparison of Weights , • 102 103 • · · • Long Measure , Surveyor's Measure , Fraction of a Higher Denomina- · 105 tion , . 121 · 105 Compound Addition , . 123 · 107 Compound Subtraction ,. 104 · · 119 ...
Page 93
... weight of the whole ? 36. What will 423 quires of paper weigh at 3 pound per quire ? 37. A grocer has five casks of raisins of the following weights : 115 pounds , 1172 pounds , 99 pounds , 100 pounds , and 1211 pounds ; what is the ...
... weight of the whole ? 36. What will 423 quires of paper weigh at 3 pound per quire ? 37. A grocer has five casks of raisins of the following weights : 115 pounds , 1172 pounds , 99 pounds , 100 pounds , and 1211 pounds ; what is the ...
Page 98
... Weight , and Measure . CURRENCY . Every nation has its own currency . That of the United States has already been given ( Art . 68 ) , but the table will be inserted here for the sake of uniformity . 157. FEDERAL MONEY . The ...
... Weight , and Measure . CURRENCY . Every nation has its own currency . That of the United States has already been given ( Art . 68 ) , but the table will be inserted here for the sake of uniformity . 157. FEDERAL MONEY . The ...
Page 101
... WEIGHT . 162. TROY Weight . Gold , silver , REDUCTION . 101 Comparison of English and Federal Time Measure, Miscellaneous Table, · 116 Money,
... WEIGHT . 162. TROY Weight . Gold , silver , REDUCTION . 101 Comparison of English and Federal Time Measure, Miscellaneous Table, · 116 Money,
Page 102
George Augustus Walton. WEIGHT . 162. TROY Weight . Gold , silver , and precious stones are weighed by this system . The denominations are pounds , ounces , pennyweights , and grains . 24 grains ( gr . ) = 1 pennyweight , marked pwt . 20 ...
George Augustus Walton. WEIGHT . 162. TROY Weight . Gold , silver , and precious stones are weighed by this system . The denominations are pounds , ounces , pennyweights , and grains . 24 grains ( gr . ) = 1 pennyweight , marked pwt . 20 ...
Common terms and phrases
acres amount angle barrels bought bushels cents per lb common fraction common multiple compound interest contain cord cost cube root decimal fraction decimal point decimeters diameter Dictation Exercises discount Divide dividend dollars Dry Measure DUODECIMALS equal figure Find the G. C. D. frustum gain gall gallons given number greatest common divisor Hence the RULE hundred improper fraction inches least common multiple length long ton measure meters miles minuend mixed number months multiply NOTE number is divisible number of terms OPERATION paid parallelopiped payment pounds premium present worth prime factors principal quotient ratio Reduce remainder rods selling sold square root subtract tens thousand thousandths triangle units weight whole number wide width write yards
Popular passages
Page 117 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 268 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. III. Double the root already found for a divisor ; seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 68 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 289 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called a circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 306 - The sum of all the terms. Any three of which being given, the other two may be found.
Page 114 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as AEFGBD.
Page 278 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 306 - ... found. This gives rise to twenty distinct cases, a few of the more important of which will be here presented. NOTE I. — For the remaining cases, also for full discussions of Geometrical Progression and Annuities, the student is referred to works on Algebra.
Page 10 - L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand.
Page 248 - The first and fourth terms of a proportion are called the extremes, and the second and third terms, the means. Thus, in the foregoing proportion, 8 and 3 are the extremes and 4 and 6 are the means.