First Lessons in Arithmetic Oral and Written: For Primary Schools

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Maynard, Merrill & Company, 1891 - Arithmetic
 

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Page 147 - Measures of Length 10 millimeters (mm.) = 1 centimeter (cm.) 10 centimeters = 1 decimeter (dm.) 10 decimeters = 1 meter (m.) 10 meters = 1 dekameter (Dm.) 10 dekameters = 1 hektometer (Hm.) 10 hektometers = 1 kilometer (Km.) 10 kilometers = 1 myriameter (Mm.) Measures of Surface 100 sq.
Page 100 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 115 - 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 123 - Miscellaneous. 12 things = 1 dozen. 12 dozen = 1 gross. 12 gross = 1 great gross. 20 things = 1 score.
Page 108 - If the product of the divisor multiplied by the quotient figure is greater than the partial dividend, the quotient figure is too large, and must be diminished.
Page 152 - EQUIVALENTS 1000 cu. millimeters (cu. mm) = 1 cu. centimeter (cu. cm) = 0.06102 cu. in. 1000 cu. centimeters = 1 cu. decimeter (cu. dm) 1000 cu. decimeters = 1 cu. meter (cu. m) = 35.314 cu. ft. In measuring wood the cubic meter is called a stere (1 st = 0.2759 cd.) ; a decistere (1 dst) is one tenth of a stere.
Page 23 - ... 6 and 5 are 11 7 and 5 are 12 8 and 5 are 13 9 and 5 are 14 6 and 6 are 12 7 and 6 are 13 8 and 6 are 14 9 and 6 are 15 6 and 7 are 13 7 and 7 are 14 8 and 7 are 15 9 and 7 are 16...
Page 150 - Surface 100 sq. millimeters (sq. mm.) = 1 sq. centimeter (sq. cm.) 100 sq. centimeters = 1 sq. decimeter (sq. dm.) 100 sq. decimeters = 1 sq. meter (sq. m.) 100 sq. meters = 1 sq. dekameter (sq. Dm.) 100 sq. dekameters = 1 sq. hektometer (sq. Hm.) 100 sq. hektometers = 1 sq. kilometer (sq. Km.) Measures of Volume 1000 cu.
Page 89 - Multiply the divisor by the quotient, to the product add the remainder, if any, and if the result equals the dividend the work is right.

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