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31 days 50 cents acres apiece apples arithmetic block bought boys bushels called cents chickens circle columns contained Count cube cubic foot cubic inches decimal fractions decimal places decimal point denominator dimes dividend divisor dots dozen Draw a line Draw an oblong drill DRY MEASURE earn eggs eighths ELEMENTARY ARITHMETIC equal Find the products Find the quotients Find the sum foot fourths gallon Give the sums halves horse hundredths improper fractions inches long inches wide know the following marbles Measure minuend mixed numbers month multiplicand Multiply nickels ounces pecks perimeter pints pound pupils quarts remainder Roman numerals rows short we write sixths sold square feet square inches square miles square yard table and learn teacher tenths thirds thousand week weighs Write in figures write this table WRITTEN EXERCISES Find
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Page 173 - 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 172 - The names of the months, and the number of days in each, are as follows : Names.
Page 226 - To multiply decimals, multiply as in whole numbers and point off in the product as many decimal places as there are decimal places in both multiplicand and multiplier. Note that the " pointing off " is simply the multiplying together of the denominators.
Page 205 - Both terms of a fraction may be multiplied by the same number without changing the value of the fraction.
Page 129 - Square Measure 144 square inches = 1 square foot 9 square feet = 1 square yard...
Page 126 - Dry Measure. — 2 pints = 1 quart; 8 quarts = 1 peck; 4 pecks = 1 bushel. Liquid Measure. — 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon; 31| gallons = 1 barrel; 2 barrels = 1 hogshead. Long Measure. — 12 inches = 1 foot; 3 feet...
Page 228 - ... as many decimal places in the quotient as there are units in the remainder thus found.
Page 103 - How many times is 6 contained in 12 ? in 18 ? in 24 ? in 30 ? in 36 ? in 42 ? in 48 ? in 54 ? in 60 ? 6.
Page 197 - A cord of wood is 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and 4 feet tush. DRY MEASURE 2 pints = 1 quart. 1 bushel* = 1 box. 8 quarts = 1 peck. 3 boxes
Page 69 - ... 120 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 110 121 132 12 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 132 144 SQUARE MEASURE 252. i. Using a yardstick, draw on the blackboard a square whose side is one yard. This is a square yard. 2. Using a foot rule, draw a square whose side is one foot. What is this square called ? 3. Divide the square yard into square feet. How many square feet are there in one square yard ? 4. Draw a square inch.