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acres amount barrels of flour bill bought bushels centimeters cents a pound ciphers common fraction compound interest contain cord cost cube root decimal point decimeters diameter discount Divide dividend divisible dollars equal feet high feet long gain gallon Give the Rule given number greatest common divisor hektoliters Hence horse hundred hundredths improper fraction INDORSEMENTS interest of $1 July July 12 June kilos least common multiple longitude marked price Mdse measure meters miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number of terms OPERATION Oral Exercises paid payable payment prime factors principal prism quarts quotient ratio Reduce remainder sell Sept sold square miles square root subtract tens tenths thick thousand thousandths tons trial divisor units Value received weeks weight worth write Written Exercises yards
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Page 106 - 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 39 - If the dividend does not contain the divisor an exact number of times, the part of the dividend which is left is called the REMAINDER.
Page 34 - The GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of them without remainder ; thus, 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, and 30.
Page 110 - 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 104 - Linear Measure 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet...
Page 112 - NUMBERS. 12 units = 1 dozen. 12 dozen — 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 units = 1 score. PAPER. 24 sheets = 1 quire. 20 quires = 1 ream. 2 reams = 1 bundle. 5 bundles = 1 bale.
Page 89 - In the metric system, the unit of length is the meter, which is one ten-millionth of the distance from the Equator to the North Pole.
Page 229 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 105 - ... 640 acres = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) = 1 acre (A.) = 1 square mile (sq. mi.) Square measure is used in measuring surfaces.
Page 227 - The area of a parallelogram is equal to the product of its base and its height: A = bx h.